kenglish Posted November 23, 2009 #1 Posted November 23, 2009 I noticed in some photos near the front door of the MTA buses that were stickers stating these buses are QA approved and then have a depot name. Do all buses have a sticker stating this and there home depot? So people or drivers know where the buses go at night in case they end up in another bourough or route.? Thanks:)
SoSpectacular Posted November 23, 2009 #2 Posted November 23, 2009 Those stickers are just their depot logos. Each borough has a certain number of depots dedicated to certain routes in the system. We have so many buses in our system so they all need somwhere to stay!
kenglish Posted November 23, 2009 Author #3 Posted November 23, 2009 :)so do the buses stay within a area of there depot so there always close by to there depot for faster nightime return. Also do buses run all night or stop at a hour and then resume?
Grand Concourse Posted November 24, 2009 #4 Posted November 24, 2009 I would assume some buses would return to the depot to 'rest' and other buses left at the depot would be sent out to relieve the other buses. No buses runs 'non-stop'.
SoSpectacular Posted November 24, 2009 #5 Posted November 24, 2009 :)so do the buses stay within a area of there depot so there always close by to there depot for faster nightime return. Also do buses run all night or stop at a hour and then resume? Pretty much, buses are usually rotated in and out during the day, for example I live about a few city blocks from the Casey Stengel Depot so I usually see buses that are out of service going in that direction throughout the day. At late nights buses usually run out of their depots every 30 minutes to an hour!
MattTrain Posted November 24, 2009 #6 Posted November 24, 2009 All buses have depots where they are based from, whether that's New York City bus or MTA Bus Company. I don't think a bus route has buses that are based from more than one depot or shop.
St Louis Car 09 Posted November 24, 2009 #7 Posted November 24, 2009 I noticed in some photos near the front door of the MTA buses that were stickers stating these buses are QA approved and then have a depot name. Do all buses have a sticker stating this and there home depot? So people or drivers know where the buses go at night in case they end up in another bourough or route.? Thanks:) check out our rate your favorite bus depot thread.It kinda give you an idea about our depots,what lines do they serve and what each logo means.
SevenEleven Posted November 24, 2009 #8 Posted November 24, 2009 All buses have depots where they are based from, whether that's New York City bus or MTA Bus Company. I don't think a bus route has buses that are based from more than one depot or shop. A couple of routes are. Some routes are split, while some specials are loaned buses from other depots. Ex: Q44 school specials uses the RTS from JAM. Q31 specials uses O7s from QV. The QBx1 is split between ECH and CP.
SoSpectacular Posted November 24, 2009 #9 Posted November 24, 2009 And in some cases the Q17 and Q27 are helped out by Casey Stengel's Orion Vs for the school trippers!
kenglish Posted November 25, 2009 Author #10 Posted November 25, 2009 Does anyone or can recall awhile back maybe a year ago or so there were links on this website regarding jobs @ the MTA showing a bus driver, Bus cleaner, And such I really wanna see them agian. Thanks
St Louis Car 09 Posted November 25, 2009 #11 Posted November 25, 2009 Does anyone or can recall awhile back maybe a year ago or so there were links on this website regarding jobs @ the MTA showing a bus driver, Bus cleaner, And such I really wanna see them agian. ThanksYou can check the postings on the transit career discusion forum on this site on the bottom of the index.
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