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Greyhound USA #86706, a 2018 Prevost X3-45, parked on Bd Rene-Levesque SB at Av de L'Hotel-de-Ville in Downtown Montreal. Even though Greyhound Canada has long since ceased to exist, it is still possible to travel on its American counterpart to and from Montreal and various parts of Ontario.
A pair of Diversified Transportation site service buses parked outside of the Pacific Western Transportation parent company facility in SE Edmonton. These buses are mainly used to shuttle workers to and from oil sands sites in Northern Alberta, and are generally a rare sight on city streets. #5445 is a Bluebird Vision, likely delivered sometime in the last 5-10 years. #4064 is a 2013 Thomas Transit-Liner C2 with sealed windows. Unlike their typical school bus equivalents, these buses feature a white livery, A/C, and highway coach style seating.
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After prior testing with diesel hybrids, CNG
buses, and battery electric buses, ETS has added a hydrogen fuel cell bus to
their fleet for testing, in partnership with the Alberta Government through
the
Alberta Zero Emission Hydrogen Transit (AZEHT) project. Strathcona
County Transit is also involved in the project, with ETS purchasing both
buses and then being reimbursed by Strathcona for their share of their bus,
as well as Emissions Reduction Alberta for the balance of the Strathcona
bus, and about half the cost of ETS's bus, which is about $1.6 million each.
Both buses were delivered to ETS's Ferrier Garage in July 2022. ETS's
unit is #6016, continuing on from the 2 Proterra's that ran around prior to
delivery of the regular ETS units.
Strathcona's unit arrived as #7001 following on from #7000 used on the test
double decker. However, once the uses received their hydrogen graphics, the
sides of the Strathcona bus were changed to #5001 and the rear remained
#7001.
Without adequate hydrogen leakage detectors (presumably) the buses have
remained outside at Ferrier. They received their decal work in late
September, and were shown off at the Electric & Hydrogen Vehicle Expo at the
Edmonton EXPO Centre during the weekend of Septemember 24 & 25, 2022.
In the mean time, no other details about operations have been revealed. It
is to be a 23 month test. Calgary Transit and the Bow Valley Regional
Transit Services Commission are also involved in the project, so expect to
see one or both buses go on road trips.
#7001 / 5001 is Strathcona County's first New Flyer bus in 21 years.
The buses are to be fueled at the
Alberta Zero Emission Truck Electrification Collaboration (AZETEC) site
which is being developed to refuel Class 8 fuel cell trucks.
Photos courtesy of Nico Sander. |
