With the New Flyer Xcelsior buses coming in quickly, SEPTA is actively retiring the New Flyer D40LF buses in the feet, as well as the New Flyer DE40LF “first generation” hybrids. This thread will keep track of all the current buses retired, and this first post will be updated every time something changes.

Retired 2001 New Flyer D40LFs

5401-5500
Entire Fleet Retired as of February 2019

Retired 2003 New Flyer DE40LFs

5601H-5612H
Entire Fleet retired as of June 13th, 2019

Retired 2004 New Flyer D40LFs

5713-5950
Entire Fleet retired as of March 5th, 2021

Retired 2002 New Flyer D40LFs

5501-5600
Entire Fleet Retired as of July 27th, 2019

Retired 2003 New Flyer D40LFs
as of February 20th, 2021
5614-5712
5613 remains, used as a safety bus

Retired 2004 New Flyer DE40LFs

5831H-5850H
Entire fleet retired as of July 29th, 2020

Retired 2005-2006 New Flyer D40LFs as of October 16th, 2023

8003-8007, 8012, 8014-8017, 8019, 8021-8022, 8026-8029, 8032-8035, 8038, 8045-8050, 8052, 8055-8056, 8058, 8066, 8068, 8070-8074, 8077-8078, 8081-8082, 8084, 8086-8087, 8089-8090, 8093-8100, 8102-8103, 8105-8108, 8110-8111, 8114, 8116-8119

As previously stated, this post will be actively updated as buses retire from revenue service. Information is coming from members of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Transit Scene group on Facebook.

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