01-23-2024, 12:52 PM
(01-23-2024, 11:20 AM)bravado Wrote: What’s the average lifespan and/or mileage of a city bus? I’m curious how long they’re expected to last for… I don’t want to be an early adopter with public funds but also maybe it’s the right time - no idea!
GRT rebuilds the engines somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000 kilometres (I don't remember the specific mileage), does that once or twice and then sells them off. It takes about 8 years, roughly, to get to the rebuild point.
The major variance is how much the bus gets used. They try to spread it out, but some buses may be liveried for a specific service like iXpress or ION aBRT and thus get more heavily used.