BusTalk

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A large-scale replacement program..........

NJT has ordered (and is currently taking delivery) of new 40-foot transit buses, and over 200 articulated.

These new buses (both "clean diesel" and electric, will replace eventually replace al of the current NABIs, as well as the current fleet of articulateds.

The NABUs replaced the "old faithful" Metro "B"s roughly 20 years ago; the current fleet of articulateds date to about the same time.

Recall, back in 1976, the NJDOT ordered nearly 900 FLXIBLE New Looks for TNJ, as well as the many private carriers (since absorbed unto NJT) then in operation (one wonders if any of these buses ever made it into preservation)

This order was the largest bus order for the State at that time..........

"NYO"

["NJDOT"]

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See:

https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562025/approved/20250919c.shtml

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The photo of "new kid on the block" NEW FLYER #25214 was taken in Newark (note the lift bridges in the background, which carry AMTRAK/NJT/PATH trains into Penn Station)

Back in the day, this bus would have been running on PS/TNJ's ESSEX Division............

https://bus-news.com/first-of-175-new-nj-transit-buses-enters-service/

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Last time "electric buses"operated in New Jersey was in 1948, when PSNJ converted the remaining ASV lines to diesel bus........

https://njtransit.com/zero-emission-buses/

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Also of interest......

https://bus-news.com/nj-transit-to-purchase-228-new-buses/

["159 FORT LEE"]

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Also, note new buses (40-foot/articulated) currently under delivery........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Transit_bus_fleet

["165 NEW YORK"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

Interesting that new "Artics" are being ordered while the temperatures outside have more to do with the "Arctic" . . .

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The NJT 9500-series artics were indeed improvements, it must be said, to the underpowered, less-than-roadworthy-during-winter-months", humdrum VOLVOS of the later 1980s/early 1990s.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?157340 (Newark)

(at one time in the distant past, ASVs and streetcars also passed under the Penn Station platforms!)

As NJT has taken one of their MCIs and did it up as a "PSNJ "heritage" coach (LOVE the classic PS nose wings on the dash; I've seen some neat photos!), I'd like to see NJT paint at least a few more buses in "heritage" colors (PSNJ, O&B, RED & TAN, etc)...........

After all, NJT has repainted several engines in sharp-looking "fallen flag" regalia!

"NYO"

(photo: courtesy of nycsubway.org)

["PUBLIC SERVICE COORDINATED TRANSPORT"]

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Also:

The number of the aforementioned NJT MCI painted in the 1960s PS heritage "suboiban" scheme is #21253.

If only "Pee-Es" was still with us today.........(!!)

"NYO"

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NJT bus "nooze"............

NJT, after the Jets and Giants wrap up their seasons, will be building a new temporary bus terminal at MetLife to help with the thousands attending the FIFA World Cup.

A new dedicated bus land will be built (near the rail station), as well as their being adaptations to traffic signals in the area, to help with the expected heavy bus traffic (articulateds would seem to be the logical choice, here, for "moving the masses")

Cost?

$100 million greenbacks (QUITE a HUGE sum, IMHO, for a "temporary" facility)

"NYO"

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STILL scratching my head, here.........

$100 MILLION for a TEMPORARY bus terminal at MetLife; guess "En-Jay-Tee" isn't as hard up for cash as I had previously thought.....talk about a MONUMENTAL WASTE of funds that could be better spent elsewhere, within the agency...........

"NYO"

["SHUTTLE"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

Sounds almost like the "Eye-En-Dee" building their World's Fair extension in 1939, only to have it totally dismantled after the fair ended for good in 1940.

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