Pictures, of DASH new Low Floor bus fleet, that includes 3 40' ft Gilligs, 7 35' ft and 5 30ft Trolleys! The buses will be in the streets early 2012, but the Trolleys wont be out unitll April 2012, replacing the current "trolleys" running on King St!
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aren't the trolleys 30 ft? anyways that's great that DASH is finally stepping into the 21st century, I like the new paint scheme as well
also, are the 3 40-ft buses gonna be DASH's first 40-footers?
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on December 09, 2011, 05:50:40 PM
aren't the trolleys 30 ft? anyways that's great that DASH is finally stepping into the 21st century, I like the new paint scheme as well
also, are the 3 40-ft buses gonna be DASH's first 40-footers?
Whoops my bad the trolleys are 30 ft!, And yes i believe so!
About time. I totally forgot DASH was getting new buses.
Agreed - those new buses look SHARP!
First low floors, first hybrids, and first 102 inch wide buses! Cool! I see that DASH is taking over the Old Towne Trolley operation as well?
What are the new LF Gilligs going to replace?
Quote from: Tritransit Area on December 14, 2011, 11:09:42 AM
What are the new LF Gilligs going to replace?
probably the remaining Phantoms (except for 100-102)
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on December 14, 2011, 01:49:39 PM
Quote from: Tritransit Area on December 14, 2011, 11:09:42 AM
What are the new LF Gilligs going to replace?
probably the remaining Phantoms (except for 100-102)
they are not replacing anything
Quote from: DCAreaTransitFan on December 14, 2011, 07:35:50 PM
Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on December 14, 2011, 01:49:39 PM
Quote from: Tritransit Area on December 14, 2011, 11:09:42 AM
What are the new LF Gilligs going to replace?
probably the remaining Phantoms (except for 100-102)
they are not replacing anything
Please ignore the speculation.
They will be replacing three 1996 Phantoms 40, 41, 43 and the 1998 Phantoms 45-51. The Dash About service (which was replaced by the King St Trolley) was operated with wrapped 1998 Phantoms 44, 52 and 53, these buses will not be retired as of now because they have lower mileage than the rest of that particular series since Dash About only ran Fri-Sun.
There are no expansion buses in this order, it is a full replacement order.