Gillig Low Floor

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Gillig Low Floor
Gillig Low Floor
Years of manufacture 1996 to present
Length 29 to 40 feet
Width 102 inches
Power/Fuel Diesel, diesel-electric hybrid
Gillig Low Floor

The Gillig Low Floor, sometimes nicknamed the "Advantage", is a low floor transit and shuttle bus. The chassis is constructed from stainless steel, and the body is constructed from aluminum. The Low Floor has two derivative models: the Gillig BRT and Gillig Trolley Replica.

Design history

What would become the Gillig Low Floor was developed for the Hertz Corporation as a courtesy shuttle bus dubbed the H2000LF. It was commissioned by Hertz who had wanted to offer their customers, particularly to those with luggage and with limited mobility, a bus that was easily accessible. The bus featured one door at the centre, carpeted floor, and waist-high luggage racks along one side of the bus.[1] The low floor bus would later be made available to other companies and adapted for transit use.

Early Gillig Low Floor buses, including the H2000LF, had a smaller front windshield with a more pronounced destination sign cap. The front end was revised with an enlarged windshield beginning with an order for the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation in suburban Detroit in late 2001 and was soon made standard beginning with the 2002 model. As of 2008, the Gillig BRT front may be specified. Metro Transit of Minnesota was the first to do so.

Alternative fuels

In 2004, a diesel-electric hybrid option was made available. This adds a rooftop battery unit to the rear. The Allison parallel hybrid system was the initial option, but the Voith parallel DIWAhybrid is available as of 2008. Central Contra Costa County became the first customer to order the Voith option. The BAE Systems series system became an option in 2011.[2]

Gillig partnered with Enviromech Industries in March 2010 to supply CNG systems for use in Gillig buses.[3] Gillig was able to bid on low floor CNG contracts and won their first CNG order for the Seattle Tacoma Airport car rental shuttle.

Specifications

More photos

  • 29' Gillig Advantage with older front end design.

  • 40' Gillig Low Floor with current front end design.

  • NFTA-Metro 2608.JPG

    Gillig Low Floor with hybrid option.

  • The interior of Lane Transit District 6206.

  • The driver's area of Lane Transit District 6206.

  • Standard Gillig Low Floor with the BRT front option and the hybrid option

Operators

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Demonstrator and engineering units

Fleet number Thumbnail Year VIN Engine Transmission Notes
1996 T1070000 Sold in 1998 to Norwalk Transit System 7052.
1997 15GGD2110V1070002 Cummins M11 Allison B400R 40' submitted for Altoona test in Dec. 1997.
2000 15GGD2114Y1072257 Cummins ISM Allison B400R 40' submitted for Altoona test in Aug. 2001.
2004 15GGD191941074403 Cummins ISB Allison EP40 System 40' HEV submitted for Altoona test in Oct. 2004.
2004 15GGD211641076000 Altoona test bus.
2008 40' suburban commuter demo.
07/27/2010 15GGD2717A1176562 Cummins ISL G Allison B400R
  • 40' CNG demo/engineering bus.
  • Tested at Altoona Nov. 18 to May 13, 2011.[4]
02/28/2011 15GGE2718B1092262 Cummins ISL G Allison B400R
  • 30' CNG demo/engineering bus.
  • Tested at Altoona June 7, 2011 to Jan. 30, 2012.[5]
01/16/2013 15GGD2713C1180773 Cummins ISL G Voith D864.5
  • 2012 model.
  • 40' CNG demo/engineering bus.
  • Tested at Altoona March 28 to July 8, 2013.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Hertz Introduces the H2000LF -- The Bus of the Future (press release). The Hertz Corporation. 19 May 1997. Retrieved on 02 March 2014.
  2. ↑ BAE Systems HybriDrive® Series Green Propulsion System Orders Surpass 3,500 (Press release). 23 May 2011. Retrieved on 28 May 2011,
  3. ↑ EMI Natural Gas Fuel Systems for Gillig Buses. 27 March 2010. NGV Global News. Retrieved on 28 May 2011
  4. ↑ Altoona Test bus 1016. The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute. Retrieved on 01 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Altoona Test bus 1109. The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute. Retrieved on 01 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Altoona Test bus 1306. The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute. Retrieved on 04 September 2014.
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