NovaBus 5121 5 #1 Posted August 31, 2008 Hey guys. Everybody has their favorite bus depot, routes or fleet but I was wondering which depot statistically has the best maintenance? I know certain people feel that certain depots have poor maintenance (SI or the Bronx Division depots for example) but which depot had the most road calls and/or best MBDF? Whether its MTAB or NYCT, facts, stats, & opinions are all welcome. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orion 27 #2 Posted August 31, 2008 Definately East New York or Michael J Quill, though West Farms is my favorite (they maintain buses good as well). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trainfan22 1,781 #3 Posted August 31, 2008 Flatbush, UP and MJO are the best!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaBus 5121 5 #4 Posted August 31, 2008 I agree with both of you so far. Depots that seem to have the best maintenance to me are ENY, FB & MJQ. It sounds biased, but the Brooklyn Division takes the best care of their buses and hands down the best maintenance of the RTS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East New York 4,046 #5 Posted August 31, 2008 Based on my knowledge of the TA I would have to say hands down, the best maintenance teams are at East New York, Quill, Gleason, Flatbush, Jamaica, Manhattanville, and West Farms. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pablo M 201 35 #6 Posted August 31, 2008 Quill and ENY hands down! College Point and Spring Creek are ok at times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orion 27 #7 Posted August 31, 2008 GleasonHELLLLLLLLLLL NOOOOOO. Reason I say that is because of thier VIIs. UGH! I hate the fact WF is still getting the crap VIIs from JG and giving the good VIIs to JG. Lots of VIIs from JG have a whole lot of paint chips, even the ex-JG ones we got. Just ride 7624 and 7625, though 7625 sounds real good, it also sounds like it's been through alot of hell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
via White Plains Road 192 #8 Posted August 31, 2008 My favorite depots are Flatbush, Jamaica, Michael J. Quill and Ulmer Park....why b/c they got all RTS NovaBuses and Flatbush got TMC RTS-06! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I Run Trains 360 #9 Posted August 31, 2008 Well... from what I seen. I like the RTS out of MJQ and Flatbush... they take care of their buses very well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East New York 4,046 #10 Posted September 1, 2008 HELLLLLLLLLLL NOOOOOO. Reason I say that is because of thier VIIs. UGH! I hate the fact WF is still getting the crap VIIs from JG and giving the good VIIs to JG. Lots of VIIs from JG have a whole lot of paint chips, even the ex-JG ones we got. Just ride 7624 and 7625, though 7625 sounds real good, it also sounds like it's been through alot of hell. LOL... They seem to be doing pretty well in Brooklyn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DOB2RTO 29 #11 Posted September 6, 2008 Definately East New York or Michael J Quill, though West Farms is my favorite (they maintain buses good as well). They maintain your children Orion V and Orion VII CNG well. As for the artics, well during the summer all depots has their problems with them..... I've had 3 breakdowns, and quite a few near breakdowns, with the Farms artics...... Based on my knowledge of the TA I would have to say hands down, the best maintenance teams are at East New York, Quill, Gleason, Flatbush, Jamaica, Manhattanville, and West Farms. West Farms somewhat....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East New York 4,046 #12 Posted September 6, 2008 West Farms somewhat....... Yeah, their artic maintenance could be better, but those Orion V's, & VII's seem to be doing pretty well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bx402 0 #13 Posted September 10, 2008 LOL... They seem to be doing pretty well in Brooklyn! We in GunHill Have a saying and that is "If it starts be HAPPY" (LOL) but true GH has the Crappiest Fleet I think and I have Drove out of the Old 100 Street and the New 100 street Depots, GunHill, Hudson Pier, WestSide, now know as Quill, Mother Hale,... It's like in GH they just dont care ....saad to see what this Job has come to Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Q43 Floral Park 39 #14 Posted September 11, 2008 We in GunHill Have a saying and that is "If it starts be HAPPY" (LOL) but true GH has the Crappiest Fleet I think and I have Drove out of the Old 100 Street and the New 100 street Depots, GunHill, Hudson Pier, WestSide, now know as Quill, Mother Hale,... It's like in GH they just dont care ....saad to see what this Job has come to lmao at that saying but KB is slightly worse than Gun Hill. The B/Os 90% of the time don't use the kneeler because the bus gets stuck in a lowered position. Are they even planning to fix up the 100-200s or are they leaving soon? They suck a lot. I'm not even going to get started on the non SBS artics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orion 27 #15 Posted September 13, 2008 lmao at that saying but KB is slightly worse than Gun Hill. The B/Os 90% of the time don't use the kneeler because the bus gets stuck in a lowered position. Are they even planning to fix up the 100-200s or are they leaving soon? They suck a lot. I'm not even going to get started on the non SBS artics.There's still a few good ones, 5332, 5402, and the broken speed governer 5416...Orion V kneelers even from WF sometimes takes too long on it's way back up, but they keep those engines fast in WF. 5724 and 5730 is also great! But do NOT ride 5728 (or look at it's burnt-back.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
