R160 Posted July 6, 2009 Share #1 Posted July 6, 2009 Can someone explain or give me a link to how the MTA gives numbers to their bus fleet. I was walking a couple days ago and there was a Q102 bus with the # 9999 (which is the max. on the subway). Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNIGHTRIDER3:16 Posted July 7, 2009 Share #2 Posted July 7, 2009 Can someone explain or give me a link to how the MTA gives numbers to their bus fleet. I was walking a couple days ago and there was a Q102 bus with the # 9999 (which is the max. on the subway). Thanks in advance. Well I could tell you this much, when we first turned to(MTA)BUS I was there when these guys was on ladders all over the depot the HARD seaters would basically be from 9800-9950 and Soft seaters are spread out that 9999 is A Exp bus but from 9950-9999 -7200 are soft seaters well most of them, To be honest I'm still used to the (3)digit numbers all 500's were EXP soft seaters and 300's -489 were local RTS and orions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNIGHTRIDER3:16 Posted July 7, 2009 Share #3 Posted July 7, 2009 <R> Can someone explain or give me a link to how the MTA gives numbers to their bus fleet. I was walking a couple days ago and there was a Q102 bus with the # 9999 (which is the max. on the subway). Thanks in advance. Well I could tell you this much, when we first turned to(MTA)BUS I was there when these guys was on ladders all over the depot the HARD seaters would basically be from 9800-9950 and Soft seaters are spread out that 9999 is A Exp bus but from 9950-9999 -7200 are soft seaters well most of them, To be honest I'm still used to the (3)digit numbers all 500's were EXP soft seaters and 300's -489 were local RTS and orions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcconnell Posted July 7, 2009 Share #4 Posted July 7, 2009 You might want to take a look at the TTMG's TransitWiki for more information regarding bus numbering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 8, 2009 Share #5 Posted July 8, 2009 Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Danger hiptop 3.4; U; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920) <R> Well I could tell you this much, when we first turned to(MTA)BUS I was there when these guys was on ladders all over the depot the HARD seaters would basically be from 9800-9950 and Soft seaters are spread out that 9999 is A Exp bus but from 9950-9999 -7200 are soft seaters well most of them, To be honest I'm still used to the (3)digit numbers all 500's were EXP soft seaters and 300's -489 were local RTS and orions The RTS numbers that was used for express service was the 92xx's (after 9250) to 9349. Most of the buses still have those seats. You can go to either Ulmer Park, Jamaica or Queens Village depots to find them. Also, most of the buses with the 100's numbering was express buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacsnyy Posted July 8, 2009 Share #6 Posted July 8, 2009 I'm pretty sure the soft seated RTS's are no longer at Ulmer Park and are exclusively in Queens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 Anthony Posted July 8, 2009 Share #7 Posted July 8, 2009 In Staten Island, there use to be 11 express buses (x8-x19.) Many of these routes had two or more terminals (x13's last stop was Park Place or 59th Street.) They had to renumber some of the express buses, so it would be easier to tell which buses were going where. In turn, the (NYCT) had to renumber the local buses. They renumbered them as follow: The s40's (s40,s42,s44,s46, and the s48) serving the North Shore. The s50's (s50,s51,s52,s53,s54,s55,s56,s57 and s59) north to south. The s60's (s60,s61,s62,s66 and s67) Victory Blvd. buses. The S70's (s74,s76,s78,s79) serving the South shore. The s80's (s81,s84,s86) limited service only from the Ferry. The s89 is the limited bus to Bayonne, New Jersey. The s90's (s90,s91,s92,s96, and s98) limited service to and from the Ferry. The s93 is the limited bus from CSI to 86 Street in Brooklyn. In my opinion, the s55 and s56 should be south service (s71 or s77.) The s66 should take over the s60 route and terminate at Clove Rd and Victory Blvd. The s67 should be eliminated because so few run occur on this line. Here is a list of the old and "new" Staten Island bus lines. New Old s40 s1 s42 s101 s44 s102 s46 s3 s48 s107 s51 s2 s52 s104 s53 s7 s54 s110 s55 s115 s56 s115 s57 s111 s59 s4 s60 s6s s61 n/a s62 s112 s66 s6 s67 s106 s72 s109- no longer in service s74 s113 s76 s117 s78 s103 to Tottenville s79 s103 to S.I. Mall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q25toJamaica Posted July 12, 2009 Share #8 Posted July 12, 2009 The MTA just takes numbers that aren't in use and groups buses by model into a certain range of numbers. No numbers overlap As for 9999, the 9800 and 9900 series are ex- queens surface orion v cngs. 9700s are ex-QSC TMC RTS-06 Some of the 8500s are ex-triboro orion V CNGs, the rest are NYCT 1993 TMC RTS-06s 7200s are ex- Triboro Orion V CNGs, with a few TMC RTS-06s in the earlier numbers (though only 1 remains) 7100s are ex- Triboro TMC RTS-06s 5900s are ex- Green Lines buses, orion Vs and TMC RTS-06s, however 5988-5999 are ex-Jamaica bus lines TMC RTS-06s, only 1 remains 5894-5897 are ex- Green Lines Orion V suburbans 1100s are ex-Jamaica Bus Lines buses 700s are ex- Command Orion V CNGs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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