DanT Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 On 1/29/2018 at 7:49 AM, sdgta2008 said: Are they expected to still be equipped with Voith transmissions? I recall chatter saying they were having issues with acceleration and were considering have them come with a 6-speed transmission. I believe they have Voith On 1/29/2018 at 8:53 AM, TTC 9701 said: Are these December 2017 or January 2018 build? I've been told 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanT Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 The May service enhancements are posted on the KT site: Route 1 and 2 no longer serve the Montreal St Park and Ride, rather looping at Guthrie and Joyce Route 12 no longer goes north of CFB Kingston The 600s get 10 minute service Route 801/802 begin, serving the park and ride Route 16 goes through the industrial park Route 7 industrial is discontinued, rather it goes to Guthrie and Joyce with the 1 and 2 And on that note, several more Novas are on property now, both express and local. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher24 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 1805, 1807, 1808, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1817, 1818 are all regular service and are all active 1825, 1827, 1831 and 1837 are express buses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdgta2008 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 I was at the Cataraqui Centre on Sunday and noticed an LFS's and Xcelciors on routes 14 and 15. Have they stopped using Arbocs on those routes...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanT Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 20 hours ago, sdgta2008 said: I was at the Cataraqui Centre on Sunday and noticed an LFS's and Xcelciors on routes 14 and 15. Have they stopped using Arbocs on those routes...? The Arbocs are being phased out and replaced by the new Novas, they will likely all be retired within the next month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher24 Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Coach #1825 is in service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj.surf.lfs Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 On 2/20/2018 at 5:21 PM, DanT said: The May service enhancements are posted on the KT site: Route 1 and 2 no longer serve the Montreal St Park and Ride, rather looping at Guthrie and Joyce Route 12 no longer goes north of CFB Kingston The 600s get 10 minute service Route 801/802 begin, serving the park and ride Route 16 goes through the industrial park Route 7 industrial is discontinued, rather it goes to Guthrie and Joyce with the 1 and 2 Additional service changes have been posted: Route 11 - slight schedule modifications Route 501 - increased service from every 10 to every 8 minutes, weekday PM peak only Route 502 - increased service from every 10 to every 5 minutes going from Cataraqui Centre to Downtown (via Bayridge/Front), weekday AM peak only. This change was actually made in the Fall as a temporary measure to reduce overcrowding, but has now been made a permanent change. Route 701/702 - schedule modifications, with buses now leaving Cataraqui Centre at :15/:45 as opposed to :10/:40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 On 4/11/2018 at 7:30 PM, Kristopher24 said: Coach #1825 is in service Is it a Local or Express bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj.surf.lfs Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 47 minutes ago, Chris W said: Is it a Local or Express bus? 1803-1818 Local, 1825-1837 Express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 45 minutes ago, dj.surf.lfs said: 1803-1818 Local, 1825-1837 Express That's what I thought. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generator Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 On 4/16/2018 at 11:47 PM, dj.surf.lfs said: Additional service changes have been posted: Route 11 - slight schedule modifications Route 501 - increased service from every 10 to every 8 minutes, weekday PM peak only Route 502 - increased service from every 10 to every 5 minutes going from Cataraqui Centre to Downtown (via Bayridge/Front), weekday AM peak only. This change was actually made in the Fall as a temporary measure to reduce overcrowding, but has now been made a permanent change. Route 701/702 - schedule modifications, with buses now leaving Cataraqui Centre at :15/:45 as opposed to :10/:40. Route 12 no longer goes up Hwy 15. It instead turns left at the base, going through the north side, then crossing back to the south side where the Kingston Centre direction would run. It is now a loop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsbuspage Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 This may not be new, but Kingston Transit posted a reminder on Facebook that they are hiring: https://clients.njoyn.com/CL2/XWEB/Xweb.asp?tbtoken=YF5bSxwXCBJ7a3F3QSYmCFY9dW1EcFJVe0hZWi5%2FE2NZXUocUEdtBxEuJS5ALiReLiUuQC4kXgkbUhRXTncqWA%3D%3D&chk=dFlbQBJe&CLID=61577&page=jobdetails&JobID=J1017-0534&brid=178144&lang=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoUse4AName Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 2 hours ago, tomsbuspage said: This may not be new, but Kingston Transit posted a reminder on Facebook that they are hiring: https://clients.njoyn.com/CL2/XWEB/Xweb.asp?tbtoken=YF5bSxwXCBJ7a3F3QSYmCFY9dW1EcFJVe0hZWi5%2FE2NZXUocUEdtBxEuJS5ALiReLiUuQC4kXgkbUhRXTncqWA%3D%3D&chk=dFlbQBJe&CLID=61577&page=jobdetails&JobID=J1017-0534&brid=178144&lang=1 Kingston transit are always looking for drivers .. but despite what they say they are looking in a candidate they are very strange in who they actually hire .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanT Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 From the sounds of it 1047 has a new motor. Sounds like a Detroit Series 50 but I can't confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher24 Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 1821 has been put into service, saw it on the route 10 tonight..... Haven't seen any of the others yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 I was on 1477 this morning and noticed several items mounted appeared to be cameras. Only one I noticed inside opposite/facing the rear doors. One above the front door externally, appeared to be pointing towards the back (if a camera, possibly a wide angle to get both doors?) One on the rear of the bus, not sure where pointing One on top of the bus at the very front. Does anybody know anything about this? Do other cities have cameras like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 24 minutes ago, Teddy said: I was on 1477 this morning and noticed several items mounted appeared to be cameras. Only one I noticed inside opposite/facing the rear doors. One above the front door externally, appeared to be pointing towards the back (if a camera, possibly a wide angle to get both doors?) One on the rear of the bus, not sure where pointing One on top of the bus at the very front. Does anybody know anything about this? Do other cities have cameras like this? Yes. Very common nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 ha, if I'd just checked the city website. Says in November they'll be installing them, but so far the one yesterday is the only I've seen. https://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/transit/about/video-camera-system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kristopher24 Posted June 28, 2019 Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 I noticed today that some 2019 Novas have arrived at the garage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher24 Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 3:39 AM, Transit_Hub said: Any idea if any of these buses in the 2019 batch are meant for express? There was a few express buses but I'm not sure of the unit numbers on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Kingston receives over $500K in federal funding for new electric buses Looks like the funding covers 2 electric buses, the first of which is expected to be in service by the end of 2020. Exciting! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted September 18, 2019 Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 Was on a new Nova last night. It was a non-Express white bus, fleet number 1901. Two notable changes. A new fare box, I don’t have any details except it was much faster at scanning my card and it has a much brighter LCD screen. Secondly they have a slightly newer LCD for the next stop sign. Only change is that the refresh is a lot faster when text changes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher24 Posted September 18, 2019 Report Share Posted September 18, 2019 On 9/18/2019 at 7:13 AM, Teddy said: Was on a new Nova last night. It was a non-Express white bus, fleet number 1901. Two notable changes. A new fare box, I don’t have any details except it was much faster at scanning my card and it has a much brighter LCD screen. Secondly they have a slightly newer LCD for the next stop sign. Only change is that the refresh is a lot faster when text changes. I've also seen 1922 and 1929 which were both express units. With 1929 now in service I guess that would mean 0729 is now retired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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