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Charleston Depot |
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Posted by MCI GUY on Fri Nov 19 16:08:21 2010 will open on 12/5/10. this will be a soft opening with 40 buses and one or two lines most likely x17/19 and x22. official opening 1/9/11 with the above two lines as well as s55 s56 s74 s78. there will be mass transfers of buses. 6223 is already at yukon. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Nov 19 16:53:58 2010, in response to Charleston Depot, posted by MCI GUY on Fri Nov 19 16:08:21 2010. It's about time. Are they going to be swapping buses with other boroughs, or just swapping around what's already on Staten Island? |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Nov 19 16:54:03 2010, in response to Charleston Depot, posted by MCI GUY on Fri Nov 19 16:08:21 2010. It's about time. Are they going to be swapping buses with other boroughs, or just swapping around what's already on Staten Island? |
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Posted by MCI GUY on Fri Nov 19 17:09:14 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Nov 19 16:53:58 2010. probably just si. remember theyre not creating any new routes. |
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Posted by mike nash on Fri Nov 19 17:48:47 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Nov 19 16:54:03 2010. do u know how meny busses will be assigned to charleston. om will an route be moved from caselton to yukon. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Fri Nov 19 18:37:55 2010, in response to Charleston Depot, posted by MCI GUY on Fri Nov 19 16:08:21 2010. I'm beginning to wonder what buses would be assigned to Charleston. I really hope the 6300s don't leave Yukon. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Nov 19 18:40:48 2010, in response to Charleston Depot, posted by MCI GUY on Fri Nov 19 16:08:21 2010. Nice, the routes it will operate were exactly as I expected, minus the X23 and X24 of course. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Fri Nov 19 19:01:11 2010, in response to Charleston Depot, posted by MCI GUY on Fri Nov 19 16:08:21 2010. I hope they send RTSs there when it gets local routes! The last time I rode an RTS out there was in the 90s on the S53 and I barely remeber it. I seen those 98 Novas that YUK had out there when I was looking for 3800 (When the NG order first started) sadly, I never got to ride one. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Fri Nov 19 20:39:17 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Fri Nov 19 19:01:11 2010. I rode an RTS on the S44 (January 2008) and on the S61 (November 2008). I miss seeing them out there in SI. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Nov 19 21:51:58 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Fri Nov 19 19:01:11 2010. There were TMCs at Castleton until the end of 2008. I don't really miss them though, because when Staten Island had RTS they were TRASHED, especially the most recent Nova fleet at Yukon. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Nov 19 22:45:54 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by LRG5784 on Fri Nov 19 18:37:55 2010. The local fleet should probably be 3965-4019 or 4245-4278. |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Fri Nov 19 23:01:55 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Nov 19 22:45:54 2010. So no Orion 5.501s will be based out of Charleston? |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Nov 19 23:47:48 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by LRG5784 on Fri Nov 19 23:01:55 2010. Not sure, but given that it should be mostly express buses there and only four local routes, I would be surprised to see more than one model of local bus there; I could be wromg. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by MCI GUY on Sat Nov 20 08:46:53 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Nov 19 21:51:58 2010. si will stay all orion. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Nov 20 17:04:06 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by MCI GUY on Sat Nov 20 08:46:53 2010. Good. |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Sat Nov 20 19:05:29 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by LRG5784 on Fri Nov 19 20:39:17 2010. You miss seeing them wrecking on it. |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 12:42:48 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by Gold_12th on Sat Nov 20 19:05:29 2010. Were they really treated that badly? |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 12:45:15 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Nov 19 23:47:48 2010. I wonder if Yukon would supply school tripper runs for the S55/56/74/84 LTD then since they already do the S78. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sun Nov 21 13:51:01 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 12:42:48 2010. Just a simple yes would be an understatement.Do you remember when the 9500 & 9600 Novas were at Yukon from 2005-2008? I never seen a fleet break down more than those. At St. George, at pretty much every ferry arrival there was a laundry list of buses that won't arrive until the next interval because the buses broke down on the way to the ferry. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 14:13:43 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sun Nov 21 13:51:01 2010. I didn't really start doing heavy busfanning in Staten Island until mid 2009. Other than that I would come to SI from time to time to go to the mall and ride either an RTS or an O5, whichever came first.If you ask me it looks like Yukon has stepped up their game somewhat. Castleton on the other hand is a different story. That depot looks like it needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Sun Nov 21 15:27:14 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 14:13:43 2010. Yuckon step up the game? You really need to open your eyes. There buses still trashed it. |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Sun Nov 21 15:28:55 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 12:42:48 2010. You've seen they got a brand new Orion VII Hybrid several times, yet they wrecked it. Of course they treated badly. |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 15:30:33 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by Gold_12th on Sun Nov 21 15:27:14 2010. In my opinion, Yukon is better than Castleton. Of course, no one's better than MJQ. |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 15:32:33 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by Gold_12th on Sun Nov 21 15:28:55 2010. Castleton was the one who received three batches of NGs weren't they? Didn't this cause the MTA to send the hand-me-down NGs from Castleton to other depots? |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by DaRidgewoodBusBuff on Sun Nov 21 22:37:33 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 15:30:33 2010. 126St is the best to me. |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Mon Nov 22 00:00:18 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by LRG5784 on Sun Nov 21 15:30:33 2010. I would actually go as far as to say, that Yukon is now better than MJQ. And Castleton isn't bad either, it's just the routes need to be more reliable. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Mon Nov 22 07:46:24 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Mon Nov 22 00:00:18 2010. My main gripe with Castleton is that they are always using NGs...with Yukon they balance their fleet so you won't always see the same bus type on the road (except the S89). |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by Q46 LTD Glen Oaks on Mon Nov 22 14:04:50 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sun Nov 21 13:51:01 2010. I would put money on CAS's 400-600s breaking down 100 times more often than YUK's RTSs. Those buses were literally falling apart in service. I remember when they got to KB, 474 had one of the poles detach when someone grabbed it. I don't know how they survived as long as they did. YUK has always been better than CAS. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by LRG5784 on Mon Nov 22 14:14:33 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by Q46 LTD Glen Oaks on Mon Nov 22 14:04:50 2010. Good post. |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Mon Nov 22 18:15:44 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Fri Nov 19 21:51:58 2010. Didn't 9382-9429 get GOH'd before they left SI go to UP? IMO if they would have stayed out there after being GOH'd they would have been fine, even the two models of Orions out there are not doing too bad lol. |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Mon Nov 22 18:18:32 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by Q46 LTD Glen Oaks on Mon Nov 22 14:04:50 2010. I remember when they got to KB, 474 had one of the poles detach when someone grabbed itI rode an new Nova LSFA like this not too long ago, someone just needs to screw it back in! |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Mon Nov 22 18:24:01 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by Gold_12th on Sun Nov 21 15:27:14 2010. Yukon's local fleet have that nice clean look on the outside, slimar to FLA, GA and KB fleet. IDK how they are behind the hood, but YUK keep their local buses looking great! |
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Re: Charleston Depot |
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Posted by Q46 LTD Glen Oaks on Mon Nov 22 21:24:01 2010, in response to Re: Charleston Depot, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Mon Nov 22 18:18:32 2010. No the rust was so bad, it simply snapped near the bottom and proceeded to swing around everytime the bus made a turn |
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