Possible first ride on hybrid will be on route 99

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Possible first ride on hybrid will be on route 99
Topic Started: Sep 19 2009, 03:19 PM (125 Views)
septa105R5	Sep 19 2009, 03:19 PM Post #1
Super Transit Expert from Wayne (Main Line) to King of Prussia Posts: 384 Group: Members Member #304 Joined: February 8, 2007	Because last summer and spring since know that Hybrids are at Victory Depot, its quite a challenge on finding hybrids on route 105 (Back in the days when I was senior in high school and ride the bus a lot to school). I was had a little luck on trying to ride it on route 105 (since they operate on all other routes), but I did spot them running along the roadway. So my next attention is to find them on route 99. Now, I noticed that hybrids are quite common on Route 99 and 124. They should give me a 60% chance of catching it since I seen them running mostly on those routes a lot. But because of college schedule now, I'm likely ride them soon on Thanksgiving Break. The possible first route of the possible first ride on the hybrids is route 99. Hopefully I'll have luck by then on November. Hopefully I'll either ride of those green buses from the 8210-8219 series soon.



septa105R5	Sep 19 2009, 03:20 PM Post #2
Super Transit Expert from Wayne (Main Line) to King of Prussia Posts: 384 Group: Members Member #304 Joined: February 8, 2007	septa105R5 Sep 19 2009, 03:19 PM Because last summer and spring since know that Hybrids are at Victory Depot, its quite a challenge on finding hybrids on route 105 (Back in the days when I was senior in high school and ride the bus a lot to school). I was had a little luck on trying to ride it on route 105 (since they operate on all other routes), but I did spot them running along the roadway. So my next attention is to find them on route 99. Now, I noticed that hybrids are quite common on Route 99 and 124. They should give me a 60% chance of catching it since I seen them running mostly on those routes a lot. But because of college schedule now, I'm likely ride them soon on Thanksgiving Break. The possible first route of the possible first ride on the hybrids is route 99. Hopefully I'll have luck by then on November. Hopefully I'll either ride of those green buses from the 8210-8219 series soon. Also, route 99 and 124 are operating out of frontier depot division.



Van2006ko	Sep 19 2009, 07:21 PM Post #3
Foamer Posts: 2,528 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 16, 2005	Ah ok, have fun!



ctrabs74	Sep 19 2009, 09:51 PM Post #4
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 710 Group: Members Member #7 Joined: February 20, 2005	FWIW, on Monday, I rode 8211 on the 96. You are correct in that the Frontier hyrbids will pop up regularly on the 124; that might be your better bet compared to the 99 (it seems like every time I'm up that way, all I see on the 99 are the 5600s and 5800s).



Tritransit Area	Sep 19 2009, 10:50 PM Post #5
Transit Enthusiast Posts: 2,243 Group: Admin Member #4 Joined: February 17, 2005	septa105R5 Sep 19 2009, 03:20 PM septa105R5 Sep 19 2009, 03:19 PM Because last summer and spring since know that Hybrids are at Victory Depot, its quite a challenge on finding hybrids on route 105 (Back in the days when I was senior in high school and ride the bus a lot to school). I was had a little luck on trying to ride it on route 105 (since they operate on all other routes), but I did spot them running along the roadway. So my next attention is to find them on route 99. Now, I noticed that hybrids are quite common on Route 99 and 124. They should give me a 60% chance of catching it since I seen them running mostly on those routes a lot. But because of college schedule now, I'm likely ride them soon on Thanksgiving Break. The possible first route of the possible first ride on the hybrids is route 99. Hopefully I'll have luck by then on November. Hopefully I'll either ride of those green buses from the 8210-8219 series soon. Also, route 99 and 124 are operating out of frontier depot division. I'd recommend taking the 105 to 69th Street, the 101/102 to Drexel Hill Junction, and get a hybrid on the 102 Shuttle. That shuttle is dominated by the slowbrids. It'd be better than making the trek to King of Prussia (no transit link anymore between KOP and Wayne w/o a few transfers), where you'd have a slight chance at catching 1 or 10 Frontier hybrids on routes that don't run that frequently during the off peak hours. In Frontierland, hybrids make a strong presence on the 99 and 93...didn't realize they were on the 124 that much. Of course, the hybrids make their way around, although they primarily remain on the "Norristown" based routes. Have fun!



Van2006ko	Sep 20 2009, 11:17 AM Post #6
Foamer Posts: 2,528 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: February 16, 2005	Or better yet, you ride on the route 27 which is also mainly dominated by hybrids. An artic may slip in here or there but it's mainly a hybrid domain.



joechopchop	Sep 20 2009, 05:04 PM Post #7
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 380 Group: Members Member #19 Joined: February 28, 2005	There's an afternoon run on the 130 that fairly regularly uses hybrids (6703 block, comes off the 150).



ctrabs74	Sep 22 2009, 11:34 PM Post #8
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 710 Group: Members Member #7 Joined: February 20, 2005	Lately, at least on weekends, I inevitably see at least one hybrid working the 124. As I said earlier, they tend to show up most often on the 93 or 99 (although I did ride one on the 96 last Monday). It probably won't happen unless there's a major Lawnmower shortage, but it would be nice if Frontier snuck a hybrid on the 92 once in a long while (particulary on a Friday or Saturday; I've seen those Mowers get swamped on some trips).



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