Washington Metropolitian Area Transit Authority 2009 New Flyer DE62LFA #5449

Welcome aboard Metrobus New Flyer DE62LFA #5449 in service on Route 70 to Sliver Spring Station. This bus is one of 20 purchased by WMATA to supplement their active fleet of artics. This is also the last of a three part order of 2003 buses from New Flyer of their Bus Rapid Transit designed A series

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[fargeeks]

hey is that bus powered by the same cummins deisel engine found on the 2007 newflyer D series buses?????

emample New flyer D40lf, New flyer D60lf, New flyer D40lfr

[Nabinut]

@fargeeks No, if you're talking about Metrobus then the 6100/6200s have Cummins ISMs

[CSIS25]

IS that one of them Extended busses ?

[Nabinut]

Yup. This bus is 62 feet long, otherwise known as an articulated bus

[CSIS25]

WOW 62feet thats crazy, i never ever seen one that long before, i see a place on the bus though where u can stand im gussing thats where the bus bends ?

[Nabinut]

Yup. The bus is really 60 feet by design but 2 feet are added by the extended front end. If you think that's bad, another city is buying 100 65 foot buses!!

[fargeeks]

@CSIS25 you wouldnt beleive it if I told but in other countries they have buses 3 times longer than those 62 footers. those buses are BI ARTICULATED and they are illegal in America they are up to 90ft LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fargeeks]

@Nabinut in other words yes but in mesa Arizona VALLEY METRO Transit has the D62 LFA which is that same bus only its just powered by that DEISEL engine and not hybrid so therefore it has rear A/C

it runs LINK

just like Clevland Ohio runs SWIFT

[Annex4421]

ha told you boi

[cleanairbus]

@jfs1988 Well, in all fairness, the New Flyer BRT concept, designed around 2005, IINM, was based off of the Invero premium bus design, introduced in 1998, but NABI designed its 60-BRT with LA Metro's ideas in mind atop a modified version of the same frame/chassis as the 60-LFW design that CTA was the guinea pig for.