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RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY

New Flyer C30LF #0201 at RIPTA's Elmwood Av facility, Providence (Photo by Don Champlin)

Providence, Rhode Island

All-Time Fleet Roster

This is an all-time roster of vehicles purchased and operated by the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.

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FLEET #     MFR.     MODEL      YEAR  SERIAL #              NOTES

3801-3815   GM       TDH-5105   1953  0202-0216               1
3816-3845   GM       TDH-5105   1953  0301-0330              1,2
0801-0802   GM       TDH-4516   1960  0054-0055               1
0803-0805   GM       TDH-4516   1960  0051-0053               1
1801-1815   GM       TDH-4516   1960  1323-1337             1,2A
400         GM       TGH-3102   1955  0422                    3
401-402     GM       TGH-3102   1956  0588-0589               4
403         GM       TGH-3102   1957  0742                    4
404-405     GM       TGH-3102   1960  0588-0589               4
406-407     GM       TGH-3102   1960  0606-0607               5
408-409     GM       TGH-3501   1965  0016-0017               4
410         GM       TGH-3501   1966  0050                    4
413         GM       TGH-3102   1966  0389                   23
501-503     GM       TDM-4509   1951  0370-0371               6
503         GM       TDM-4509   1951  0373                    7
504         GM       TDM-4509   1950  0162                    8
505         GM       TDH-3501   1964  0096                    9
506         GM       TDH-3501   1964  0095                   10
507         GM       TDH-3501   1965  0318                   11
508         GM       TDH-3501   1965  0470                   12
100         GM       TGH-3102   1957  850                    13
4001        GM       SDM-5301   1966  0779                   14
4002        GM       SDM-5301   1967  0999                   15
4003-4004   GM       SDM-5301   1967  1043-1044              16
5001        GM       TDH-5303   1966  4863                   17
5002        GM       TDH-5303   1967  6068                   18
5003        GM       TDH-5301   1962  3062                   19
5004-5014   GM       TDH-5303   1963  *(see note 20 below)   20
6001-6102   GM       TDH-4519   1966  1237-1338              24
7001-7030(A)GM       T6H-4521   1970  0310-0339
701         GM       PD-4905    1970  0135                   21
702         GM       PD-4905    1970  0134                   22
8001-8009   GM       T6H-5306   1970  372-380
9001-9006   GM       T6H-5306A  1970  0439-0444
761-769     GM       T6H-4523   1976  2307-2315
7801-7858   GM       TW-7603    1978  0001-0058
7861-7879   GM       TW-7603    1978  0061-0079
801-804     TMC      T-30/9035  1980  1/T2-247 to 4/T2-250
8101-8134   GM       T8J-204    1981  BV821339-BV821432
831-835     Neoplan  AN-460A    1983  EL013517-EL013521
8501-8555   Volvo    B10m       1985  (SEE LIST A)
8801-8864   Neoplan  AN-440A    1988  JL013146-JL013209
9001-9028   TMC      T8O-206    1990  LR827590-LR827617
9201        TMC      T8O-206    1992  NR828838
9202-9248   TMC      T8O-206    1992  NR828891-NR828937
9801        NovaBus  RTNFD82    1998  WR833115
9802-9828   NovaBus  RTNFD82    1998  WR833143-WR833169
9829-9850   NovaBus  RTNFD82    1998  WR833621-WR833642
1-10        Chance   AH-28      1999  XW535068-XW535077
11-15       Chance   AH-28      1999  XW535091-XW535095
9930-9934   NovaBus  RTNFD62    1999  XR834415-XR834419
0030-0057   NovaBus  RTNFD82    2000  YR835203-YR835230
16-17       Chance   AH-28      2000  1W535120-XW535121
18-19       Chance   AH-28      2000  1W535123-XW535124
0101        Orion    05.501     2001  16501521
0102-0109   Orion    05.501     2001  16501583-16501590
0110-0114   Orion    05.501     2001  16501593-16501597
0115-0127   Orion    05.501     2001  16501635-16501647
0201-0205   NFI      C30LF      2001  1U023678-1U023682

NOTES:

1 - Inherited from United Transit, Inc. (Providence, RI)
2 - Serials not in order
2A - Order of serial numbers as follows: 1810, 1802, 1804, 1814, 1805, 1801, 1806-1807, 1803, 1813, 1808-1809, 1815, 1812, 1811
3 - Inherited from Transit Line, Inc. (Newport, RI), ex-Orange St Bus Line (New Haven, CT) #12
4 - Inherited from Transit Line, Inc. (Newport, RI), same numbers
5 - Inherited from Transit Line, Inc. (Newport, RI); ex-Almedia Bus Lines (New Bedford, MA) #43-44
6 - Inherited from Transit Line, Inc. (Newport, RI); ex-Short Line (Providence, RI) #201-202
7 - Inherited from Transit Line, Inc. (Newport, RI); ex-Short Line (Providence, RI) #204 8 - Inherited from Transit Line, Inc. (Newport, RI); ex-New England Transportation (New Haven, CT) #392
9 - Ex-Auch Inter-Borough Transit (Conshohocken, PA) #643
10 - Ex-Auch Inter-Borough Transit (Conshohocken, PA) #642
11 - Ex-Auch Inter-Borough Transit (Conshohocken, PA) #651
12 - Ex-Auch Inter-Borough Transit (Conshohocken, PA) #652, ex-Huntingdon Coach Corp (Belville, NY) #402
13 - Ex-Cranston Transvan C-3; Ex-Conn. Railways & Light Co. 414
14 - Ex-Short Line/Bonanza Bus (Providence, RI) #6623
15 - Ex-Short Line/Bonanza Bus (Providence, RI) #6724
16 - Ex-Short Line/Bonanza Bus (Providence, RI) #6725-6726
17 - Ex-MBTA (Boston, MA) #6020
18 - Ex-MBTA (Boston, MA) #6154
19 - Ex-Metropolitan Transit Authority/MBTA (Boston, MA) #275
20 - Ex-MBTA (Boston, MA) #as follows: 5004 (ex-5059, #286), 5005 (ex-5081, #308), 5006 (ex-5056, #283), 5007 (ex-5061, #288), 5008 (ex-5073, #300), 5009 (ex-5052, #279), 5010 (ex-5087, #314), 5011 (ex-5084, #311), 5012 (ex-5039, #266), 5013 (ex-5076, #303), 5014 (ex-5049, #276)
21 - Ex-Bonanza 7011; nee Rhode Island Bus Co #331
22 - Ex-Bonanza 7010; nee Rhode Island Bus Co #330
23 - Ex-Transit Line, Inc. 413; Ex-Pawtuxet Valley Bus Lines #50
24 - Upon public takeover, 6092-6102 were renumbered as follows: 6092=6018; 6093=6041; 6094-6095=6044-6045; 6096=6053; 6097=6055; 6098-6099=6081-6082; 6100=6090

In addition, RIPTA purchased the following ex-MTA/New York City Transit Authority GMC RTS coaches:
4034 (FV823501), 4136 (FV823603), 4170 (FV823637), 4186 (FV823653), 4361 (GV824283), 4365 (GV824287), 4366 (GV824288), 4368 (GV824290), 4384 (GV824306), 4386 (GV824308), 4388 (GV824310), 4389 (GV824311), 4405 (GV824327), 4473 (GV824395), 4493 (GV824415), 4495 (GV824417)

Page updated Wednesday, 3 March 2004

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