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Bus1491
Joined: 16 Sep 2010
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 Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:28 pm Post subject: 9600s |
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I was talking to a New Haven Police that drove ex 8309 and 9110 as
police buses. He informed me that the NHPD will get 2 of the retired
9600s |
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eddie4life2
Age: 45
Joined: 19 Sep 2010
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Location: Hartford,Ct
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| Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| amorek13 wrote: | from what i heard we are suppose to get four or six new flyers to replace the 9600, novas are just a addition, new haven and stamford supose to be the first one to get it, but who knows, artic buses been coming for two years
so any ones geuss is as good as ......
maybe eddie heard more |
no unfortunately i have not hear nothing other than what was posted on the news paper that we drivers get every month witch mention somenthing about us in hartford getting 10 nova bus in the next few month wile new have is getting 12 and stamford 13 thats all i know |
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thehartfordboy
Age: 33
Joined: 29 Dec 2008
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Location: Hartford, CT
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:41 am Post subject: |
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| eddie4life2 wrote: | | amorek13 wrote: | from what i heard we are suppose to get four or six new flyers to replace the 9600, novas are just a addition, new haven and stamford supose to be the first one to get it, but who knows, artic buses been coming for two years
so any ones geuss is as good as ......
maybe eddie heard more |
no unfortunately i have not hear nothing other than what was posted on the news paper that we drivers get every month witch mention somenthing about us in hartford getting 10 nova bus in the next few month wile new have is getting 12 and stamford 13 thats all i know |
Does anyone know fleet numbers for the new buses? |
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Bill D
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Posts: 332
Location: Waterbury, CT
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:07 am Post subject: Re: 9600s |
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| Bus1491 wrote: | I was talking to a New Haven Police that drove ex 8309 and 9110 as
police buses. He informed me that the NHPD will get 2 of the retired
9600s |
I found this picture of Classic ex #9110 at the New Haven Police department. It's nice to know that at least a couple of 9600's may still be sighted in New Haven after their retirement.
Bill
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thehartfordboy
Age: 33
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Location: Hartford, CT
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Does anyone knows when exactly the new Xcelsior buses are coming in for New Haven? Also, is CT Transit owned 134 retired? Quoted from CT Transit's wiki "Active; 134 is retired, 127-136 are two-door commuter buses. 133,135-136 are used for Route 7 Link and Coastal Link Routes." |
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subbuff
Age: 51
Joined: 24 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| The new buses are due into New Haven in 2 weeks.When they arrive they will be stored at the James St facility for driver training.Also Classic Novas 9620 and 9622 have been retired. |
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Bus1491
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject: 9600s |
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| The following 9600s have been retired: 9602, 9620,9621,9622 |
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subbuff
Age: 51
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I was just thinking today i havent seen 9602 in the garage.9602 and 9621 must be at james st, cause i saw 9620, 9622 in hamden being stripped of farebox and bikeracks. |
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thehartfordboy
Age: 33
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| subbuff wrote: | | I was just thinking today i havent seen 9602 in the garage.9602 and 9621 must be at james st, cause i saw 9620, 9622 in hamden being stripped of farebox and bikeracks. |
Well, are these buses needed for service? I mean 2 weeks are pretty close, but still. |
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subbuff
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| well they barely got enough buses for pullout,many times i was late leaving because there was no buses, and if you need a change-off during the day forget it..dispatchers favorite line is "sorry we dont got any buses, let them pay on the next bus" |
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thehartfordboy
Age: 33
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Location: Hartford, CT
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| subbuff wrote: | | well they barely got enough buses for pullout,many times i was late leaving because there was no buses, and if you need a change-off during the day forget it..dispatchers favorite line is "sorry we dont got any buses, let them pay on the next bus" |
Are they going to keep at least the best of the best Classics until they can be able to get more buses. |
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subbuff
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| the nova will be around for a bit.when the new artics come in, all drivers must be trained on them.They will be assigned to certain blocks #'s to start, so those drivers get trained first, then the rest of us.I do know they had a test bus in New Haven about a month ago testeing the routes, and it got stuck in Bella Vista.So as of now they cant run on the D route into Bella Vista. |
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subbuff
Age: 51
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| 9622 is out of retirement.was on the d route today. |
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Bill D
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
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Location: Waterbury, CT
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| subbuff wrote: | | 9622 is out of retirement.was on the d route today. |
Definitely a tough situation for New Haven right now, having enough buses for service, while not investing a lot of money in buses that will be retired in the next several weeks.
Regarding the Xcelsiors, production appears to be on schedule, and the first XDE40 (for New Haven) is listed to be delivered to Hartford this week. The remainder of the XDE40's should be delivered between mid December and mid January. I also received confirmation that the first XD35 (for Waterbury) is now under assembly in Crookston, while the first XDE35 (also for Waterbury) entered the line at Winnepeg on Friday. The XD35 should be delivered to Connecticut around December 1, while the XDE35 should arrive the week of December 20th. The rest of the Waterbury order should be delivered during January and February.
I'll post updates as I find out more.
Bill |
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thehartfordboy
Age: 33
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Bill D wrote: | | subbuff wrote: | | 9622 is out of retirement.was on the d route today. |
Definitely a tough situation for New Haven right now, having enough buses for service, while not investing a lot of money in buses that will be retired in the next several weeks.
Regarding the Xcelsiors, production appears to be on schedule, and the first XDE40 (for New Haven) is listed to be delivered to Hartford this week. The remainder of the XDE40's should be delivered between mid December and mid January. I also received confirmation that the first XD35 (for Waterbury) is now under assembly in Crookston, while the first XDE35 (also for Waterbury) entered the line at Winnepeg on Friday. The XD35 should be delivered to Connecticut around December 1, while the XDE35 should arrive the week of December 20th. The rest of the Waterbury order should be delivered during January and February.
I'll post updates as I find out more.
Bill |
Christmas gift! Christmas gift! Well nice to know. What's up with the NovaBuses. Will the fall arrest systems be installed before they come? |
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