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Q65A · Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:49 am Post subject: Orion and DOB

Given Nova's order for 90 new 40-foot diesel low-floors, I wonder if Orion had bid and lost, or did DOB not consider diesel Orion VII NG?

RailBus63 · Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 1063

The Nova order is the fisrt phase of a side-by-side test - NYCT is also ordering 90 Orion VII diesel buses and 90 New Flyer Xcelsior diesel buses. 30 buses from each order will be assigned to Castleton, 30 to Ulmer Park and 30 to Queens Village to give the MTA an opportunity to compare each bus model's performance. The 'winner' presumably will become the standard MTA transit bus going forward.

Q65A · Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:44 am Post subject:

Makes sense; thanks for the info, Railbus 63!!!