Chicago Transit Authority 700-701
Chicago Transit Authority 700-701 are 2013 New Flyer XE40 buses built in 2014. These buses are used exclusively on route 79.
They are the first Xcelsior vehicles purchased by the CTA. These buses were purchased for a total of $2.5 million from the Federal Transit Administration’s Transportation Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) II and Clean Fuels grant programs, and a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.[1] Both buses were delivered to CTA on June 2014 and entered service on October 29th of the same year.
As built, 700 and 701 used plug-in, slow charging at the garage. It took about three to five hours to fully recharge the buses. The two buses were returned to New Flyer in 2018 and were converted to allow for overhead rapid enroute charging. They returned to service in 2019. They have since been parked out of service since 2021.
| Motors | Batteries | Seating | Destination Sign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens | Lithium ion | 37: Kiel Ideo | Hanover Monochrome |
Details
| Fleet Number |
Thumbnail | Build Date |
VIN | License Plate | Livery | Garage[2] | Status/Disposal | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 | 2014 | 5FYB8FJ03DB043244 | M 198805 | Green | 77th | Out of Service | Damaged in a fire in 2017. [3] Repaired by 2019. | |
| 701 | 2014 | 5FYB8FJ05DB043245 | M 200021 | Blue | 77th | Out of Service |
References
- ↑ Electric Bus, Chicago Transit Authority. Retrieved on June 20, 2015.
- ↑ CTA Bus Route Trackers
- ↑ CTA 700 Battery fire (24 September 2017). "Chicago Transit Forum" (Chicago). Retrieved on 25 September 2019.
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| Current Fleet |