Grande West Transportation Group Inc., a Canadian bus manufacturer of heavy-duty mid-sized transit buses for sale in Canada and the U.S., announced it received a new order from the City of Edmonton totaling approximately $10 million.
The order is for 33 Vicinity buses for delivery in Q1 2018.
"We are extremely pleased to be providing 33 additional buses to the City of Edmonton,” said Jean-Marc Landry, VP, business development. “This is the third order from the City since September 2016, bringing their total firm orders for Vicinity buses to 49 units."
Grande West's total firm orders for 2017 and early 2018 delivery are for 247 buses valued at over $66 million.
Originally introduced in 2023 as the Bus Line Redesign, the effort has evolved into a more targeted update that maintains familiar routes while improving reliability, frequency, evening and weekend service, and connections across Allegheny County.
S3 will connect communities along SR 522 with fast, reliable, battery-electric bus service from Shoreline South Station to Bothell via Kenmore and Lake Forest Park.
The configuration uses Ster Seating's Gemini seat platform to create a family-friendly floor layout specifically engineered to accommodate parents traveling with young children.
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