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Rutgers 2023-2025 ENC Axess BRT Delivery


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In late 2021, a multi-year order of ENC Axess BRT buses were placed to replace some of the current Rutgers-New Brunswick bus fleet. Deliveries began this week after a series of delays, with buses 4032 and 4033 delivered. There will be 10 buses total in Year 1 of the order, with two buses delivered each month. The order breakdown is as follows:

  • Year 1 (2022 - delayed to 2023): 10 buses
  • Year 2 (2023): 5 buses (expected to deliver by the end of this year)
  • Year 3 (2024): 5 buses
  • Year 4 (2025): 5 buses

These are the first new original buses in the Rutgers-NB fleet in 12 years. Rutgers has not ordered any new buses since 2011, when the First Transit contract first began. There are some newer buses in the fleet, but those were not original to the Rutgers fleet. The paint scheme has been changed up a little bit, which is inspired by the 200-series ex-LSU and UAB 2010 ElDorado Axess.

This thread will be dedicated to updates on this multi-year order as it progresses.

Photos:

https://imgur.com/UrUZAM8

https://imgur.com/3uzcg0B

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2 hours ago, JLiu15 said:

Rutgers has not ordered any new buses since 2011

Correction: Rutgers did order new ElDorado Axess BRT in 2015, but those are part of the Newark contract (between Rutgers Newark, NJIT, ECC, RBHS, University Hospital, etc).

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21 hours ago, Cait Sith said:

That scheme is so bland. They should've went with their previous one.

Yeah. I feel like the front plate should've been red or they should've made the entire front curve black like the current ones. The black front plate kinda looks like a mustache lol.

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2 hours ago, GojiMet86 said:

You can post the image directly here by right-clicking the image itself and copying the image address (which is not the same as copying and pasting the url link), then pasting it.

Thanks, they changed things up a little on imgur and I was confused lol.

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31 minutes ago, JLiu15 said:

4033 entered service today on Route B! It's got that new bus smell!

These buses don't have the stop request cord tho, probably because Rutgers has no need for them as buses automatically stop at every stop, lol.

Edit: 4032 is in service too, also on Route B. Neither bus is tracking on Transloc although they are on Passio.

These buses have ACU-RITE digital clocks in the front, bigger than the ones on 4176-4213/4050-4053/4127-4133. They also have automated stop announcements similar to the ex-LSU/NCSU/CSI/Princeton buses, although it sounds a little different. Neither of these were activated on 4032 today though - only 4033.

Seating is the same as before - Freedman CitiSeat in red, although there's fewer seats (35 vs 39) as the rear section has longitudinal seats too for faster boarding/disembarking. There are also USB charging ports in the rear.

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26 minutes ago, joshgarfinkel said:

The signs in the front are more extensive than the ones on the 2011 ElDorado buses and Bus 203, which is a 2010 ElDorado installed in August 2021

Yeah I think they're identical to the ones on College of Staten Island's 4002-4004. First Transit probably went with the smaller ones for the 12 buses that have them just to test it out for the new ElDorados, although I think their original plan was to retrofit all buses in the fleet with it. That's why last year some 2011 ElDorados (4195 and 4211 come to mind) had their rear sign missing for a while lol.

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