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Culver Citybus
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 Having taken several batches of GMC New Look "Fishbowls" since 1961, twenty year old 7014, seen in the LAX Bus Station with a Santa Monica MCI, was the first of the last delivery of eight in 1974. |
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 It was seven years before more buses joined the fleet, a batch of ten GMC RTS of which this, 7022, was the first, also seen at LAX Bus Station in March 2004. |
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Ten Gillig Phantoms were delivered in 1983 with a few more RTS buses, the last from GMC! Eight Flxibles arrived in 1991 and apart from two secondhand from Fresno around the same time that was it until the first New Flyers in 1998. This is the rear aspect of the first of the Flxibles, 7050.
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This is thought to be the front of 7050.
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 Flxible 7052 at LAX Bus Station in March 2004. |
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 A nicely posed picture of Flxible 7054. |
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Also at LAX Bus Station was one of the first batch of no less than forty gas powered New Flyer C40LF buses.
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A pair of the C40LF buses were seen in the LAX Bus Station in January 2002.
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 With Santa Monica adopting its all blue "bigbluebus" image and LA Metro a vibrant orange, as seen on New Flyer 5111 alongside, Culver Citybus went for all over green as shown on C40LF 7073 at LAX in April 2005. |
Viewed from above in January 2002 is C40LF 7090 from the next batch of 22 delivered in 2001. Unlike the first batch which had Detroit Diesel engines, these were Cummins powered, representing a further break with General Motors. The Flxibles and Gilligs were also Detroit powered.
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Also seen that January was C40LF 7075 from the first batch, Detroit powered.
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 Here is sister vehicle 7068. |
 Forward to Christmas Holidays 2007 and C40LF 7063 is seen at LAX. |
 Paralleling the seafront on route 1 under the palm trees in October 2011 is 7080, the first of the first Cummins powered batch. |
 Two more small batches of C40LF gas buses arrived in 2003 (6) and 2004 (8) then deliveries switched to New Flyer's "new look" revised curved front buses with a small batch of six in 2009. Thereafter the Xcelsior range took over and this is 7131, the last of the first batch, delivered in 2012 and seen in October 2013 outside the Culver City Honda dealer. As of 2026 all 40 New Flyer C40LF buses had been withdrawn from service. |
 Sister Xcelsior 7122 is seen on Washington Boulevard that October. |
 The 2003 batch of New Flyers were six short C30LF models. Seen by that Culver Honda delaer in October 2013 is 7097. The batch has also been withdrawn and the fleet not receiving any equivalent replacement models. |
 The advent of "Rapid" services resulted in a number of buses receiving this silver and two tone green livery. Heading for the Green Line Station near LAX in October 2017 is Xcelsior XN40 7117, new in 2011 and repainted in Rapid colours.
Picture ref B8147 |
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 From a batch of six delivered in 2014 is rapid Xcelsior 7133 seen in October 2017 with the informative desination "RAPID 6".
Picture ref B8162 |
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 Delievered in 2011 was sister "RAPID 6" 7115 that day.
Picture ref B8155 |
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 Passing under one of several rail bridges on route was 7117.
Picture ref B8148 |
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 Another of the same batch, 7116, seen on the UCLA-Westwood service.
Picture ref B8161 |
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 Back to normal lime green Citybuses! Xcelsior XN40 7136 of 2014, which was the bus following 7115 above.
Picture ref B8156 |
 The rear view of 7136 after it had passed by.
Picture ref B8157 |
 From the last batch of XN40 Xcelsiors, eighteen delivered in 2016, is 7139 headed for the LAX Green Line Station in October 2017. The next deliveries were five years later, just four Xcelsior XE40 electric buses.
Picture ref B8163 |
 From the same batch is 7142 seen on route 6 along Sepula in October 2017.
Picture ref B8151 |
 Headed to Culver City Expo in November 2019 is 7155, the last XN40.
Picture ref C5958 |
 From the first batch of Xcelsiors 7126 is seen near Venice Beach in November 2019.
Picture ref C5956 |
 Heading in opposite directions on route 6 that November were XN40 7148 from the last batch ......
Picture ref C5992 |
 ...... and 7130 from the first batch.
Picture ref C5996 |
 Culver Citybus, 4343 Duquesne Ave, Culver City, CA 90232 |
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