Midwest Bus performs work to extend bus life for two customers

The company worked on a total of 45 low-floor Gillig buses to be used outside of Orlando and in Durham, N.C.

June 12, 2019

One of the Gillig buses Midwest Bus Corp. helped Transdev remanufacture.

Midwest Bus Corporation has been keeping busy working on a total of 45 low-floor Gillig buses that will go into service with Transdev outside Orlando, Fla., and with GoDurham in North Carolina.

Midwest Bus aided Transdev with part of a shuttle bus fleet upgrade, which consisted of remanufacturing 20, 40-foot, low-floor Gillig buses. Midwest Bus was selected by Transdev in late 2018 to modify the buses with improvements to belts, hoses, suspension, AC, seat inserts, paint and more. Work was completed and the last bus was delivered to Transdev in early April.

Additionally, Midwest Bus is working on an additional 25, 40-foot, low-floor Gillig buses that will to into service at GoDurham. Midwest Bus is replacing engines and transmissions and installing new EMP cooling systems. The company expects to complete the project by June 2020.

About the Author

Mischa Wanek-Libman

Group Editorial Director

Mischa Wanek-Libman is director of communications with Transdev North America. She has more than 20 years of experience working in the transportation industry covering construction projects, engineering challenges, transit and rail operations and best practices.

Wanek-Libman has held top editorial positions at freight rail and public transportation business-to-business publications including as editor-in-chief and editorial director of Mass Transit from 2018-2024. She has been recognized for editorial excellence through her individual work, as well as for collaborative content.

She is an active member of the American Public Transportation Association's Marketing and Communications Committee and served 14 years as a Board Observer on the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) Board of Directors.

She is a graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication.