NewFlyer 230 Posted September 22, 2015 Share #16101 Posted September 22, 2015 Are buses that get transferred to a depot of a different company always supposed to get new MTA decals? Or is that something that nobody cares about? I've been seeing a lot of MTA Bus Company buses on routes that usually belong to New York City Bus. I'd also like to know if the Orion V diesels are getting retired soon? I also saw one of the new C40LFs on the Q30 yesterday. If buses change between depots the depot sticker gets change. If it moves from NYC bus to MTA Bus then the bus would normal say so on the sides and rear. Yes the Orion V's are on their way out. Casey Stengel, Castelton, Yukon and various other depots are getting new buses to replace the remaining Orion V's. The 1996's are being retired too but since they are holding up well they having been leaving so fast like the Orion's.You did not see a C40LF on the Q30 because Jamaica depot handles the Q30 which is not a CNG depot. You probably saw a Novabus LFS or even a Orion VII NG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted September 23, 2015 Share #16102 Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) So 7385 has a different type of "case" for the stop request buttons. Instead of the usual smooth, glossy gray, they have this matte-ish yellow version of it that gets dirty easily from fingerprints. Spotted that on some of the FB buses. 7353, 7358 has that version. Most of the recent delivered buses has that version Also, sometimes buses that get transferred to a depot of a different company gets new decals or stays the same. Like for example, 9014 went to Jamaica from LGA, it stays as MTA Bus but it's still a NYCT transit route. With new buses being delivered, Orion V's are out first. Edited September 23, 2015 by Calvin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewYorkElevated Posted September 23, 2015 Share #16103 Posted September 23, 2015 Are buses that get transferred to a depot of a different company always supposed to get new MTA decals? Or is that something that nobody cares about? I've been seeing a lot of MTA Bus Company buses on routes that usually belong to New York City Bus. I'd also like to know if the Orion V diesels are getting retired soon? I also saw one of the new C40LFs on the Q30 yesterday. The Orion V's are still going. I even caught one on the M100 last week. Get your photos/videos now of those buses while you can. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Orion Bus Posted September 23, 2015 Share #16104 Posted September 23, 2015 If buses change between depots the depot sticker gets change. If it moves from NYC bus to MTA Bus then the bus would normal say so on the sides and rear. Yes the Orion V's are on their way out. Casey Stengel, Castelton, Yukon and various other depots are getting new buses to replace the remaining Orion V's. The 1996's are being retired too but since they are holding up well they having been leaving so fast like the Orion's. You did not see a C40LF on the Q30 because Jamaica depot handles the Q30 which is not a CNG depot. You probably saw a Novabus LFS or even a Orion VII NG. It was definitely a C40LF as I've seen them before. It was definitely CNG with the tank on top. It had a number in the 500s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted September 23, 2015 Share #16105 Posted September 23, 2015 It was definitely a C40LF as I've seen them before. It was definitely CNG with the tank on top. It had a number in the 500s.Perhaps you saw a Q34, not a Q30. No NYCT route in queens operates CNGs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBrickBreaker101 Posted September 23, 2015 Share #16106 Posted September 23, 2015 It was definitely a C40LF as I've seen them before. It was definitely CNG with the tank on top. It had a number in the 500s. Any photo proof? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted September 23, 2015 Share #16107 Posted September 23, 2015 It was definitely a C40LF as I've seen them before. It was definitely CNG with the tank on top. It had a number in the 500s. There was no C40LF on the Q30. The 500s also do not have any MTA NYC Bus codes. You might've seen an Xcelsior on the Q31. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted September 23, 2015 Share #16108 Posted September 23, 2015 The MTA dispatching SBS routes like traditional bus routes during irregular operations does not work. That's like sending a train on a deadhead from Brooklyn Bridge to Grand Central at 5pm on a weekday. If an SBS route is high frequency and high usage from top to bottom, sending empty buses to only run from mid-route to the opposite end instead of end-to-end just makes more problems for the customer at the ends of the routes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted September 23, 2015 Share #16109 Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) Theres no southbound Q47 from Eliot Avenue to LGA, and there's 4 NB buses approaching Marine Air Terminal. Guess I'll walk to Northern Blvd to avoid the extremely large line by the time the bus arrives at Roosevelt Avenue. Ain't that some shit. Edited September 23, 2015 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted September 24, 2015 Share #16110 Posted September 24, 2015 Caught 6073 on the Q20. I have not seen one XD40 on the Q20 yet and I know they have ran on it before. I couldn't believe that it is still easy to catch a Orion V on the Q20. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S78 via Hylan Posted September 24, 2015 Share #16111 Posted September 24, 2015 I caught 8133 on the S66 this evening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteriousBtrain Posted September 24, 2015 Share #16112 Posted September 24, 2015 NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! How could you do this to me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted September 24, 2015 Share #16113 Posted September 24, 2015 If buses change between depots the depot sticker gets change. If it moves from NYC bus to MTA Bus then the bus would normal say so on the sides and rear. Yes the Orion V's are on their way out. Casey Stengel, Castelton, Yukon and various other depots are getting new buses to replace the remaining Orion V's. The 1996's are being retired too but since they are holding up well they having been leaving so fast like the Orion's. You did not see a C40LF on the Q30 because Jamaica depot handles the Q30 which is not a CNG depot. You probably saw a Novabus LFS or even a Orion VII NG. Not always true. You still have some buses that go between MTA Bus and NYCT But they don't change those stickers. Theres a couple of 5200s for example that has MTA Bus logos still but its at NYCT (Quill) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted September 24, 2015 Share #16114 Posted September 24, 2015 Not always true. You still have some buses that go between MTA Bus and NYCT But they don't change those stickers. Theres a couple of 5200s for example that has MTA Bus logos still but its at NYCT (Quill) To be fair, they're not MTA Bus logos on those 5200s...they just did the lazy shit and rubbed out the "New York City" decals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAlam Posted September 24, 2015 Share #16115 Posted September 24, 2015 Caught 6073 on the Q20. I have not seen one XD40 on the Q20 yet and I know they have ran on it before. I couldn't believe that it is still easy to catch a Orion V on the Q20. I've been on one once and I usually see one in the morning going the opp direction from me NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! How could you do this to me? Its was bound to happen there always shorties on that route when it sSBS i bet you'll see LFSA and XD40 because they can display blue text 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted September 24, 2015 Share #16116 Posted September 24, 2015 So the M34/M34A will run via 23rd Street tomorrow afternoon/evening... The other detours tomorrow I get, but this one I really don't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted September 24, 2015 Share #16117 Posted September 24, 2015 I caught 7373 on the Q32. First time using the Q32 and caught it from 3rd Ave and 59th to 74th street bus terminal. I can't believe the 5th and Madison was being closed just because of the Pope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted September 25, 2015 Share #16118 Posted September 25, 2015 Does anyone know if the NYPD Orion V Suburbans will roaming Manhattan these next couple of days? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted September 25, 2015 Share #16119 Posted September 25, 2015 Finally saw 7383 and 7385 both on the Q20B right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted September 25, 2015 Share #16120 Posted September 25, 2015 What will replace the remaning RTS's at GA? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted September 25, 2015 Share #16121 Posted September 25, 2015 What will replace the remaning RTS's at GA? Nothing right now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future ENY OP Posted September 25, 2015 Share #16122 Posted September 25, 2015 I wonder what rear ads will be used for these septa novas the decided to order. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted September 26, 2015 Share #16123 Posted September 26, 2015 How is it that the x1, x10, x27, and x28 were allowed to run along 5th av last night (normal routing), but the BM's were still traveling along Lex? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted September 26, 2015 Share #16124 Posted September 26, 2015 (edited) How is it that the x1, x10, x27, and x28 were allowed to run along 5th av last night (normal routing), but the BM's were still traveling along Lex? I saw some BM's running via 5 Avenue last night on bustime, around 9/10/11 PM. I feel that it also that NYCT gets "priority" in the sense that those routes get updated reroutes or are assigned back to their regular route. IDK why the BM5 and QM15 were rerouted to 23 Street for brief periods of the day yesterday and the day before, while the M34/34A were running along it (when the notice said they would go via 23 street), along with the other QM's (there was nothing stating QM15's were running on 23rd either). Good thing the QM24 was already running, which was running on normal route, so I saved myself a possible missed connection. On the X27/37 and X28/38 though, when they were running via Lex, they had written where the buses were stopping. Another example is that the Q47's on a long-term detour until fall 2016 in Maspeth, and yet nothing's posted on the MTA website, nor on the timetable about the detour. The bus also makes no stops on the detour path, which is also only posted at the former stops the Q47 stopped at. Edited September 26, 2015 by BM5 via Woodhaven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted September 27, 2015 Share #16125 Posted September 27, 2015 So the Q9 has a short turn at Jamaica Station 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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