Toronto Transit Commission 8400-8504
Toronto Transit Commission 8400-8504 are Nova Bus LFS buses built in 2015 and delivered between 2015 and 2016. Apart from the trial unit purchased in 1998, these are the first 40-foot LFS buses purchased by the TTC. The pilot bus was delivered to the TTC in February 2015. The remaining buses are expected to be delivered from June 2015 to January 2016.
Engine | Transmission | Seating | Destination sign |
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Cummins ISL9 EPA 2013 | Allison B400R6 | 6: American Seating 6468; 27: American Seating InSight |
Luminator Horizon |
History
Order
A request for proposals was issued in 2013 for a contract to supply 50 40-foot diesel buses for 2015 with options for 2016 to 2018. In their 2014-2023 Capital Budget, the TTC identified the need for 55 buses (12 for growth and 43 for Scarborough RT replacement buses). After the Line 2 subway extension was approved by City Council, there was no longer an immediate need for the 43 buses. However recognizing the deterioration condition of the RTS fleet, it was decided to continue with the purchase of 55 buses to replace the RTS buses one year early.[1]
Both Nova Bus and New Flyer submitted bids for evaluation. New Flyer's bid was disqualified as they did not meet the TTC's requirement; in particular declining to supply a "Vendor Cross Reference Parts List". Nova Bus's proposal was further evaluated and it was determined to be acceptable. The contract was awarded to Nova Bus in April 2014.
At their February 2015 meeting, the Commission approved the purchase of an additional 50 buses to facilitate peak service improvements. With no additional funds to purchase new buses, the TTC looked at different ways to meet the requirement.
New Flyer submitted a lease to own proposal where they would build the buses for the TTC, and should they choose to, the TTC would purchase the buses at the end of the lease. New Flyer's proposal contained multiple technical and commercial deviations from the TTC's original specifications issued in 2013. Chief among them were reduced warranty periods, revision of the trigger point for latent defects, other transit agency's testing requirements instead of the TTC's, and the waiver of the requirement to submit a cross vendor parts reference list.[2]
Nova Bus proposed selling the TTC an additional 50 buses at the agreed upon price in the existing 2015 contract. The TTC would have to waive the penalties incurred as a result of delays to the previous LFS Artic orders and accept a reduced testing period for the pilot bus. This proposal was seen as the best alternative by the TTC.
Modifications
In Summer 2016, 8406 was selected as one of prototype buses to be equipped with the new Computer-Aided Dispatch and Automatic Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL) Vehicle Information System and Integrated Operations Network (VISION) system. This bus was removed from service until Summer 2018, when buses equipped with vision system are starting to deployed. The rest of this series started VISION installation in December 2018. The entire series was equipped with VISION by April 2019.
Deliveries History
All 105 buses (8400-8504) were delivered to Arrow Rd division.
Movement History
From September 2016 to December 2016, 8400-8405, 8407-8433 were transferred to Queensway to replace the 7300 series buses. 8434 transferred to Queensway in October 2017. From March to April 2018, 8400-8405, 8407-8427 were transferred to Arrow, and the remaining 7900 series at Arrow took their place at Queensway. In August 2018, 8435-8436 were transferred to Queensway. Between August and October 2018, 8400-8405, 8407-8427, 8437-8504 were transferred to Birchmount to replace the retiring 7700 and 7800 series. 8406 was transferred to Queensway in late November 2018 because VISION was started to be equipped at Queensway. In March 2019, 8406, 8429-8436 were transferred to Birchmount and 8412-8426 were transferred to Queensway. In late April 2019, 8400-8409 were transferred to Queensway in exchange for a few 79xx units. From May 2019 to July 2019, 8410-8411, 8427, 8429-8435, 8437-8440, 8455-8464 were transferred to Queensway. In August 2019, 8400-8409 were transferred to Birchmount. From September 2019 to November 2019, 8436, 8441-8454 were transferred to Queensway. From November 2020 to December 2020, 8410-8420 were transferred to Birchmount and 8465-8475 were transferred to Queensway. Ahead of the opening of McNicoll division on March 28 2021, 8471-8475 were transferred to Birchmount in February 2021. From March 2021 to June 2021, 8471-8483 were transferred to Queensway as this series undergoes their midlife rebuild. In August 2021, 8474-8483 were transferred to Birchmount. In October 2021, 8469-8473 were transferred to Birchmount. In December 2021, 8421-8459 were transferred to Birchmount. In November 2022, the remaining 9 units (8460-8468) at Queensway were transferred to Birchmount.
Deployment
This series is currently operating out of Birchmount division. They may appear on routes: 9 Bellamy, 12 Kingston Rd, 16 McCowan, 19 Bay, 20 Cliffside, 22 Coxwell, 23 Dawes, 24 Victoria Park, 31 Greenwood, 62 Mortimer, 64 Main, 65 Parliament, 69 Warden South, 70 O'Connor, 72 Pape, 75 Sherbourne, 82 Rosedale, 83 Jones, 87 Cosburn, 92 Woodbine South, 94 Wellesley, 113 Danforth, 121 Esplanade-River, 135 Gerrard, 143 Downtown/Beach Express, 167 Pharmacy North, 175 Bluffer's Park, 300 Bloor-Danforth, 304 King, 320 Yonge, 322 Coxwell, 324 Victoria Park, 365 Parliament, 504 King, 506 Carlton, 905 Eglinton East Express, and 924 Victoria Park Express.
Details
Fleet number |
Thumbnail | Date | VIN | License plate | Garage | Status/Disposal | Notes |
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8400 | 12/2014 | 2NVYL82J7E3001405 | 173 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8401 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001554 | 231 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8402 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001555 | 231 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8403 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001556 | 231 4BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8404 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001557 | 328 1BK (prev. 231 5BJ) |
Birchmount | Active |
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8405 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J8F3001561 | 231 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8406 | 2015 | 2NVYL82JXF3001562 | 750 8BL (prev. 231 7BJ) |
Birchmount | Active |
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8407 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J1F3001563 | 231 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8408 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001564 | 231 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8409 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001572 | 230 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8410 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001573 | 230 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8411 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001574 | 228 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8412 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J8F3001575 | 229 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8413 | 2015 | 2NVYL82JXF3001576 | 229 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8414 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J1F3001577 | 747 4BL (prev. 229 2BJ) |
Birchmount | Active |
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8415 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001578 | 229 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8416 | 04/2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001579 | 230 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8417 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J1F3001580 | 229 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8418 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001581 | 229 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8419 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001582 | 230 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8420 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J7F3001583 | 228 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8421 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001586 | 228 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8422 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001591 | 228 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8423 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J1F3001594 | 291 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8424 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001595 | 290 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8425 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001596 | 290 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8426 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J7F3001597 | 290 4BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8427 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J9F3001598 | 290 5BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8428 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001601 | 290 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8429 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J9F3001603 | 290 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8430 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001604 | 290 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8431 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001605 | 292 4BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8432 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001606 | 292 5BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8433 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001607 | 292 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8434 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J8F3001608 | 292 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8435 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J8F3001611 | 292 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8436 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001615 | 292 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8437 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J7F3001616 | 293 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8438 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J9F3001617 | 291 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8439 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001618 | 291 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8440 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J9F3001620 | 291 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8441 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001621 | 292 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8442 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001622 | 292 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8443 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001623 | 292 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8444 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001624 | 292 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8445 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001669 | 295 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8446 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001670 | 295 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8447 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001671 | 450 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8448 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001672 | 450 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8449 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001693 | 450 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8450 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001694 | 294 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8451 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J7F3001695 | 294 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8452 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J9F3001696 | 294 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8453 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001697 | 294 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8454 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001698 | 295 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8455 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001699 | 451 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8456 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J7F3001700 | 452 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8457 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J9F3001701 | 452 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8458 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001702 | 452 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8459 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001735 | 452 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8460 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001736 | 452 4BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8461 | 2015 | 2NVYL82JXF3001738 | 452 5BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8462 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J1F3001739 | 452 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8463 | 09/2015 | 2NVYL82J1F3001742 | 452 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8464 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001743 | 451 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8465 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001744 | 451 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8466 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J7F3001745 | 451 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8467 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001747 | 451 4BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8468 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001758 | 451 5BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8469 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J7F3001759 | 451 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8470 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001760 | 451 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8471 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001761 | 451 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8472 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001764 | 455 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8473 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001765 | 454 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8474 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001766 | 454 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8475 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001770 | 454 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8476 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J8F3001771 | 454 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8477 | 2015 | 2NVYL82JXF3001772 | 454 5BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8478 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J1F3001773 | 454 4BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8479 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001774 | 454 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8480 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001775 | 454 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8481 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J7F3001776 | 454 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8482 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J9F3001777 | 454 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8483 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001778 | 453 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8484 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001779 | 453 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8485 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J9F3001780 | 453 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8486 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001781 | 455 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8487 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001782 | 455 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8488 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001783 | 455 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8489 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001784 | 455 4BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8490 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J8F3001785 | 455 5BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8491 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J1F3001787 | 455 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8492 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001788 | 455 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8493 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001789 | 455 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8494 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J1F3001790 | 455 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8495 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J3F3001791 | 456 0BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8496 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J5F3001792 | 456 1BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8497 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001798 | 456 2BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8498 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J8F3001799 | 456 3BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8499 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J0F3001800 | 456 4BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8500 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J2F3001801 | 456 5BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8501 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J4F3001802 | 456 6BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8502 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J6F3001803 | 456 7BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8503 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J8F3001804 | 456 8BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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8504 | 2015 | 2NVYL82J8F3001805 | 456 9BJ | Birchmount | Active |
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References
- ↑ 30 April 2014. Procurement Authorization - Purchase of 40 Foot Low Floor Clean Diesel Buses, Toronto Transit Commission Report
- ↑ 25 February 2015. Procurement Authorization Amendment - Purchase 50 Forty Foot Low Floor Clean Diesel City Buses, Toronto Transit Commission Report
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Buses | |||
Low Floor Diesel | 3100-3369, 7900-7979, 8000-8099, 8100-8219, 8300-8334, 8335-8396, 8400-8504, 8510-8617, 8620-8716, 8720-8964, 9200-9239 | ||
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Low Floor Hybrid | 1000-1149, 1200-1423, 1500-1689, 3400-3654, 7000-7133, 7200-7333 | ||
Low Floor Electric | 3700-3724, 3725-3749, 3750-3759 | ||
Articulated Diesel | 9000-9026, 9027-9152 | ||
Articulated Hybrid | 9400-9467 | ||
High Floor Diesel | 2252 | ||
Wheel-Trans | W500-W519, W520-W579, W580-W627, W628-W647, W648-W670, W700-W790, W791-W837 | ||
Rail Vehicles | |||
Streetcars | 2766, 4001, 4207, 4400-4603, 4604-4663, 4500, 4549 | ||
Rapid Transit | 5000-5371, 5381-6136, 6141-6196, 6200-6275, 6500-6517 |