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Last Updated - January 1, 2025
Photos of the Month January 2025 |
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HSR (Hamilton Street Railway) #1209, a 2012 New Flyer XD40, arriving at the Eastgate Square terminal as a route 1 - King. These buses feature the uncommon forward rear door option, where the rear doors are placed one window closer to the front of the bus. This configuration was also found on the 1996-98 C40LF's that these buses replaced, but has yet to appear on any 40' HSR buses since (I suppose the 60' XN60 articulated buses technically have this option by default, so there is at least a little bit of commonality with the rest of the fleet). These were also the last conventional diesel buses purchased by the HSR, with all newer buses powered by CNG.
HSR #1001, a 2010 New Flyer D40LF, departing the downtown terminal as a route 26 - Upper Wellington. Like many other agencies in 2025, the HSR has retired the vast majority of their conventional D40LF's. The 15 buses delivered in 2010 (#1001-1015) are their last in service aside from a handful of 2009's reserved for operator training use only. Note that both of these buses are sporting transit-related advertising. Happy New Year from Barp.ca! |
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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. |
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