LRG Posted August 22, 2010 Share #1 Posted August 22, 2010 Anyone knows what company makes the fareboxes for use by MTA's buses and how the fareboxes are installed in the bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queens Surface Posted August 22, 2010 Share #2 Posted August 22, 2010 Yes, They are built by the Cubic Revenue Collection Group which is a subsidy of Cubic Corp. As for how they are installed I'm not so sure, I think a power cable gets connected to it from the buses' battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted August 23, 2010 Yes, They are built by the Cubic Revenue Collection Group which is a subsidy of Cubic Corp. As for how they are installed I'm not so sure, I think a power cable gets connected it to it from the buses' battery. Cool, I noticed that one of the museum buses from yesterday had a farebox installed since it ran in regular service during the holidays so it had me wondering how the farebox was held to the bus itself...bolted perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queens Surface Posted August 23, 2010 Share #4 Posted August 23, 2010 Cool, I noticed that one of the museum buses from yesterday had a farebox installed since it ran in regular service during the holidays so it had me wondering how the farebox was held to the bus itself...bolted perhaps? Most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted August 23, 2010 Share #5 Posted August 23, 2010 They have a mount that the box goes into on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted August 23, 2010 Share #6 Posted August 23, 2010 By the way, how much does each one cost? A bus driver told me that they cost $500,000 each. Is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted August 23, 2010 Share #7 Posted August 23, 2010 By the way, how much does each one cost? A bus driver told me that they cost $500,000 each. Is that true?Thats as much as one bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted August 23, 2010 Share #8 Posted August 23, 2010 By the way, how much does each one cost? A bus driver told me that they cost $500,000 each. Is that true? That can't be possible! That would make the cost of a bus with a farebox installed almost a million dollars each! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share #9 Posted August 23, 2010 That can't be possible! That would make the cost of a bus with a farebox installed almost a million dollars each! But aren't the buses ordered separately from the fareboxes? Don't the fareboxes get installed when the buses are delivered to New York? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted August 23, 2010 Share #10 Posted August 23, 2010 Yes, They are built by the Cubic Revenue Collection Group which is a subsidy of Cubic Corp. As for how they are installed I'm not so sure, I think a power cable gets connected to it from the buses' battery. How about how MetroCard farebox was installed on Bee-Line Bus and what about old Bee-Line fleet Bus using. I also curious about Long Island Bus, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsbridge Bus Posted August 23, 2010 Share #11 Posted August 23, 2010 Aren't some fareboxes reused after a bus is scraped depending on it's condition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted August 23, 2010 Share #12 Posted August 23, 2010 If you look on the MCI bus website, for example, they mention that the public sector D4500's come with "Fare box mounting provisions including notched dash" standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8Hou Posted August 23, 2010 Share #13 Posted August 23, 2010 By the way, how much does each one cost? A bus driver told me that they cost $500,000 each. Is that true? No, that B/O is guessing. The actual cost is around $10,000 give or take each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twty22 Posted August 23, 2010 Share #14 Posted August 23, 2010 Aren't some fareboxes reused after a bus is scraped depending on it's condition? yes all fareboxes are removed from buses before they get scraped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvin Posted August 23, 2010 Share #15 Posted August 23, 2010 yes all fareboxes are removed from buses before they get scraped. That would explain the blue metrocard and $1.50 fare I saw on a Orion VII NG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twty22 Posted August 23, 2010 Share #16 Posted August 23, 2010 That would explain the blue metrocard and $1.50 fare I saw on a Orion VII NG. yep. then when new buses come in they put those removed fareboxes back in service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted August 24, 2010 Share #17 Posted August 24, 2010 I'm still looking for the bus that has the box numbered 0001... the closest I seen was 0008 on a Fresh Pond bus (it was a 95xx) That would explain the blue metrocard and $1.50 fare I saw on a Orion VII NG. I've seen a few Flatbush NGs that say "MaBSTOA/Manhattanille" & "MaBSTOA/Amsterdam" written on the fareboxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted August 24, 2010 Share #18 Posted August 24, 2010 But aren't the buses ordered separately from the fareboxes? Don't the fareboxes get installed when the buses are delivered to New York? Yeah. they do, and like twty22 said, most are recycled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted August 24, 2010 Share #19 Posted August 24, 2010 That would explain the blue metrocard and $1.50 fare I saw on a Orion VII NG.LOL U should have taken a pic of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noflexdont Posted August 24, 2010 Share #20 Posted August 24, 2010 Next time you get on a bus look at the fare details that are on the IFU. you will see that there are layers of sticker. I have peeled some that are 8 layers deep. Now to get a little off track. I have been searching the internet for a manual on the IFU (Intergrated Farebox Unit). I have fiddled with the IFU and have got in to sub-menus which display fare types (half fare,transfers) pressed (dump key, F5) and other options like set transfer type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akamtabx36 Posted August 24, 2010 Share #21 Posted August 24, 2010 yes all fareboxes are removed from buses before they get scraped. how about destination signs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted August 24, 2010 Share #22 Posted August 24, 2010 how about destination signs? During the transition from PBL to MTA Bus some dest. signs were recycled. This also happens when signs malfunction sometime. But new buses are delivered with new signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted August 24, 2010 Share #23 Posted August 24, 2010 During the transition from PBL to MTA Bus some dest. signs were recycled. This also happens when signs malfunction sometime. But new buses are delivered with new signs. Are the signs on retiring buses sold as memorabilia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share #24 Posted August 24, 2010 Next time you get on a bus look at the fare details that are on the IFU. you will see that there are layers of sticker. I have peeled some that are 8 layers deep. Now to get a little off track. I have been searching the internet for a manual on the IFU (Intergrated Farebox Unit). I have fiddled with the IFU and have got in to sub-menus which display fare types (half fare,transfers) pressed (dump key, F5) and other options like set transfer type. I remember dipping my MetroCard into the farebox on the B26 last year...the farebox took off $2.00 and this was two weeks after the fare hike to $2.25. Are the signs on retiring buses sold as memorabilia? Where will you plug it into? Also, you'll need the Luminator destination setter or else it'll be a pile of junk laying around the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted August 25, 2010 Share #25 Posted August 25, 2010 Where will you plug it into? Also, you'll need the Luminator destination setter or else it'll be a pile of junk laying around the house. Sell the destination setter as well, and plug it into an outlet (unless it needs some special kind of voltage/amperage). Then take pictures, computer-edit them onto a bus picture, and bingo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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