These are the first buses in the fleet to be built with CCTV cameras. Therefore, later in 2009, it was decided to use the Cummins ISL engine for the remainder of the orders.Īfter a pilot program that began in 2005 where CCTV cameras were installed on selected buses, CCTV cameras were specified as part of this order. However as buses were still being produced, it was realized that as Caterpillar would exit the on-highway engine market for 2010, there would not be enough engines available to fill in the full order. 5201 came powered by a Caterpillar C9 engine, but the remaining production buses were specified with a Caterpillar C13 engine instead. New Jersey's are unique in that they have the radiator and intercooler mounted above the engine and the HVAC mounted on the roof near the front. The 416.15 order marked the beginning of the restyled 416 model. It was inspected and road tested before full production commenced so any changes found necessary would be incorporated into the future buses. Following the Expo, it was delivered to New Jersey Transit. The prototype bus, 5201, was produced in 2007 and displayed at 2008's APTA Expo. These are NJ Transit's first low-floor transit buses, and replaced 2501-2580, which were 25 ft RTS buses. Many buses are being rebuilt for improvements and to extend their useful lives.ġ2 NABI 31-LFW buses. The first 250 were configured for suburban service while the remaining are for transit service. The order is broken down into transit configured buses and commuter 'suburban' configured buses. Each year would see the delivery of 250 buses until the final year where 145 buses would be delivered. This large order of 1299 buses was approved in 2007 and would see buses delivered over a six year period, retiring the RTS fleet of New Jersey Transit.

3.9 Middlesex/Monmouth/Morris County Short Routesĥ201-5450, 13 NABI 416.15 buses.3.4 Special/Long-distance Express Routes.

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