MTA Bus Operations: Deliveries, Moves & Transfers

[Acela Express]

 

We keep giving the 96XX series RTS to FLA but we have yet to get anything back.

 

Who's we?

[gtNovaBusRTS9369]

No, I was talking about QV.

[S78 via Hylan]

6165 is at CAS. Spotted on the S54.

2783 is also at CAS. Spotted near Willowbrook yesterday on the X10 and has CAS stickers.

Edited April 19, 2012 by S78 via Hylan

[ciboii22]

4897 was missing, though....98 was there for a long time.....not 97!

 

97 was there for about a week or so my friend called me & told me he saw it so its been there for a while now , well according to him . I dont do staten island lines so I wouldnt know if its true or not .

 

Who's we?

 

Lol

[MHV9218]

8865 is now at the JAM. depot.

 

 

So FB is losing its oldest and newest RTSes but getting middle-aged ones in return. Odd.

 

9493 at MHV for the day.

[Grand Concourse]

Although I think the 9300s are shit, I think this is one of the most 'even' fleet FB has had. All buses being about the same age instead of having extremely old and extremely new. I kinda like it. I also exptected the oldest to be moved out mainly to MTA bus, but being somewhere in Queens, isn't too far off. I do like the idea of even more of the 9600s being consolidated over at FB.

[NewFlyer 230]

Why does the left overs always have to go to MTA bus LGA, JFK, and BP deserve new and better buses those 95-96's orions are older than the 9300's and are in bad condition.

[The Real]

3760, 3761 on the Q-22, and 3762 on the Q-21 are now at the FR depot. 3157 FR. 3175 at JFK. Lastly, 9134 now at ENY with ENY stickers. smh.

 

 

9134 at ENY, 3157 at FR and 3175 at JFK happened a very long time ago dude!

Edited April 20, 2012 by Vintage Soul

[gtNovaBusRTS9369]

Does anybody know what's holding up New Flyer XD40 #4812 & Orion VII 3G #7001 from being delivered to QV as of yet?

Edited April 20, 2012 by gtNovaBusRTS9369

[The Real]

Does anybody know what's holding up New Flyer XD40 #4812 & Orion VII 3G #7001 from being delivered to QV as of yet?

 

 

4812 ... @ Service Center

7001 ... On the property @ Zerega

4899 ... Rumored to be coming in a different engine

[MHV9218]

4899 ... Rumored to be coming in a different engine

 

 

Just to speculate, would that mean the MTA is happy enough with the Xcelsiors so far that they wanna try another engine?

[Grand Concourse]

I hope the MTA does order more XD40s. I like the buses inside and out. Nova lfs (bad interior layout) and the O7 3G (boring with all the NGs around) are one or the other.

 

Why does the left overs always have to go to MTA bus LGA, JFK, and BP deserve new and better buses those 95-96's orions are older than the 9300's and are in bad condition.

 

Those OG O7s were brand new and LGA got some NGs. So it's not like they never have anything new. But aside from the 9300s (that had the suburban seats), some of the older RTS they got weren't totally horrible.

 

I still think even the older RTSs are better than the O5s those depots have.

Edited April 21, 2012 by Grand Concourse

[The Real]

I hope the MTA does order more XD40s. I like the buses inside and out. Nova lfs (bad interior layout) and the O7 3G (boring with all the NGs around) are one or the other.

 

Those OG O7s were brand new and LGA got some NGs. So it's not like they never have anything new. But aside from the 9300s (that had the suburban seats), some of the older RTS they got weren't totally horrible.

 

I still think even the older RTSs are better than the O5s those depots have.

 

 

I'm more of a LFS man, myself.

[dmouse]

I'm more of a LFS man, myself.

 

 

2nd that notion,

 

but id like to see more Allison LFS's. These drivers do not know how to do it roght with a ZF at QV.

[Grand Concourse]

The main things I don't like about the interior are those 'conversation' seats and that single seat behind the driver. I like the way the bus looks on the outside, but not too wild about the interior layout compared to the other 2 lf buses.

[T J Trainman]

ECH depot now has 9126, ENY now has 8845, and BP now has 142.

[NewFlyer 230]

I wonder what ECH is going to get once those 1995-97 RTS's are retired.

[Metro CSW]

I wonder what ECH is going to get once those 1995-97 RTS's are retired.

 

 

my money is on 9444 and 5098. lol

[T J Trainman]

@CP Man Im wondering that myself.

[NewFlyer 230]

I was think maybe the Orion 3G Hybrids that may come in or it can have cNG's buses if the facility gets converted.

 

[ciboii22]

my money is on 9444 and 5098. lol

 

Could be possible , but why 5098? and 9444 . 5098 was rehabbed on July 15th 2011 , that bus aint going no where no time soon . The 9400's/9300's might be going to east chester .

[UTC Bus Roster]

I don't see LGA ever gettimg any new buses. Their maintenance is the worst in all of MTA! That's why they get the "hand-me-downs" because they'd ruin any new buses! When Triboro was taken over by MTA Bus, they had a fleet of around 240 buses with over 70 if those buses being out of service. Their maintenance hasn't really improved that much since the takeover. See my point???

[UTC Bus Roster]

We need somebody to get the numbers of the buses that are stored in West Farms Storage. I got a few from Bus Crap (5288, 5367, 5372, 5388, 5391, 5393, 5395 & 9995), but there are many more there.

[Future ENY OP]

We need somebody to get the numbers of the buses that are stored in West Farms Storage. I got a few from Bus Crap (5288, 5367, 5372, 5388, 5391, 5393, 5395 & 9995), but there are many more there.

 

 

5396, 5383 are also there.

Edited April 22, 2012 by Future ENY OP

[T J Trainman]

I agree with ciboii on this the 93/9400s are probably next to go to MTA Bus.