North County Transit District 2301-2323

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North County Transit District 2301-2323 is wheelchair accessible.

North County Transit District 2301-2323 are 2004 New Flyer C40LF buses.

Engine Transmission Seating Destination Sign
Cummins Westport C Gas Plus Allison B400R 5 speed 38: American Seating 6468 TwinVision Amber LED

History

From the late 1990s to early 2000s, NCTD prioritized the need to replace aging equipment that have surpassed the FTA minimal requirements of 12 years or 500,000 miles. When the 2003 New Flyer C35LF buses were delivered, they issued a request for proposals to buy 23 CNG low-floor buses with an option of 45 additional buses, with ElDorado National, New Flyer of America, North American Bus Industries, and Orion Bus Industries bidding on the order; the determining factors for this order were evaluated on the level of training required of new bus specific subsystems, delivery schedules, fleet consistency, inventory requirements, and price instead of simply having the latter in a bid invitation. New Flyer had the best proposal from them despite Orion being cheaper than the other 3 manufacturers; as a result, the finalized order with the associated equipment was almost $8.8 million.[1]

About 10 months prior to this order was built, the entire existing fleet received the current GFI GenFare boxes to allow future use of Smart Card technology, meaning that the 2300s were the first built with the (at the time) new fareboxes.[2] The buses were delivered in early 2005, replacing all the 1990-1991 Flxible Metro buses and a few of the 1992 Flxible Metros as well. All units were initially painted in the 2000 revision of the NCTD Breeze livery; in 2011, the first 6 units from this series were later repainted in the BREEZE Rapid scheme.

The CNG tanks from this series are set to expire in 2024; one unit retired prematurely due to apparent accident damage while the others were replaced by the 2020-2022 New Flyer Xcelsior CNG and electric buses, leaving eight units remaining in service as of April 2023.

Details

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Fleet
Number 		Thumbnail Build
Date 		VIN License
Plate(s) 		Status/Disposal Notes
2301 10/2004 5FYC2LP174U027251 1180704
Retired in November 2020.
  • Listed for auction on 5/13/2021.
  • A salvage record was likely noted.
 Its original transmission panel was replaced with a modernized variant of the 3rd gen Allison transmission.
2302 10/2004 5FYC2LP194U027252 1180703 Retired
Listed for auction on 5/6/2021.
2303 10/2004 5FYC2LP104U027253 1180715
Retired in 2020-2021.
  • Listed for auction on 5/6/2021.
  • A salvage record was likely noted.
2304 10/2004 5FYC2LP124U027254 1180716
Retired in 2020-2021.
  • Listed for auction on 5/6/2021.
  • A salvage record was likely noted.
2305 10/2004 5FYC2LP144U027255 1180717 Retired
Listed for auction on 5/6/2021.
2306 10/2004 5FYC2LP164U027256 1180718
Retired in 2020-2021.
  • Listed for auction on 11/11/2021.
  • A salvage record was likely noted.
2307 10/2004 5FYC2LP184U027257 1180719
Retired in 2021-2022.
  • Auctioned off on July 14, 2022
  • Bought by an unknown operator/owner. A new license plate was issued.
2308 10/2004 5FYC2LP1X4U027258 1180721 Active Retrofitted with a large 3-spoke steering wheel.
2309 10/2004 5FYC2LP114U027259 1180722 Active
2310 10/2004 5FYC2LP184U027260 1180720 Active
2311 10/2004 5FYC2LP1X4U027261 1180710 Active
2312 10/2004 5FYC2LP114U027262 1180711 Active
2313 10/2004 5FYC2LP134U027263 1180712 Active
2314 10/2004 5FYC2LP154U027264 1180713 Active
2315 10/2004 5FYC2LP174U027265 1180736
Retired in 2020-2021.
  • Listed for auction on 8/12/2021.
  • A salvage record was likely noted.
2316 10/2004 5FYC2LP194U027266 1180714 Retired
Listed for auction on 8/12/2021.
2317 11/2004 5FYC2LP104U027267 1180737
Retired in 2020-2021.
  • Listed for auction on 8/12/2021.
  • A salvage record was likely noted.
2318 11/2004 5FYC2LP124U027268 1180743
Retired in 2020-2021.
  • Listed for auction on 8/12/2021.
  • A salvage record was likely noted.
2319 11/2004 5FYC2LP144U027269 1180742 Active
2320 11/2004 5FYC2LP104U027270 1180741
Retired in February 2021.
  • Listed for auction on 5/13/2021.
  • A salvage record was likely noted.
2321 11/2004 5FYC2LP124U027271 1180738 Retired in 2011.
A salvage record was likely noted.
2322 11/2004 5FYC2LP144U027272 1180740 Retired
Listed for auction on 10/21/2020. 		Its original transmission panel was replaced with a modernized variant of the 3rd gen Allison transmission.
2323 11/2004 5FYC2LP164U027273 1180739
Retired in May 2020.
  • Listed for auction on 3/11/2021.
  • A salvage record was likely noted.

References

  1. ↑ web.archive.org NCTD August 2004 Board Meeting
  2. ↑ web.archive.org NCTD Riders Alert (December 2003-January 2004)
  3. ↑ www.dmv.ca.gov
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