BC Transit is a Crown corporation of the Canadian province of British Columbia, responsible for public transportation in all BC cities with the exception of Vancouver. All buses are owned by the agency, but are operated by private contractors in all cities with the exception of Victoria. Photos are labelled first with the bus number and then with the name of the community in which they were operating when photograhed.
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1966 GM TDH-4519
Thu 16 Feb 2006 07:55:24 AM PSTFleet # 762 served from 1966 until 2006, one of the longest serving transit buses in all of Canada.
1974 GMC T6H-5308N
Thu 29 Dec 2005 04:07:14 PM PSTFleet #s 959-972. In service 1974-2006 (970 was the last one to retire).
1981-1982 GMC T6H-5307N
Fri 30 Dec 2005 07:25:01 AM PSTFleet #s 848, 873, 5904, 5914 and 5915 were retired from Victoria in 2006.
1989 MCI Classic (Ex-Translink)
Sat 06 Jan 2007 04:10:07 PM PSTFleet #s 8901-8904, 8911-8915, 8917-8919.
1990-1991 Orion V
Tue 12 May 2009 08:22:12 AM PDTFleet #s 8600-8610. Original to Victoria.
2009 locations: Kamloops, Kelowna, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Central Fraser Valley.
2009 locations: Kamloops, Kelowna, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Central Fraser Valley.
1992 New Flyer D40LF - A/C
Wed 13 May 2009 10:29:41 AM PDTFleet #s 8026-8033.
8026-8028 original to Kelowna, 8029-8033 original to Penticton.
2009 location: Penticton.
8026-8028 original to Kelowna, 8029-8033 original to Penticton.
2009 location: Penticton.
1997 Novabus LFS (ex-Montreal STM)
Tue 16 Mar 2010 11:11:16 PM PDTIn order to cope with the shortage of buses during the Olympic and Paralympic Games through the months of February and March 2010, 5 retired Novabus LFS from Montreal, formerly owned by STM (Societe de Transport de Montreal) were on loan to BC Transit and operated out of Gorge Road garage in Victoria, BC.
2005 New Flyer DE40LF
Sun 30 Dec 2007 02:32:16 PM PSTFleet #s 9101-9106. Original to Kelowna and Victoria.
2009 New Flyer H40LFR
Thu 14 Jan 2010 11:44:12 PM PSTAs a commitment to showcase the largest revenue fuel cell hydrogen bus fleet in North America, BC Transit acquired 20 Ballard fuel cell hydrogen buses from New Flyer of Winnipeg, Canada. (New Flyer H40LFR) This fleet of hydrogen buses will debut in Whistler during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games over the month of February, 2010.
Fleet #s: 1000-1019
Fleet #s: 1000-1019
2009 Yaxing JS6840GHP
Wed 17 Feb 2010 10:57:45 AM PSTThis 30-feet community bus is one of its kind in North America. Imported from Yaxing coaches based in Yangzhou, China (扬州亚星客车), this bus was designed by officials from BC Transit and Yaxing Coaches together. At the moment, this bus is currently located in Squamish, BC. It's possible that the bus will be relocated to Victoria, BC in the not-too-distant future. This bus will be tested by BC Transit on a trial basis for one year.
Demonstrator for BC Transit: Proterra
Thu 18 Mar 2010 06:08:02 PM PDTAll photos in this collection are taken by Rick Norman.
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