Durham Region Transit 8431-8445

Durham Region Transit 8431-8445 are New Flyer D40LFs built in 2007 and delivered new to DRT in late 2007 to early 2008. This batch is part of the Ontario transit agency consortium order for buses for delivery in 2007.

These buses have seating for 38 passengers or 32 passengers and two wheelchairs. The seats are in grey with charcoal grab handles and backing. The inserts are in Holdsworth Fabrics' YSW24954 moquette. The wheelchair ramp is located at the front door. The rear door uses Vapor vTouch touch bars for passenger operatation. Heating, cooling and ventilation are provided by a rear-mounted Thermo King T11 unit, and almost all and passenger windows are of the tip-in transom design. The window after the front door and the last window on the driver's side are of the sliding design. Those windows open a small distance to allow increased airflow throughout the bus if the air conditioning fails. The buses have GFI Cents A Bill fare boxes.

This batch has a few differences than the previous batch, 8401-8430. 8431-8445's seat backs are in charcoal instead of grey and rear doors uses the Vapor vTouch touch bars instead of the traditional ones. The buses feature in-wall ventilation and a different design of the HVAC interior vent unlike the first batch. The previous batch also did not have the two sliding windows.

The buses began receiving mounts for Sportworks bike racks on the front bumper near the end of August to early September 2009. They received the bike racks by the end of November.

Unit(s)	Engine	Transmission	Seating	Destination sign
8431-8445	Cummins ISL EPA 2007 280 hp	Voith D864.5 4 speed	38 American Seating Metropolitan	Luminator Horizon

Details

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Year	VIN	License plate	Paint	Garage	Notes
8431	File:Durham Region Transit 8431.jpg	2007		BM9 596		Westney
8432		2007				Westney
8433		2007		BM9 598		Westney
8434		2007				Westney
8435		2007		BM9 600		Westney
8436		2007		BN4 166		Westney
8437		2007		BN4 168		Westney
8438		2007				Victoria
8449		2007				Victoria
8440		2007				Victoria
8441		2007		BN4 171		Raleigh
8442		2007				Raleigh
8443		2007				Raleigh
8444		2007		BN4 174		Raleigh
8445		2007		BN4 175		Raleigh

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DRT Fleet
Conventional	0107-0115, 6100-6112, 6113-6116, 6117-6119, 6120-6129, 7100-7103, 7104-7117, 7118-7122, 7123-7124, 8470, 8471-8473, 8501-8515, 8516-8523, 8524-8535, 8536-8543, 8544-8547, 8551-8553, 8554-8559, 8560-8565, 8566-8578, 8579-8589, 8601-8626, 9100-9105, 9106-9107
DRT Routes
Current	101, 112, 121, 216, 224, 227, 301, 302, 319, 392, 403, 405, 407, 409, 410, 411, 419, 421, 423, 502, 507, 605, 900, 901, 902, 905, 915, 916, 917, 920/921, N1, N2
Former	10, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 181, 193, 199, 211, 215, 217, 218, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 226, 232, 235, 240, 291, 291, 292, 300, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 310, 312, 315, 318, 401, 402, 404, 405, 406, 406, 408, 408, 409, 409, 411, 412, 413, 414, 416, 417, 419, 420, 420, 421, 422, 499, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 601, 603, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 658, 701, 801, 910, 922, 923, 950, 960
Facilities
Terminals	U of T Scarborough - Pickering Parkway Terminal - Pickering GO Station - Ajax GO Station - Whitby GO Station - Oshawa Centre - Downtown Oshawa - Oshawa GO Station - Harmony Terminal - Durham College/UOIT - Curt & Water Terminal
Garages	Raleigh - Victoria - Westney - Wentworth - Thornton
Bus Stops	1-999 1000-1999 2000-2999 3000-3999 4000-9999 90000-99999
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