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Posted by WayneJay on Sat Jun 16 13:52:47 2012, in response to Re: pix: Three more from NYC's Metro Bus era, posted by caine515 on Sat Jun 16 12:47:42 2012. Customers must have been pissed dealing with therse buses especially on the express routes. Did the Greyhound buses help more then the WMATA buses did for express service?And i know that some depots used the METROBUS for express service but what did boroughs like Brooklyn and Queens use? My guess is that the X-bus riders probably didn't hate getting a WMATA buses. Although they had transit seating, it was 2X2 soft seating. Not quite as comfy as the high-backed seating, but in those days you'd see plenty of local buses doing express runs. The WMATA buses at OA didn't do express service as FFS and AMS didn't have any express routes. It appears that SI used the WMATA buses for both local and express service, but again. SI also used plenty of local buses on express runs. I say this to say... In my observations, the WMATA buses were used mainly in local service, but they often did Staten Island express trips too. Of course the 150 ex-Greyhound MC-8 were used only for express service. During those days most NYCTA express buses were still the mixed bag of GMC T6H-5305A (4400, 8800 & 8900 series), 5310A (4500, 6100 & 6900 series), a few 5303AC (83/8400 series), '77 Flxible 9100 series and of course the '81 GMC RTS (1298-1317) and '82 RTS (PA1705-PA1858). Later toward the mid-1980s, the 5100 & 5500 series Blitz rebuilds helped too. By the mid-1980s, the old new-looks were pretty much gone from exopress service. On Staten island they were using the Greyhound MC-8s, '81 RTS, and some '82 RTS. In Brooklyn and Queens the '82 1700-1800 series RTS were used for express service. I think the Blitz rebuilds and '85 GMC RTS pretty much replaced the ex-Greyhound MC-8s. Those were interesting days as a lot was happening. |
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