New Flyer C40LF 259

Location: Brooklyn Avenue and St. Marks Place, Brooklyn, NY
Operator of Vehicle: MTA New York City Transit
Date of Photo: February 26, 2024

The New Flyer Low Floor bus model was the cornerstone of New Flyer Industries’ product line for nearly 30 years.  The model was introduced in 1991 after a Dutch bus model, Den Oudsten’s B86 Low Floor, was adapted for the North American market.  Ultimately, the New Flyer Low Floor would be available in 30, 35, 40, and 60 foot lengths and with CNG, diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, electric (trolleybus), hydrogen fuel cell, gasoline-electric hybrid, hydrogen electric hybrid, and LNG variants.  The New Flyer Low Floor was available commercially through the 2010 model year, having effectively been replaced by the “restyled” New Flyer Low Floor model starting in 2006.  However, when New York City Transit wished to purchase a large order of new CNG buses despite the original Low Floor line being discontinued, an additional four orders of C40LFs were manufactured for the United States’s largest transit agency.  One of those buses is pictured here.

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