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Ontario Bus Industries is a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada based manufacturer of Orion based bus models (Orion I, II, III-Ikarus, V, VI and VII) and supplier of buses to the Toronto Transit Commission in the 1990s. The company also had manufacturing plant in the US. Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future Area: 288. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The Toronto Transit Commission, or TTC, is a public transportation authority that operates buses, streetcars, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...


The Orion buses became unreliable, as they were prone to rust and shorten their life-span.


Products

  • Orion I
  • Orion II - accessible buses
  • Orion III - Ikraus license from Hungarian manufacturer
  • Orion IV People Mover LPG for Niagara Parks Commission
  • Orion V and V CNG
  • Orion VI
  • Orion VII

See also

Orion Bus was formerly known as Ontario Bus Industries and created by the government of Ontario to produce buses for the provinces transit agencies in the late 1970s. ...

Rivals


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Ontario, five times as large as France, covers some 412,579 square miles (1,068,580 square kilometers) and is bordered on the north by Hudson Bay; on the east by Québec; on the south by the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the US state of Minnesota; and on the west by Manitoba.
The populous regions of southern Ontario are divided into counties, regional municipalities, the Municipality of Metro Toronto, the District Municipality of Muskoka, and the Restructured County of Oxford.
Ontario had over 3.95 million occupied private dwellings in 1996, when the province had 3.92 million private households, with an average size of 2.7 persons.
Orion Bus Industries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (395 words)
Orion Bus Industries is a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada-based bus manufacturer established by the government of Ontario in 1975.
It was known as Ontario Bus Industries until 1995 and was created to produce buses for the province's transit agencies in the late 1970s.
Orion Bus Industries was the first bus manufacturer to use compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel on the Orion I model in 1988 and it is also the first one to use on diesel hybrid electric on the Orion VI model, making them the leader of alternative fuels market.
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