Before the MCI D4500

[FamousNYLover]

I took BxM1 during Liberty Lines Express after field trip in Ft. Tryon Park

 

I took this during New York Bus Service. I did not know about pickup/dropoff policy, but nice B/O let me ride BxM9 to 86th St.

 

BM3

I took this right after Bus takeover.

[TransitStop]

* really sorry for bringing up old topic *

 

The RTS suburbans are the worst to ride especially on a non express route

after taking your seat in the rear it is near impossible to get off unless you are getting off at a main stop

 

Here are the STO Suburban RTS' ( yes they have rear doors )

[BusOperator3319]

RTS Nova at Ulmer with suburban seats:

i miss these buses

[gtNovaBusRTS9369]

Do the Jamaica RTS' still have the suburban seating or were they reseated?

And what about Ulmer Park?

 

Sorry to say this but Well for JAM I believe they're RTS'es defintely lost all of their suburban seats. I haven't seen nor rode an RTS with Suburban seats since last year.

[R44 CNG]

Sorry to say this but Well for JAM I believe they're RTS'es defintely lost all of their suburban seats. I haven't seen nor rode an RTS with Suburban seats since last year.

 

Me too, the last time i rode one was like 2008 on the Q3

[Joel Up Front]

Are those soft seats really soft, or are they just better to feel than the standard hard plastic seats?

[NX Express]

Are those soft seats really soft, or are they just better to feel than the standard hard plastic seats?

 

Like Greyhound seats, IIRC?

[East New York]

I used to love catching the Ulmer Park suburban RTS' regularly on the shuttle back in '06.

[St Louis Car 09]

 

Me too, the last time i rode one was like 2008 on the Q3

Me too around 2007.These were the worst on the Q3 and Q83.what the hell were they thiking?

[Forest Glen]

* really sorry for bringing up old topic *

 

The RTS suburbans are the worst to ride especially on a non express route

after taking your seat in the rear it is near impossible to get off unless you are getting off at a main stop

 

Here are the STO Suburban RTS' ( yes they have rear doors )

 

I rode this on the X63 back in 2000.

[Fresh Pond]

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All the buses that had the seats (9250-9349) were either reseated or retired.

 

* really sorry for bringing up old topic *

 

The RTS suburbans are the worst to ride especially on a non express route

after taking your seat in the rear it is near impossible to get off unless you are getting off at a main stop

 

Its better than making a new thread about it. Riding it on a local route was a real pain in the ass, I used to go out to Ulmer and try to catch one on the B6. I always sat in the front seats facing the door since it gets ultra packed.

 

Another thing I miss about them was when most got reseated, they kept the platform in them so you would have standard seating but forward facing seats

[QM1to6Ave]

I caught an RTS with the standard seating but raised platform left over on the Q46 this summer. I forgot the number, but it was definitely a strange looking (i.e. pretty old and run down) compared to the othe rbuses, and the B/O was a real character. May have been a put-in or whatever.

[gtNovaBusRTS9369]

I caught an RTS with the standard seating but raised platform left over on the Q46 this summer. I forgot the number, but it was definitely a strange looking (i.e. pretty old and run down) compared to the othe rbuses, and the B/O was a real character. May have been a put-in or whatever.

 

I believe your saw #9250-9252 (from QV which also runs the Q46) because they still have platforms just with regular seats along with the rest of the buses in the 9250's numbers

[Joel Up Front]

And what do they use for local routes that go between boroughs like the Q32?

[Fresh Pond]

And what do they use for local routes that go between boroughs like the Q32?

 

Whatever bus the driver was handed. But since the Q32 is out of Stengel it used to use the surburban Orion Vs on occasion before they were retired

[MTARegional Bus]

Whatever bus the driver was handed. But since the Q32 is out of Stengel it used to use the surburban Orion Vs on occasion before they were retired

 

Same with the Q44