ctrabs74 Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Has anyone on the board familiar with the IndyGo system in Indianapolis? As I work my way out to Chicago this summer, I'm making a stop in Indy and am curious about how the bus system is out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVTArider Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 From what I've seen in photos on Flickr IndyGo seems to currently have a busload of GILLIG BRT hybrid, BRT, and older LF, a few NovaBus LFS, and also a couple oddball D40LF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrabs74 Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 From what I've seen in photos on Flickr IndyGo seems to currently have a busload of GILLIG BRT hybrid, BRT, and older LF, a few NovaBus LFS, and also a couple oddball D40LF. Looks pretty similar to Charlotte's bus system, only without the New Flyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 I have a meeting in Indianapolis in the summer and have been looking at what they have. Current Fleet consists of:- 2001-2025 Gillig Low Floor 30' new 2000 2026-2050 Gillig Low Floor 35' new 2000 2051-2075 Gillig Low Floor 40' new 2000 2301-2324 Gillig Low Floor 40' new 2003 2401H-2403H Gillig Low Floor hybrid 40' new 2004 2701-2710 Gillig Low Floor 40' new 2007 1001-1011 Gillig BRT 2010 H1011-H1022 Gillig BRT HEV 2010 H1301-H1304 Gillig BRT HEV 2013 remaining older high floor buses from 9702-9730 Gillig Phantom 1997 9801-9810 Gillig Phantom 1998 are being replaced by second hand buses from Central Ohio TA acquired last year 9901-9910 Nova LFS 1999 (from COTA 9901~9928) eleven New Flyer D40LF 2001 - one of which one is numbered 0133 (from COTA 2100~2162) They are also getting 17 used articulated buses (new 2000-2003) this summer from Complete Coach Works. A drawing of one in the Indygo livery implies they are New Flyer D60LF. For the size of the city Indygo has a relatively small fleet (~170 vehicles) with service hours and frequencies you would expect for much smaller towns. Very few routes operate after 9pm at night, their two highest frequency routes (8, 50) operate every 15 minutes with daytime frequency on most routes every 30 or 60 minutes. There are 33 routes operating Monday to Friday, 28 on Saturday and 19 on Sundays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrabs74 Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 Current Fleet consists of:- 2001-2025 Gillig Low Floor 30' new 2000 2026-2050 Gillig Low Floor 35' new 2000 2051-2075 Gillig Low Floor 40' new 2000 2301-2324 Gillig Low Floor 40' new 2003 2401H-2403H Gillig Low Floor hybrid 40' new 2004 2701-2710 Gillig Low Floor 40' new 2007 1001-1011 Gillig BRT 2010 H1011-H1022 Gillig BRT HEV 2010 H1301-H1304 Gillig BRT HEV 2013 remaining older high floor buses from 9702-9730 Gillig Phantom 1997 9801-9810 Gillig Phantom 1998 are being replaced by second hand buses from Central Ohio TA acquired last year 9901-9910 Nova LFS 1999 (from COTA 9901~9928) eleven New Flyer D40LF 2001 - one of which one is numbered 0133 (from COTA 2100~2162) They are also getting 17 used articulated buses (new 2000-2003) this summer from Complete Coach Works. A drawing of one in the Indygo livery implies they are New Flyer D60LF. Looks like a more intersting bus fleet than I first thought; I had figured it would be almost exclsuively Gilligs. That should make for some interesting photo ops when I visit. I know that the Lynx bus system in Orlando, Fla. bought three used D60HF artics which were ex-Minneapolis Metro Transit. Wonder if the IndyGo buses are going to be ex-Metro Transit units as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 If they are D60LFs it could be very likely that they are the ex-Ottawa units from 2004 that NF has been trying to sell off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 If they are D60LFs it could be very likely that they are the ex-Ottawa units from 2004 that NF has been trying to sell off. I was wondering if they were from the batches Ottowa received between 2001-2004 which were replaced in 2010/1. It seems the most likely source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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