Coast Mountain Bus Company 23201–23215

Coast Mountain Bus Company 23201–23215 are 15 Nova Bus LFSe+ units built in 2021 and 2023.

Motor	Seating	Destination Sign
BAE Systems HDS200 Series-EV 200 kW, 5200 Nm	29 – American Seating InSight 5 – In-built seats	Luminator Horizon

History

These are part of the first Nova Bus LFSe+ production order and will join an existing fleet of four short-range battery-electric units – two Nova Bus LFSe and two New Flyer XE40 buses – on the 100 22nd Street Station/Marpole service and will be allocated to Hamilton Transit Centre. These 15 units are the first long-range battery-electric units in the TransLink fleet. The approximate distance on one charge is 150 kilometres.

The order for these units was placed on January 26, 2021 for $16 million CAD with delivery originally expected to be complete by Q2 2022. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and various shipping and logistic delays, the order was deferred and delayed to mid-2023 with the pilot bus scheduled to arrive in late 2022. As of early 2023, the remaining 14 units are expected to be in service by early 2024.

In November 2022, the pilot bus of the order arrived and underwent various pre-revenue service testing. During production, the pilot bus was numbered 22101. This was changed in January 2023 to 23201. This series is grouped under two productions: 23201 as LE13 manufactured in 2021 and 23202–23215 as LE14 manufactured in 2023.

This order is also the first to use American Seating InSight passenger seats instead of the 4ONE Aries seats standard on TransLink conventional buses. From May to June 2022, TransLink held a survey of which type of seats to use on this order. Samples of the American Seating InSight and the USSC Gemini were placed at the Lonsdale Quay SeaBus terminal. The decision to move away from the traditional 4ONE Aries seats was to address weight reduction on the battery-electric buses to improve overall performance. The decision was made by August that the InSight seat would be used after receiving 70 per cent of support from 680 respondents. While the LFSe+ will use the InSight seats, TransLink may explore the option of making the InSight standard on all future conventional bus orders.

Another difference in these units is the use of a new passenger information display. These units are fitted with Sunrise Systems' NXTPS signs as opposed to the legacy INIT passenger information display, which has since been discontinued by the manufacturer. These are also the first Nova Bus units in the fleet to feature the new-style frameless driver window. This window style has the driver's window shifted forward closer to the front and the blind spot window – a unique Nova Bus design – removed, resulting in improved visibility. Because of this change, the radio phone on these units is now located on the dashboard instead of next to the driver's window above the control console. Another change is these are the first Nova Bus units in the fleet to have all overhead switches labelled with text and symbols instead of just symbols alone. Another change in the driver's area is the use of a manual street-side side mirror instead of electric mirrors. The curbside mirror remains electronically controlled.

The pilot bus entered service on February 2, 2023, after a media event at 22nd Street Station and ran on an unscheduled preview trip on the 100 Marpole in the morning before entering in scheduled revenue service later in the afternoon. The bus features a revised "100% Electric Bus" wrap, a slightly modified design from the previous wrap used on the older battery-electric buses.

Throughout late April to late June 2023 on Saturday mornings, a combination of various battery-electric buses comprising of 19301, 19302, 19303, 19304, and 23201 made appearances on the 104 22nd Street Station on block 8/100, marking the first semi-regular appearances of battery-electric buses outside of route 100.

Starting October 4, 2023, coach 23201 began to be regularly scheduled on block 44/123 doing route 116 Edmonds Station/Metrotown Station on weekday afternoons and on block 12/106 doing route 106 New Westminster Station/Edmonds Station on weekday mornings starting October 6. These appearances ended in November 2023 as unit 23201 returned to running on route 100 exclusively once again.

Due to significant delays due to supply chain issues, particularly paint supplier issues that had to have eleven buses sent to the United States for livery painting, subsequent units only began to arrive in early 2024. 23204 was the first to arrive in February, followed by 23205 in May. Both underwent various pre-revenue service testing. The delivery of the remaining units was completed at the end of 2024, with all units having entered service in mid-January 2025.

Deployment

This entire series is based out of Hamilton, as it is the only depot with sufficient charging stations. These buses only run on the 100 Marpole/22nd Street Station route. However, on rare occasions, they may make appearances on other Hamilton-based routes on peak-hour trippers in the event of a bus shortage.

Details

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Paint	Build Date	Entered Service	VIN	License Plate	Transit Centre	Notes
23201			December 2021	2/2/2023	2NVYL82M6M3753346	SX 6657	Hamilton	Pilot bus Originally numbered 22101 during production, renumbered in January 2023 before entering service Entered service with a "100% Electric Bus" wrap
23202			August 2023	9/25/2024	2NVYL82M9P3754107	WH 4896	Hamilton
23203			2023	10/02/2024	2NVYL82M0P3754108	WH 4888	Hamilton
23204			August 2023	8/14/2024	2NVYL82M2P3754109	WF 9858	Hamilton
23205			August 2023	8/14/2024	2NVYL82M9P3754110	WF 9866	Hamilton	First production unit to enter service
23206			August 2023	10/5/2024	2NVYL82M0P3754111	WH 4837	Hamilton
23207			2023	10/8/2024	2NVYL82M2P3754112	WL 5035	Hamilton
23208			2023	12/6/2024	2NVYL82M4P3754113	WL 5077	Hamilton
23209			2023	9/11/2024	2NVYL82M6P3754114	WH 4866	Hamilton
23210			2023	11/28/2024	2NVYL82M8P3754115	WL 5069	Hamilton
23211			2023	1/10/2025	2NVYL82MXP3754116	WM 8891	Hamilton
23212			2023	11/22/2024	2NVYL82M1P3754117	WM 8851	Hamilton
23213			2023	1/10/2025	2NVYL82M3P3754118	WP 4136	Hamilton
23214			2023	1/1/2025	2NVYL82M5P3754119	WM 8885	Hamilton
23215			2023	12/16/2024	2NVYL82M1P3754120	WM 8886	Hamilton

References

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