York Region Transit 701-730

Interior layout of 701-730.

York Region Transit 701-730 are New Flyer D40LF buses built and delivered in 2007. This batch is part of the Metrolinx Transit Purchasing Co-operative order for buses for delivery in 2007. When Transit Windsor dropped out of the consortium during fabrication, the buses that would become theirs became 725-730. These were the first D40LFs to be based in First Student, as well as the first buses with new livery to be based at both Miller and First Student divisions. 713-717 were later moved to Southwest (Tokmakjian) alongside 619-621 and 623, being swapped for 607-609 and 610-615.

This batch has a number of new features, some of which would become standard on subsequent orders. These include an electronic run box, new livery, second stop request sign (placed just ahead of the rear doors), stop request tape switches in lieu of cords, more stop request buttons along the bars, and a sliding passenger window on the left rear side. 713 and 715-723 initially had white Y logos on both sides, but had them removed in March 2009 due to the logos consistently peeling off the bus.

This series of buses began their mid-life refurbishment starting April 2016, with majority of buses are sent to refurbishment process beginning early 2017. The last unit is completed by February 2018.

These buses are normally found on 1 Highway 7, 2 Milliken, 3 Thornhill, 4/4A Major Mackenzie, 5 Clark, 7 Martin Grove, 8 Kennedy, 9 9th Line, 10 Woodbridge, 12 Pine Valley, 13 Islington, 14 14th Ave, 16 16th Ave, 18 Bur Oak, 20 Jane, 21 Vellore Local, 22 King City, 23 Thornhill Woods, 24 Woodbine, 25 Major Mackenzie, 26 Maple, 28 Huntington, 31 Aurora North, 32 Aurora South, 33/33A Wellington, 40 Unionville Local, 41 Markham Local, 42 Berczy, 44 Bristol, 45 Mingay, 50 Queensway, 52 Holland Landing, 55/55B Davis Drive, 56 Gorham-Eagle, 57/57A Mulock, 77 Highway 7, 80 Elgin Mills, 81 Inspiration, 82 Valleymede, 83/83A Trench, 85/85C Rutherford, 86 Newkirk-Red Maple, 87 Autumn Hill, 88 Bathurst, 90/90B Leslie, 91/91A/91B/91E Bayview, 96 Keele-Yonge, 98/98E Yonge, 99 Yonge, 105 Dufferin, 107/107B Keele, 165/165F weston, Markham GO Shuttles, Richmond Hill GO Shuttles, and school specials.

Upon entering service, these buses retired 2027, 2029-2030, 8301-8304, 8502, 8505-8506 and 8710-8712, with the remaining 17 units for expansion.

Engine	Transmission	Seating	Destination Sign
Cummins ISL 280 hp	Voith D864.5 4 speed	38: American Seating Metropolitan	Luminator Horizon

Details

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Date	VIN	License plate	Paint	Garage	Notes
701		2007	2FYD4FV147C032468	BM3 432		North (TOK Transit)	Refurbished in July 2017. Formerly wrapped for DPI Transit Media. Formerly based at Southwest (Veolia).
702		2007	2FYD4FV167C032469	647 1BJ (prev. 352 2BF; BM3 433)		North (TOK Transit)	Refurbished in December 2017. Formerly based at Southwest (Veolia).
703		2007	2FYD4FV127C032470	377 6BL (prev. BM3 434)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in August 2017.
704		2007	2FYD4FV147C032471	BM3 435		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in August 2017.
705		2007	2FYD4FV167C032472	BM3 441		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in Fall 2017.
706		2007	2FYD4FV187C032473	377 7BL (prev. BM3 442)		Southwest (Transdev)	Previously had blue YRT logos on both sides. Refurbished in October 2017.
707		2007	2FYD4FV187C032474	BM3 440		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in May 2016. Rear route sign has front destination sign programmed. Formerly wrapped for Rivalda.
708		2007	2FYD4FV187C032475	BM3 439		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in October 2017.
709		2007	2FYD4FV187C032476	376 4BL (prev. BM3 438)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in January 2018. Stop requested chime double dings.
710		2007	2FYD4FV157C032477	267 5BL (prev. BM3 437)		Southeast (Miller)	Refurbished by Fall 2017.
711		2007	2FYD4FV177C032478	641 4BJ (prev. BN2 054)		Southeast (Miller)	Refurbished in June 2017. Involved in an accident on April 12, 2009 while on route 2.
712		2007	2FYD4FV197C032479	355 8BL (prev. BM3 443)		Southeast (Miller)	Refurbished
713		2007	2FYD4FV157C032480	376 5BL (prev. 499 1BH; 357 7BF; BM3 444)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in November 2017. Formerly based at North (First Student). Front destination sign smaller than usual. Rear route sign has front destination sign programmed. Formerly wrapped for Hersh.
714		2007	2FYD4FV177C032481	BM3 445		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in November 2017. Formerly based at North (First Student).
715		2007	2FYD4FV197C032482	717 9BJ (prev. BM3 446)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in January 2018. Formerly based at North (First Student).
716		2007	2FYD4FV107C032483	718 0BJ (prev. BM3 447)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in November 2017. Formerly based at North (First Student).
717		2007	2FYD4FV127C032484	911 7BK (prev. 497 9BH; 357 3BF; BM3 448)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in January 2018. Formerly based at North (First Student).
718		2007	2FYD4FV147C032485	355 7BL (prev. BM3 449)		Southeast (Miller)	Refurbished in Fall 2017. Formerly wrapped for Presto, YRT/Viva, and Wasabi Grand Buffet.
719		2007	2FYD4FV167C032486	357 0BL (prev. BM3 450)		Southeast (Miller)	Refurbished in Fall 2017.
720		2007	2FYD4FV187C032487	356 9BL (prev. 631 4BJ; BN2 051)		Southeast (Miller)	Refurbished in March 2017.
721		2007	2FYD4FV1X7C032488	356 8BL (prev. 631 6BJ; BN2 053)		Southeast (Miller)	Refurbished in January 2018.
722		2007	2FYD4FV117C032489	356 7BL (prev. 631 5BJ; BN2 052)		Southeast (Miller)	Refurbished in January 2018.
723		2007	7C032490	356 6BL (prev. 631 7BJ; BN2 055)		Southeast (Miller)	Refurbished in September 2017. One of 5 buses at the 2008 YRT/Viva Roadeo; one of two used for qualifications.
724		2007	2FYD4FV1X7C032491	376 6BL (prev. 492 5BH; BN2 056)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in December 2017.
725		2007	2FYD4FV117C032492	154 6BL (prev. 497 0BH; BN2 057)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in December 2017. Formerly wrapped for Tiles and Stone.
726		2007	2FYD4FV137C032493	221 6BK (prev. 496 9BH; BN2 058)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in February 2018.
727		2007	2FYD4FV157C032494	494 2BH (prev. BN2 059)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in January 2017. Formerly wrapped for Rivalda.
728		2007	2FYD4FV177C032495	411 1BL (prev. BN2 060)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished Fall 2017.
729		2007	2FYD4FV197C032496	376 7BL (prev. 496 8BH; BN2 061)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in April 2017
730		2007	2FYD4FV107C032497	911 6BK (prev. 496 6BH; BN2 062)		Southwest (Transdev)	Refurbished in April 2017.

York Region Transit active fleet D40LF 311-325, 327-335, 401-412, 571-585, 601-609, 610-618, 701-730, 801-819, 901-945, 1001-1019 D40LFR 1020-1038, 1101-1120 XD40 1401-1434, 1801-1826, 1901-1908 XD60 2001-2028 XE40 1911-1914, 2101-2106 E-Z Rider II MAX 980-990, 991-996 E-Z Rider II BRT 1060-1064, 1065-1072, 1160-1162 ARBOC 1871-1883, 1981-1982, 1991-1996, 2091-2092 CS-2 1891-1897 A330 501-520, 5101, 5103-5108, 5110, 5111, 5113, 5115, 5116, 5118, 5120, 5122-5135, 5137, 5138, 5140, 5142, 5144, 5145, 5147, 5148, 5152, 5153, 5155, 5157 AG300 8201-8211 LFS 1501-1518, 1601-1614, 1615-1621, 1701-1715 LFSe 1921-1922 LFX 1080-1094 LFS Artic 1370-1396, 1770-1774, 1971-1980 Support Fleet Various numbers