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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.
Ontario Bus Industries, Bus Industries of Amercia, Orion Bus Industries: Orion V 05.501 10.08 feet (3.07 meters) 40,600 pounds (18,415 kilograms) 1991, 1993-1997, 1999 Bus Industries of Amercia, Orion Bus Industries, DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses N.A. Orion V 05.501 (CNG fuel) 11.16 feet (3.4 meters) 1994-1995, 1997-2000, 2003 New Flyer ...
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]
Orion II (02.501) 3701–3742 2008–2009 Two buses were originally preserved but were scrapped around 2013–2014. 2000 Orion Bus Industries Orion VI (06.501) 2000–2099 2012 First low floor buses for WMATA. Suddenly retired after engine fires took place on two buses in a span of five days. [19] [20] Orion Bus Industries Orion V (05.501) 2100 ...
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)
Orion: 06.501 Low-Floor Hybrid 40 Transit Detroit Diesel Series 30 Lockheed Martin HybriDrive 4000-4003 (4000, by MTA) Never ran, became NYCTA 6350-6353 1998 Nova Bus: RTS-06 T80-2N Cummins ISC ZF Ecomat 5HP590 1001, 1026 2012–2013 1998–2000 MCI: 102-DWA3 (CNG) Suburban Detroit Diesel Series 60G DDEC Allison B500R Gen III 7001-7077 2014 ...