jacsnyy Posted July 18, 2010 Share #1 Posted July 18, 2010 During my trips downtown the past few days, I've seen a handful of Grand Avenue labeled RTS's on the B54 route. Are these transfers to Fresh Pond or does Grand Avenue have some runs on this route now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T J Trainman Posted July 18, 2010 Share #2 Posted July 18, 2010 How many GA labled RTS have you seen on the B-54? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bknightshadow45 Posted July 18, 2010 Share #3 Posted July 18, 2010 I also noticed many Fresh Pond routes such as the (B26), (B38), and the (B52) had Grand Avenue depot stickers. All of the buses were in the 895x series that had the stickers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 18, 2010 Share #4 Posted July 18, 2010 Wirelessly posted via (Mozilla/5.0 (Danger hiptop 4.6; U; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920) 8952 & 8953 and some more in that neighborhood is being transfered to Fresh Pond since the ones with the Cummins M11E engines are retired and/or retiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from Maspeth Posted July 18, 2010 Share #5 Posted July 18, 2010 During my trips downtown the past few days, I've seen a handful of Grand Avenue labeled RTS's on the B54 route. Are these transfers to Fresh Pond or does Grand Avenue have some runs on this route now? Recent transfers from Grand to FP. The Q54 is a 100% FP route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted July 18, 2010 Share #6 Posted July 18, 2010 Wirelessly posted via (Mozilla/5.0 (Danger hiptop 4.6; U; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920) 8952 & 8953 and some more in that neighborhood is being transfered to Fresh Pond since the ones with the Cummins M11E engines are retired and/or retiring Why are those retiring, when they are later units from the same order? They just want to get rid of the Cummins' sooner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 18, 2010 Share #7 Posted July 18, 2010 Wirelessly posted via (Mozilla/5.0 (Danger hiptop 4.6; U; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920) Why are those retiring, when they are later units from the same order? They just want to get rid of the Cummins' sooner? I guess so. There's only 3 left: 9140, 9143, & 9148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T J Trainman Posted July 18, 2010 Share #8 Posted July 18, 2010 The Q-54 is an all FP route. However, Is the B-54 still an all FP route as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted July 18, 2010 Share #9 Posted July 18, 2010 Grand Av is a dumpyard. It got lowest number of RTS and Hybrids. B47 is gettin really packed bcause of less buses in tat depot and its about 80 mins (whole route). Most routes take about 30 or 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from Maspeth Posted July 18, 2010 Share #10 Posted July 18, 2010 Grand Av is a dumpyard. It got lowest number of RTS and Hybrids. B47 is gettin really packed bcause of less buses in tat depot and its about 80 mins (whole route). Most routes take about 30 or 60. If any route is overcrowded it is a reflection of the schedules, not of the depot. All the depot does is supply the number of buses needed as per the schedules, which are made up "downtown". "Downtown" supplies sufficient buses to each depot to make service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 18, 2010 Share #11 Posted July 18, 2010 Wirelessly posted via (Mozilla/5.0 (Danger hiptop 4.6; U; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920) The Q-54 is an all FP route. However, Is the B-54 still an all FP route as well? The B54 is from Fresh Pond along with the B26, 38, 52, Q54 55 & 58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted July 18, 2010 Share #12 Posted July 18, 2010 Wirelessly posted via (Mozilla/5.0 (Danger hiptop 4.6; U; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920) Grand Av is a dumpyard. It got lowest number of RTS and Hybrids. B47 is gettin really packed bcause of less buses in tat depot and its about 80 mins (whole route). Most routes take about 30 or 60. Grand Av isn't a dumpyard. The 94xx's & the 95xx's are some of the youngest RTSs on the road, plus they got a piece on the NG pie, and those are about 1 year old. Adding to the fact that they have 4701 & 4702 which is only a few months old makes the fleet age there really young. The B47 was always packed, even when it was at Flatbush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #13 Posted July 19, 2010 Grand Av is a dumpyard. It got lowest number of RTS and Hybrids. B47 is gettin really packed bcause of less buses in tat depot and its about 80 mins (whole route). Most routes take about 30 or 60. What about Ulmer Park, or Eastchester, or College Point? None of those garages have a local bus built after 1999 (although Eastchester has a small local fleet). And Ulmer Park has the fourth-busiest route in the city in the B6 (before the service cuts, I know that it had at least 101 runs on weekdays). The newest buses at each of those three for local service: ECH: 9328 (1997) UP: 5136 (1999) CP: 9931 (1999) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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