The lastest news about public transportation in the Delware Vallery Area http://your_home_page_url/ Your copyright information PTV forum member Reeko_8197 spotted Silverliner IV #280 with a LED sign. The sign resembles the exact same units that are mounted on the rear of the New Flyer hybrid buses. Over the year 280 was chosen to test out the new wireless recievers for the new Silverliner Vs which is expected to be delievered over the next 2 years. 280 also had an interesting device mounted on the on the top left corner of the car. Reeko_8197 spotted 280 today at Suburban station  http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7223088/3/#new     http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/557 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:24:59 MDT Later last night, 8425 has been delivered to Southern, this completes the list of which depots will receive the New Flyer DE40LFRs. It's been reported that Southern WILL indeed get the remaining 35 of these restyles. According to the "Southern's Number 1 Informants", the lucky driver of the day to receive this bus was on 7357 on the route 37. They also reported that all of the 5000 with the 5100s assigned at Southern will be scrapped within the next few weeks.  Be sure to check out the forums (http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/index/) for more infomation. According our newest member on the forums, Phillydriver, Frankford still has three to four restyles that still needs to be delivered. During the past several weeks, the delivery of these restyles offset the recently overhauled Zfers (5775-5799) off to Comly. By doing this, this enabled SEPTA to scrap some of their remaining nabis at comly. The offical break down for the 2010 order of New flyers restyles are: 8340-8379 (40), Victory; 8380-8404 (25), Frontier; 8405-8424(20), Frankford; and Southern, which currently will receive the remaining 35 units  8425-8459 (35). http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/556 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:41:02 MDT As of today, July 25th, the R designators for the Regional Rail lines are no more.  Gray decals now cover any reference to the R identifiers in the Center City Stations, replaced by the new line names.  The new schedules, which were put out last week, are the same blue-gray color, with the Trenton/Chestnut Hill East and the Fox Chase/Chestnut Hill West schedules separated. However, sources say that we may be seeing the colored placards used on the railcars for some time - the new placards aren't ready yet! http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/554 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:54:18 MDT 5312 is still around, the infomation claiming that this is the bus that caught on fire a few weeks back in chester is false. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/553 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:43:31 MDT Last night around 9:15 PM while on the 117 at 15th and Edgmont in the City of Chester, NABI 5312 suffered an engine fire.  The fire was bad enough that smoke from it set off a fire alarm at a nearby business.  Engine 82 (Chester City Fire Department) put the fire out but it is unknown whether or not the bus will be salvaged.  Given the age of the bus, it probably will not be.  Rust in peaces 5312, a good NABI that spent most of its life at Red Arrow.   http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/552 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:46:41 MDT PTV member frankl3217 found 2321 parked at Woodland with an LED sign stating it was not in service!  Will more PCC IIs be retrofitted with LED signs like the Kawasakis?  Stay tuned to find out more! http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/551 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:56:47 MDT As mentioned in this post, Now that much of the delivery of the hybrids at Victory are now completed, Frontier has started to receive their allotment of hybrids as well. 8384 was spotted on the 124 earlier today.  It been reported that Frontier is expected to receive 25 hybrids. On another note, 8370 has been spotted in the northeast at Franklin Mills mall by Joechopchop. It was reported that this bus was running a training run on Comly's behalf. We shall see whether or not Comly will receive any buses from this order. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/550 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:14:08 MDT Overhauls of the first generation Hybrids operating out of Southern (5601H-5612H and 5831H-5850H) has been completed!  The last two buses, 5611H and 5849H, were both spotted overhauled by SouthernSeptaRida215 this afternoon.  With this complete, Berridge can focus its resources on the overhauls of the 2004 New Flyer D40LFs. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/549 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:16:04 MDT 8380 has been delivered to Frontier depot.  This is the first of what is believed to be 20-25 DE40LFRs to be assigned to Frontier.  Red Arrow has received their batch (except for 8340) of the new hybrids.  Southern is next in line for the new buses. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/548 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:44:08 MDT According to Darryl Bulls on the boards, more NABIS assigned to Comly, and Callowhill has been scrapped. Their numbers are: #5090, 5092, 5095, 5099, 5102, 5110, 5120, 5141, 5146-5147, 5157 and 5159. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/547 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:50:12 MDT After many months of waiting, #8341 arrived at Germantown. Along with 8342 a week later. The hybrids were arriving at 4 buses per month, now a month later, roughly six/seven buses are arriving on SEPTA's property on an weekly basis. As it stands now, 8371 is the highest SEPTA bus on property. 8371 is currently at Germantown awaiting for plates and acceptance. Earlier today, Rick S, spotted a 836x being delivered to Victory.  As it stands now, the highest hybrid spotted in revenue service is 8364. According to many reports, Victory is set to receive 40 hybrids (8340-8379). It's unknown at this point who the next depot will be to receive the hybrids. It's been reported that Southern will receive their units in July. It's also been speculated that Frontier and Comly may also receive them as well. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/546 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:04:35 MDT As Ctrabs reported in the forums, NABI #5312 has been reported on the route 92. After many many years of the NABIS being operated on the route 104, Victory is slowly losing NABIS and are now reassigning them to Frontier and other depots. 5311-5313, 5315, along with 5317 has joined their fleet of 13 NABIs, making for a total of 18 NABIs being assigned to Frontier.  Callowhill received 5302 from Red Arrow. 5273 with 5276 have been reassigned to Midvale. It appears that the remaining of the Victory 52xx may also be assigned to Midvale as well. According to Chuck Green, Victory only has 17 NABIS left.  Among those left are 5277, 5300-5301, 5304, 5306, 5309, 5320, and 5324. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/545 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:44:39 MDT On June 3rd 2010, two trolleys collided while operating on the route 36. The crash occurred at island and Woodland.  #9017 rear-ended #9072. 9072 has suffered some damage in the rear of the unit. One poster on our forums said, "It's easily 2' shorter now.” It is uncertain if anyone was hurt. While this accident occurred, shuttle buses were dispatch to operate on the route 36. Photos are taken by Trolley Bill of the Friends of Philadelphia Trolleys (FPT) group: http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/544 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:55:06 MDT According to several posters in the forums, trolley Route 10 will be Bus Shutting throughout the summer months. This is due to the new tracks being replaced on 63rd street. Service between 63rd, Malvern, and 33rd street station will be bus-substituted with buses. http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7207854/3/#new http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/543 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:31:23 MDT The winner of June's Photo of the month is Transit Freak photo of three SEPTA Kawasaki cars with the new Luminator LED signs. Congratulations http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/542 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:24:58 MDT With the arrival of the 2010 restyles, Victory has lost of their 51xx, which are their 1996 NABI 416.08TA. It has been reported that 5134, 5136, 5139, 5142, and 5148-5149 has been listed for resale. Frontier has received several NABIS from Victory as well. Their numbers are 5317, 5313, and 5311. Making Frontier having a grant total of 16 nabis in their fleet of 107 buses. On the hybrid front, the highest hybrid spotted in service is 8358. Making Victory having 18 new hybrids. Mainly of the hybrids assigned to Victory are expected to dominate the route 101, 102, 123, and 125 throughout the summer of 2010. Some hybrids has been reported on other Victory routes as well. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/541 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:31:49 MDT The AC Jitney is getting 190 new CNG powered cutaways, starting July 1st.  They will be green instead of blue.  Apparently they are test driving one now. Check out this article for more information: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_1e6a89ee-63c9-11df-887c-001cc4c002e0.html http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/540 Thu, 20 May 2010 11:12:16 MDT Late last night (Saturday, May 15th) shortly before midnight, 8310 on the 27 struck a utility pole and brought down power lines at Ridge and Butler Pikes in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County.  Power was knocked out in the area and was restored around 1:00 this morning.  The two people on the bus were not injured. Story: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7444380 Note: The last 27 on Saturday nights from Plymouth Meeting leaves the mall at 11:20 PM, thus placing this accident around that time. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/539 Sun, 16 May 2010 10:25:09 MDT Both 8341 and 8342 has arrived at Victory and are now being placed into service to operate on the route 101. Over the summer months, the route 101 and soon to be 102 shuttle will exclusively use these buses. The NABIS assigned at Victory will remain in service until the construction on the 101 and 102 is completed. On a side note, 8344-46 are now at Germantown awaiting for inspection. Once they have completed inspection and the arrival of new fares boxes, they will then get assigned to Victory. Photo-right: Photographer buswizard http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/538 Tue, 11 May 2010 14:48:36 MDT Amtrak is holding its 3rd Annual National Train Day event this Saturday from 11 AM to 4 PM.  There will be equipment displays, an exhibit about the history of baseball and the railroad, model train set, and more!  Check out this website for more information: http://www.nationaltrainday.com/events/philadelphia/ http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/537 Wed, 05 May 2010 14:17:57 MDT According to Front5151 on our forums, 8341 has just arrived at Germantown depot. It finally looks like that the order DE40LFR has finally begun. This will be be the first order of DE40LF-restyles to be placed in service. According to several posts on the board, roughly 20 of these units will go to Victory. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/536 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:50:45 MDT On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (April 12th, 13th, and 14th) the married pair of Silverliner Vs will be on display at Suburban Station.  You will be able to access 801 and 802 on Track 0 between the hours of 11AM to 6PM. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/535 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:20:26 MDT Capital Area Transit (CAT) of Harrisburg, PA has recently purchased several American Ikarus buses from SEPTA.  They were purchased about four months ago and were put into service his past week.  So far five buses are confirmed to be at or heading to Harrisburg.  They are being numbered in the 9600 series representing the year of the bus.  They are 5035 (9602), 5042 (9603), 5061 (9604), and 5073 (9605), with 5194 due to arrive in mid May.  It is not known at this time whether legendary SEPTA employee Tom Collins who works at CAT was involved in this purchase or not.  For more information, see the thread in our forums, http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7199852/1/ . http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/534 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:51:01 MDT TMA Bucks has just rolled out its new twitter page for updates on the rushbus service.   Check it out: www.twitter.com/rushbus. http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/533 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:21:27 MDT First it was TrainView, which was an huge success, now it's BusViewer. SEPTA has finally rolled out this cool new online tool called BusViewer. It basically gives their customers an up-to-the-minute status on where the buses are at on the route. It only supports two routes (33 and 109) for the time being. Admittedly, not all buses on the route are showing up! This system has a lot of potential. Hopefully would serve as an excellent customer service tool in the future.  http://septa.org/service/bus/busview.html  http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7196317/1/#new http://www.philadelphiatransitvehicles.info/Articles/532 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:32:51 MDT