Seashore_518203 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 37 minutes ago, hamilton.area.transit said: Just a quick question. Since its September now and ive read that HSR might be doing a service expansion and they needed was approval. Does anyone know If HSR got approval? All of the information is contained in the Fall Bus News which is a little hard to find on the HSR web page. It is linked below: https://www.hamilton.ca/hsr-bus-schedules-fares/riding-hsr/bus-news All routes except 3 and 51 will return to pre-Covid schedules with routes 20 and 44 getting expansion vehicles and improved frequencies. Routes 11, 20, 27 and 44 also have routing changes. Route 18 switches to On-Demand effective Tuesday, September 7th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton.area.transit Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Seashore_518203 said: All of the information is contained in the Fall Bus News which is a little hard to find on the HSR web page. It is linked below: https://www.hamilton.ca/hsr-bus-schedules-fares/riding-hsr/bus-news All routes except 3 and 51 will return to pre-Covid schedules with routes 20 and 44 getting expansion vehicles and improved frequencies. Routes 11, 20, 27 and 44 also have routing changes. Route 18 switches to On-Demand effective Tuesday, September 7th. Thanks. Someone said a couple months ago that possibly 0601-0602, 0701-0709 could be returning in September. Is there a update on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 8 hours ago, hamilton.area.transit said: Thanks. Someone said a couple months ago that possibly 0601-0602, 0701-0709 could be returning in September. Is there a update on that? All of those buses have been brought out of storage and are now at the Mountain Garage. Some may see service in September but it may be more like January 2022 if route 51 returns to regular service. If 3 and 51 go back to regular service, that is 6 more peak buses and they would definitely need the older buses. For September, they may be able to get by with the existing fleet. Either way, new vehicles are not expected until at least 3rd quarter 2022 so the 0700s should see service at some point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM1000 Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 No articulated buses on Barton today. I am trying to find where it had mentioned they’d be permanent on Barton. I apologize, that’s on me for not paying attention to where I read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newflyerinvero Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 I did look at the schedule for the 3 and it looks like it's fully back. 15 at peaks and 30 midday with 20 mins on Saturdays. Am I missing something that there had another frequency increase before covid during a time period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 9 hours ago, newflyerinvero said: I did look at the schedule for the 3 and it looks like it's fully back. 15 at peaks and 30 midday with 20 mins on Saturdays. Am I missing something that there had another frequency increase before covid during a time period? I am not sure where you are looking at the schedule, but the PDF on the HSR website shows a 20 minute peak frequency. That is the schedule that is being operated now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newflyerinvero Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 Thanks, Kevin. My eyes made it look like it was 15 minutes, where in fact it was 20 minutes. It'll be nice to see those other Flyers that came out of storage back in service again. I'm curious about something. Has the HSR put forward a draft network as part of the MYHSR service review? I seem to notice something in the BUS NEWS which mentioned about draft policies, asking for people's input. Is a new network part of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayside Observer Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 Looks like HSR is having a tough morning. The CBC's local news breakout page's article for Hamilton is about a QEW closure that's causing a traffic nightmare that's got bus service caught up in it. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/qew-closure-hsr-1.6169331 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM1000 Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 The Vicinity buses are back on some of the 6/7/8 runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton.area.transit Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 There is no artics on the Barton today. I thought that artics were going to be permanent on the Barton now. I take it that the Barton will be a 40 foot route with a occasional 60 foot on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 16 hours ago, hamilton.area.transit said: There is no artics on the Barton today. I thought that artics were going to be permanent on the Barton now. I take it that the Barton will be a 40 foot route with a occasional 60 foot on it My guess is that there just aren't enough to go around now that the 51 is back in service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishap Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 9 hours ago, Wonka said: My guess is that there just aren't enough to go around now that the 51 is back in service. But the 51 is only running half service in peak hours, so there should be a few 60-footers to spare. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLRV4094 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 0610 is on A-Line this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 4 hours ago, CLRV4094 said: 0610 is on A-Line this morning I am sure you mean B-Line as it was on route 10 this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton.area.transit Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 20 hours ago, Seashore_518203 said: I am sure you mean B-Line as it was on route 10 this morning. No. It was on the A-Line Express yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 33 minutes ago, hamilton.area.transit said: No. It was on the A-Line Express yesterday  My mistake, you are correct. It was the day before that it was on route 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekoma Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 Look who got to stretch her legs today. Unless they are used as training vehicles on occasion, I would imagine this is its first time out in a few years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM1000 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 19 hours ago, Vekoma said: Look who got to stretch her legs today. Unless they are used as training vehicles on occasion, I would imagine this is its first time out in a few years. It was being used as a training bus. Any bus can be used as a training bus. The only exception, I believe, is the DuPont Trolley’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 3 hours ago, JRM1000 said: It was being used as a training bus. Any bus can be used as a training bus. The only exception, I believe, is the DuPont Trolley’s Buses 0601-0602 and 0701-0709 have all been given new licence plates that end in BJ. They are still getting them ready for service but even the new Presto readers have been installed in them which were not in them before. The only possible exception is bus 0706 which might end up being used as a parts bus. The buses should enter service sometime over the next month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 Awesome to see 0601 and 0602 coming back into service. I hope 0520 sticks around for awhile as well, its always a nice trip down memory lane seeing those brown seats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton.area.transit Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 4 hours ago, Wonka said: Awesome to see 0601 and 0602 coming back into service. I hope 0520 sticks around for awhile as well, its always a nice trip down memory lane seeing those brown seats. 0709 is also back. A operator i know sent me a picture of 0709 sitting in the garage waiting service yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLRV4094 Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 0707 is the first of the 0701-0709 fleet to return, doing the 5/52 this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton.area.transit Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 Rode 0707 today after school. 0707 rode well, sounded good, smells like its brand new. Only thing that was "off" about 0707 was the floor was vibrating near the rear of the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton.area.transit Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 0704 is tracking on the King today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newflyerinvero Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/22/2021 at 4:06 PM, Wonka said: Awesome to see 0601 and 0602 coming back into service. I hope 0520 sticks around for awhile as well, its always a nice trip down memory lane seeing those brown seats. Isn't 0603 also included in the returning fleet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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