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SMART's new second-hand D40LFs; Currently entering service
Topic Started: Mar 17 2016, 01:32 PM (315 Views)
MattBOnboardBus2100
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SMART in the Detroit area acquired in 2013 40 former Detroit Department of Transportation D40LFs, but they sat idle until last month when they started entering revenue service with SMART.

None of these photos are mine, but here's what they now look like, starting with the exterior:
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The interior hasn't changed much from when they were in service with DDOT however.
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More will be entering service soon and also they're expecting to get over 100 new Gillig BRTs over the next couple years.
Edited by MattBOnboardBus2100, Mar 17 2016, 01:34 PM.
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DSR/DDOT GMC New Looks 1960-1996 and DDOT GMC/Nova RTSes 1978-2015. Once Detroit's most recognizable buses, today they're forever entrenched in the memories of many Detroiters.

DDOT's new Xcelsiors-will they be just as legendary as the New Looks and the RTSes?

SMART Ex-DDOT D40LFs In Service: 6001-6003, 6005, 6007-6011, 6013, 6015, 6017-6018, 6020-6029, 6031, 6035 (25/40, 64%)
SMART 2016 Gillig BRTs In Service: 3601-3659 (59/59, 100%)
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That bus looks way to good for a bus that has set foot in Detroit I'm just saying

Beautiful!
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Manged to get my own photo of one yesterday.
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DSR/DDOT GMC New Looks 1960-1996 and DDOT GMC/Nova RTSes 1978-2015. Once Detroit's most recognizable buses, today they're forever entrenched in the memories of many Detroiters.

DDOT's new Xcelsiors-will they be just as legendary as the New Looks and the RTSes?

SMART Ex-DDOT D40LFs In Service: 6001-6003, 6005, 6007-6011, 6013, 6015, 6017-6018, 6020-6029, 6031, 6035 (25/40, 64%)
SMART 2016 Gillig BRTs In Service: 3601-3659 (59/59, 100%)
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