JRM1000 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 41 minutes ago, Chris W said: They're not here yet. It'll probably be December before you see one in service. Still no word on the fleet numbers as yet. Last I heard from fleet is 1841, 42, 43, 44 and 45. I’ll see if I can find out about the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM1000 Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1705 has WiFi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin ORION Posted October 23, 2018 Root Admin Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Just saw one of the HSR Vicinity buses westbound QEW between Bronte & Burloak broken down on the shoulder. No numbers... not sure what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamiltonTransit1701 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 9 hours ago, 7520 said: Just saw one of the HSR Vicinity buses westbound QEW between Bronte & Burloak broken down on the shoulder. No numbers... not sure what happened. That means they are coming and will be here soon hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 18 hours ago, 7520 said: Just saw one of the HSR Vicinity buses westbound QEW between Bronte & Burloak broken down on the shoulder. No numbers... not sure what happened. Not broken down, just ran out of fuel. It was delivered later in the day. Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bravo Actual Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Hybrid0920 said: Sent to me today by a friend: Huh. Not quite what I expected them to look like... Wonder how they'll ride on the 52A... If and when they go on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 looking pretty good with the frameless windows. definitely a lot more eye catching than the arboc's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekoma Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 I was dicking around in the HSR wiki and couldn't help but notice XN60s' listed for "on order". Has it actually been confirmed anywhere that we are getting new artics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperNova Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 16 hours ago, Vekoma said: I was dicking around in the HSR wiki and couldn't help but notice XN60s' listed for "on order". Has it actually been confirmed anywhere that we are getting new artics? Nova artics are actually a pleasure to drive. But I don't think they make CNG vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lip Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 8 hours ago, SuperNova said: Nova artics are actually a pleasure to drive. But I don't think they make CNG vehicles. Cool story. We're talking about whether or not New Flyer Articulated buses have been ordered, not if Nova Buses makes CNG buses and if they are a pleasure to drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 To confirm, 11 New Flyer XN60 buses have been ordered for early 2019 delivery. These buses will replace all of the remaining 0600 artics (6 units) as well as 5 40' buses to be determined. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Actual Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Seashore_518203 said: To confirm, 11 New Flyer XN60 buses have been ordered for early 2019 delivery. These buses will replace all of the remaining 0600 artics (6 units) as well as 5 40' buses to be determined. If these are going to be replacing some 40 foot buses aswell, where would we most likely see them used? 5C? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Bravo Actual said: If these are going to be replacing some 40 foot buses aswell, where would we most likely see them used? 5C? There have been numerous overloading complaints on route 21. You may see some allocated there at peak times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 4 hours ago, Seashore_518203 said: There have been numerous overloading complaints on route 21. You may see some allocated there at peak times. That'll be interesting but at the same time, it'll be welcome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Its good to see the HSR making more of an attempt to shift the 60 footers to overloaded routes than they have in the past. In other news, the HSR is currently testing an electric-battery powered Excelsior bus. Someone on SSP got 2 photos of it at Macnab terminal, so I'll just link to that since they're not my photos to share. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsbuspage Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Wonka said: In other news, the HSR is currently testing an electric-battery powered Excelsior bus. Someone on SSP got 2 photos of it at Macnab terminal, so I'll just link to that since they're not my photos to share. The Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton’s HSR testing first battery-powered bus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishap Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 On 11/27/2018 at 12:22 PM, Seashore_518203 said: To confirm, 11 New Flyer XN60 buses have been ordered for early 2019 delivery. These buses will replace all of the remaining 0600 artics (6 units) as well as 5 40' buses to be determined. So does that mean that 616 is already considered replaced by a Nova? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperNova Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 On 11/25/2018 at 6:31 PM, lip said: Cool story. We're talking about whether or not New Flyer Articulated buses have been ordered, not if Nova Buses makes CNG buses and if they are a pleasure to drive. I mention this because if the city will not order anymore diesel buses then obviously all new artics would be made by NFI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom1122 Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 Any chance the battery bus will be in service two weeks from now? Where's the best place to find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 56 minutes ago, Tom1122 said: Any chance the battery bus will be in service two weeks from now? Where's the best place to find it? It won't be in service at all, its just a demonstrator unit for testing purposes. I doubt it'll still be around in 2 weeks, might already even be gone. The results of the testing will have to go to council and then they'll have to vote on funding for purchase (if the HSR even decides to go down that route after testing and considering other manufacturers) so that wouldn't happen until at least late 2019/early 2020. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Wonka said: It won't be in service at all, its just a demonstrator unit for testing purposes. I doubt it'll still be around in 2 weeks, might already even be gone. The results of the testing will have to go to council and then they'll have to vote on funding for purchase (if the HSR even decides to go down that route after testing and considering other manufacturers) so that wouldn't happen until at least late 2019/early 2020. As per a previous Council report, HSR is committed to CNG until 2020. An electric bus purchase will not happen until at least 2021 and possibly longer, depending on the results. The XE35 will be at HSR until Thursday of this week. The Training Department is simulating revenue service with the vehicle and they do 1 or 2 trips on a route. No schedule has been set, so it is hit and miss in terms of tracking it down. The Vicinity buses are in the process of getting all the required hardware installed (farebox, AVL, Ranger, etc.). They should be in service by mid to late December. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperNova Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Anyone know if the new XN60's will come with USB charging ports?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 3 hours ago, SuperNova said: Anyone know if the new XN60's will come with USB charging ports?? I think every bus ordered from 2017 onwards will have them, even the Vicinitys apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 I'm also curious whether the HSR will change the seating in the rear section to reflect the most recent orders of Nova's. It does seem to work a lot better, though you don't often see New Flyers with that arrangement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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