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GMC RTS (ex-Triboro Coach)


Triboro Coach operated a number of wide-body GMC RTSs on its Queens local routes prior to the MTA Bus takeover. These buses could be found in both the old (red and white) and new (red, silver and white) Triboro paint schemes, and some were in rather bad condition.

Several of Triboro's GMC RTS buses were originally from MTA New York City Transit. These buses could be distinguished by their electronic destination signs, front emergency lights, interior colors, and lack of a paint scheme (they were painted all white, and Triboro never repainted them.) They were retained by MTA Bus and numbered in the 1850 series.

None of the GMC RTSs ever received the MTA Bus blue and white paint scheme, and all have been scrapped and replaced with Orion VII 07.501 HEV buses.
image view 1850 (I) (Ex-Triboro #2003; ex-NYCT #4218)
  • Route: Q19A
  • Location: 82nd Street and Astoria Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.04.12
image view 1850 (II)
  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: MTA Bus LaGuardia Depot, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.17
image view 1857 (Ex-Triboro #2010; ex-NYCT #3893)
  • Route: Q23
  • Location: 71st Avenue and Queens Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.31
image view 1858 (I) (Ex-Triboro #2011; ex-NYCT #4486)
  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: 23rd Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.19
image view 1858 (II)
  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: 23rd Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.19
  • Notes: Rear sign displaying "WT?S" -- what's that supposed to mean?
image view 1858 (III)
  • Route: Q23
  • Location: 108th Street and Queens Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.31
image view 7069 (I) (Ex-Triboro #677)
  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: 74th Street and Broadway, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.31
image view 7069 (II)
  • Route: Q33
  • Location: Broadway and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.31
image view 7080 (Ex-Triboro #693)
  • Route: Q47
  • Location: Broadway and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.31
image view 7092 (Ex-Triboro #711)
  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: 23rd Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.19
image view 7093 (Ex-Triboro #713)
  • Route: Q19B
  • Location: Broadway and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.31
image view 7110 (Ex-Triboro #731)
  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: MTA Bus LaGuardia Depot, Queens
  • Date: 2007.03.17
MTA Bus Company


GMC RTS: [ Ex-Command ] [ Ex-Green ] [ Ex-Jamaica ] [ Ex-Triboro ]
MCI Classic TC-40102A: [ Ex-Command ] [ Ex-Green ] [ Ex-Jamaica ] [ Ex-Liberty ] [ Ex-New York Bus Service ] [ Ex-Queens Surface ]
Orion V 05.501: [ Ex-Command ] [ Ex-Green ] [ Ex-NYCT ] [ Ex-Queens Surface ] [ Ex-Triboro ]
TMC RTS T80206: [ Ex-Command ] [ Ex-Green ] [ Ex-Jamaica ] [ Ex-NYCT ] [ Ex-Queens Surface ] [ Ex-Triboro ]

[ MCI D4500CL ] [ Orion VII 07.501 HEV ] [ Orion VII 07.501 Next Generation HEV ]