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[323 Surrey Ctrl Stn]

Someone in another thread posted something about a Vancouver Nova in for testing in Halifax? Can someone confirm this and please give me a fleet number? And does anyone have any photos of it?

[hfx_chris]

Yeah, I did, and I can confirm myself as well

No fleet number applied to it, so I can't tell you what unit it is.


And this is the only picture I've got. Bus is on a route 65 Astral at the Woodside Ferry Terminal (not taken by me)

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[Orion VIII]

hfx_chris, on Sep 7 2007, 10:43 PM, said:

Yeah, I did, and I can confirm myself as well

No fleet number applied to it, so I can't tell you what unit it is.
And this is the only picture I've got.

So we have Translink buses in Edmonton AND Halifax! Now let's get one here!

[hfx_chris]

Translink buses for all!

[MCW Metrobus]

Judging by both the lack of fleet number and by the taillights, I don't think that's one of our production units. In fact, I'm almost 100% certain that the bus in the picture is in fact the demo unit that Nova sent out to Vancouver last winter as a prototype for the 2007 production order.

References:

Bill Wong's photo of the rear of the 2006 demo unit, notice that the taillights match those on the unit in Halifax (very small, set into the body):

http://billlmf-yvr.f.../p36855346.html

Compare this with David Lam's photo of the rear of one of the production units, 9602. The headlights on this unit (and all the other production units) are the larger round extra-protruding type LEDs which have been used on pretty much all Vancouver low-floor buses:

http://www.trans-van.../p42502459.html

Conclusive evidence, I'd say.

[jlarocque2005]

i thought that was the bus i saw heading north on the Bedford highway on Tuesday

we need 5 of those here in Ottawa

Orion VIII, on Sep 7 2007, 10:45 PM, said:

So we have Translink buses in Edmonton AND Halifax! Now let's get one here!

[323 Surrey Ctrl Stn]

Hey we'll give anyone these Novas for a few Fishbowls or D40LF's

[hfx_chris]

G Prior, on Sep 8 2007, 12:29 AM, said:

Judging by both the lack of fleet number and by the taillights, I don't think that's one of our production units. In fact, I'm almost 100% certain that the bus in the picture is in fact the demo unit that Nova sent out to Vancouver last winter as a prototype for the 2007 production order.

Ah, this makes sense. And the pictures seal the deal. Although I have to admit, I like the tail lights on the one we've got versus what Translink uses. Anyway.

I assume though that despite being a demo, this bus' interior is built to Translink specs? Interesting how they decided to give it Vancouver's livery as well.

One other difference I noticed when looking at a few pictures just now of some Translink 2007 LFS' is that the demo one we've got has fog lights set into the front bumper, where as I can't seem to see any in the pictures of the production models. The fog lights do look very nice though.
http://billlmf-yvr.f.../p36855358.html

Thanks for clearing it up!

[Orion V]

hfx_chris, on Sep 8 2007, 10:16 AM, said:

Ah, this makes sense. And the pictures seal the deal. Although I have to admit, I like the tail lights on the one we've got versus what Translink uses. Anyway.

I assume though that despite being a demo, this bus' interior is built to Translink specs? Interesting how they decided to give it Vancouver's livery as well.

One other difference I noticed when looking at a few pictures just now of some Translink 2007 LFS' is that the demo one we've got has fog lights set into the front bumper, where as I can't seem to see any in the pictures of the production models. The fog lights do look very nice though.
http://billlmf-yvr.f.../p36855358.html

Thanks for clearing it up!

IIRC, that demo Translink LFS livery isn't painted, rather, it's applied decals.

[323 Surrey Ctrl Stn]

Orion V Exp, on Sep 8 2007, 04:45 PM, said:

IIRC, that demo Translink LFS livery isn't painted, rather, it's applied decals.

Yep

[Enviro 500]

Orion V Exp, on Sep 8 2007, 04:45 PM, said:

IIRC, that demo Translink LFS livery isn't painted, rather, it's applied decals.

In other words............pretty much the same idea as an ad-wrap

Dave

[Orion V]

BC Transit, on Sep 9 2007, 03:59 AM, said:

In other words............pretty much the same idea as an ad-wrap

Dave

Right, I couldn't remember the exact words you told me about that.

[MCW Metrobus]

BC Transit, on Sep 9 2007, 12:59 AM, said:

In other words............pretty much the same idea as an ad-wrap

Dave

It's all vinyl, same difference...

[Enviro 500]

G Prior, on Sep 9 2007, 11:16 PM, said:

It's all vinyl, same difference...

Yup.......it's another definition for the same idea in case some members here get confused by the whole vinyl business.......

Dave

[AlexLy]

This bus is now operated by Ville de Mont-Tremblant, QC. Here's a pic by Steve M.
http://stevestransit.../p54977736.html

[hfx_chris]

It certainly gets around!

[323 Surrey Ctrl Stn]

You wouldn't happen to have an interior shots would you?

[stm_5307N]

502 Surrey Ctrl Stn, on Dec 15 2008, 02:48 AM, said:

You wouldn't happen to have an interior shots would you?

Nope, I never took an inside picture. The driver did confirm that it was a Translink, BC LFS that was built for them but never delivered. Mont-Tremblant ended up buying the unit.

[MCW Metrobus]

stm_5307N, on Dec 15 2008, 03:35 PM, said:

Nope, I never took an inside picture. The driver did confirm that it was a Translink, BC LFS that was built for them but never delivered. Mont-Tremblant ended up buying the unit.

It wasn't a reject, it was actually more like a demo unit. It ran around here for a while, but never in service, and never had any fleet numbers. It was never assumed that the bus would go into permanent service here.

[323 Surrey Ctrl Stn]

Apparently the bus wasn't even painted into Translink colors, it was just given a giant Vinyl wrap of the scheme.