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The Orion V was a line of rigid high-floor transit buses available in 32', 35', and 40' lengths manufactured by Ontario Bus Industries (renamed Orion Bus Industries in 1995) between 1989 and 2009. The conventionally powered buses, either with longitudinally mounted diesel or natural gas engines, used a T-drive transmission coupling.
The Coliseum Depot closed in 1995 [68] and was demolished in 1997, [84] while a new CNG-compatible facility was constructed as part of the MTA's 1995-1999 Capital Program. This included a "fast-fill" CNG filling station at the cost of $7.3 million. [79] It became the second NYCT depot to facilitate CNG when it opened in 2003. [68]
Buses running compressed natural gas (CNG) were first tested in the early 1990s, [16] [17] and were mass-ordered beginning in 1995. [4] [16] Hybrid-electric buses, operating with a combination of diesel and electric power, were introduced in September 1998 with the Orion VI, [4] [18] [19] and mass-ordered beginning in 2003 with the Orion VII.
Passengers board a 2000 Orion V CNG (1567) on the Hempstead-bound N6 under Long Island Bus, an Orion VII OG, and four RTSs at the terminal. Construction on the "Long Island Bus Terminal" began in 1930, built by the Shore Road Development Company, Inc. with the intent of expanding transit service to and from Long Island.
Orion Bus Industries, also known as Bus Industries of America in the United States, was a private bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.. The company had its main manufacturing plant in Mississauga and sent bus body shells to their plant in Oriskany, New York, for final assembly and testing of vehicles destined for U.S. markets. [1]
The first CNG buses for Ride On. Orion Bus Industries Orion V (05.503) 5550-5566 (17 buses) 2011 35 feet buses; 1998 5572-5579 (8 buses) 2012 35 feet buses; 1999 Orion Bus Industries Orion V (05.501) 5705-5725 (21 buses) 2014–2016 Many units retired in 2014. Remaining retired in December 2016. 1999–2000 Orion Bus Industries Orion V CNG (05.501)
A 1999 Orion V CNG (9840) from the former Queens Surface on the Q65 in Downtown Flushing, headed to Jamaica via Parsons Blvd. On February 27, 2005, the MTA Bus Company took over the operations of the Queens Surface routes, part of the city's takeover of all the remaining privately operated bus routes.
Orion V CNG 40 FT 9828-9842 Cummins L10G Allison B400R 1999 Orion V CNG 40 FT 9900-9977 Detroit Diesel Series 50G Allison B400R 2002 Orion V CNG 40 FT 9978-9989 Cummins LTA-10G Allison B400R 2024 ENC EZ Rider II BRT 32' 9990-9995 Cummins B6.7 Allison B300R 2024 ENC EZ Rider II BRT 60' 9996-9999 Cummins L9 Allison B500R 2013 TEMSA TS 30 10000-10049