09-04-2016, 10:53 AM
(09-04-2016, 08:21 AM)Canard Wrote: I think our buses have 5-digit numbers, but there are lots of them. Is there any pattern or logic to the numbering of the buses? Like are the first three digits a contract number and the last two are the buses within that contract or something like that?
GRT bus numbers reflect the year and a sequential number.
Pre-2000 Kitchener Transit numbers were a two-digit year and a two-digit sequence (e.g. 9201 was the first bus of 1992).
From 2000-2007, year numbers were 2X (e.g. 2409 was the ninth bus of 2004).
This system conflicted with other Regional vehicle numbers in 2008, so bus numbers that year started with 80 (e.g. 8010).
After that, the year became a three-digit number starting with 2 (e.g. 21319 was the 19th bus of 2013).
Cambridge Transit buses used a different numbering system. They were retroactively numbered into something resembling GRT numbers. I don't know if any of them are still in service.
See here for more information about the fleet: https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Grand_River_Transit