SidneyTransitfan Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 9302 has been transferred to Nelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV92 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 11 hours ago, SidneyTransitfan said: 9302 has been transferred to Nelson. 2009 Novas are going through engine overhauls and other upgrades. I would guess it'll be on its way out once those projects are complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidneyTransitfan Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 4 hours ago, CV92 said: 2009 Novas are going through engine overhauls and other upgrades. I would guess it'll be on its way out once those projects are complete. Aren't the 2009s not supposed to receive those upgrades? They're due for retirement in 2021 owing to BC Transit's 12-year life expectancy for post-2008 buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV92 Posted September 30, 2019 Report Share Posted September 30, 2019 On 9/26/2019 at 4:33 PM, SidneyTransitfan said: Aren't the 2009s not supposed to receive those upgrades? They're due for retirement in 2021 owing to BC Transit's 12-year life expectancy for post-2008 buses. There is still major mechanical work that is done to help a bus to 13 (not 12) years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiNorth Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 On 9/26/2019 at 4:33 PM, SidneyTransitfan said: BC Transit's 12-year life expectancy Meanwhile Victoria continues enjoying New Flyers from the 90's. Are they seriously retiring the Novas before they are replacing the old beat-up red white and blue Flyers with flip-dots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV92 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 1 hour ago, InfiNorth said: Meanwhile Victoria continues enjoying New Flyers from the 90's. Are they seriously retiring the Novas before they are replacing the old beat-up red white and blue Flyers with flip-dots? Nope, the 1996 and 1998 Flyers will be next to go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Novas have until at least 2022/2023 (they arrived in 2010) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiNorth Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Matt Dunlop said: Novas have until at least 2022/2023 (they arrived in 2010) That seems like a very short lifespan for a modern vehicle. 10 hours ago, CV92 said: Nope, the 1996 and 1998 Flyers will be next to go. Good, although I have to say they sure knew how to make bus seats comfortable back when they built them. Are they being scrapped or sold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Broughton Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 2 hours ago, InfiNorth said: That seems like a very short lifespan for a modern vehicle. Good, although I have to say they sure knew how to make bus seats comfortable back when they built them. Are they being scrapped or sold? Scrapped most likely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Les Broughton said: Scrapped most likely. Yep, sadly BC Transit doesn't really sell used buses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium2002 Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 It was mentioned some time ago that the reason for the buses' shorter lifespan is due to the amount of overhaul work and associated costs that are needed to keep them running past the 12-year mark. Part of this is driven by how the buses are designed to comply with - but not necessarily exceed - requirements for US FTA funding grants for US transit agencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 An XN40 just received a full driver door (Youtube video posted by BC Transit). Not sure which one it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busmanic92 Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 12 minutes ago, Matt Dunlop said: An XN40 just received a full driver door (Youtube video posted by BC Transit). Not sure which one it is. 1142. Read up a bunch of posts and you'll see it's there for testing (Victoria is the newest to get CNG apart from cfv). Unless it came with drive barrier pre installed. (I'm not in Victoria so i can only assume) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Busmanic92 said: 1142. Read up a bunch of posts and you'll see it's there for testing (Victoria is the newest to get CNG apart from cfv). Unless it came with drive barrier pre installed. (I'm not in Victoria so i can only assume) Yeah, that makes sense, that's one of Victoria's transit yards in the background (VTC I think) and 1142 was here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 It is 1142. We did some training with it at work, because there's almost more risk in being stuck IN... But anyways, here we go... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busmanic92 Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Dane said: It is 1142. We did some training with it at work, because there's almost more risk in being stuck IN... But anyways, here we go... Speaking of Victoria getting 21 of the next order of xn40. Are they all based out of vtc or LTC (Victoria or landlord)? 21 xn40 equals 21 old ones gone! (The drivers may be sad to see them go though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 3 hours ago, Busmanic92 said: Speaking of Victoria getting 21 of the next order of xn40. Are they all based out of vtc or LTC (Victoria or landlord)? 21 xn40 equals 21 old ones gone! (The drivers may be sad to see them go though) They will be out of LTC (Langford), as the FortisBC natural gas station is a block away from the yard, on Langford Parkway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake M Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Dont know if this has been noted already but the wiki says otherwise. 9302 is in West Kootenay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd320 Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 Up in Whistler today and saw 9818 and 9820 with all of the Victoria advertisements removed and parked with the XN40s which makes me think they will be used for the ski season this year since a few of the newer XN40s were transfered out. D40LF 9750 is also parked at the back of the garage. I also saw dart 9062 on a tow truck heading south between Whistler and Squamish which was the last dart stored in Whistler by the looks of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd320 Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 Stumbled across 8110, 9754, 9755, 9052, and 9062 at a scrap yard in Squamish this afternoon 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 11/24/2019 at 6:16 PM, Rd320 said: Stumbled across 8110, 9754, 9755, 9052, and 9062 at a scrap yard in Squamish this afternoon DAMN! Check out that old Mack Truck too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6784 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 7 hours ago, BCT-3122-D800-10240 said: DAMN! Check out that old Mack Truck too! Looks solid to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd320 Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 XN40 1142 has returned to Whistler. Also to Whistler is their first new XN40 1148. A newspaper article in the local paper says this order of buses has the new white LED destination signs, driver barriers already installed, aswell as newer bike racks which will eventually be rolled out province wide to accommodate bikes with larger wheels. D40LF 9846 has also been transfered to Whister for storage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted December 18, 2019 Report Share Posted December 18, 2019 Article referenced above: https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/whistler-first-community-in-province-to-add-new-bc-transit-bus-models/Content?oid=14780509 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted December 23, 2019 Report Share Posted December 23, 2019 9820 is in Whistler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now