Nova Bus
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Nova Bus is a bus manufacturing company based in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada. The company is now owned by Prevost, which is a division of Volvo Buses.
Nova Bus was created by a reorganization of the transit bus division of MCI in 1993, and continued the production of the Classic model (which was started by General Motors Diesel Division Buses in late 1982) until MCI bought the transit division in 1987. The RTS model, originating from General Motors, was also acquired by NovaBus.
They currently produce a single product, the Nova LFS, a low-floor urban transit bus, which was introduced in 1995. The last Classic model was produced in 1997. After closing their American assembly plants in Roswell, New Mexico and Niskayuna, New York in 2002, Nova Bus basically withdrew from the American bus market, instead primarily focusing on Canadian transit.
Products
- Rapid Transit Series (RTS) - developed by General Motors Diesel Division Buses (1977-2003), although no longer produced by NovaBus, a small company Millennium Transit now builds them) RT80-2W
- Classic - high floor buses developed as a redesign of the original GMC New Look, originally produced by GM, then MCI (1982-1997) TC40-102N and TC60-102N Articulated
- LFS - low floor and wheelchair accessible (1995-present)
- 40 foot Low floor transit bus with a stainless steel structure and diesel engine.
- 40 foot Suburban bus (single and two door variations)
- 40 foot shuttle bus
- 60 foot articulated bus, currently in testing in Quebec City for RTC, to reach full production in 2007 for RTC and STM in Montreal.
Rivals
- General Motors Diesel Division Buses
- Gillig Corporation
- Irizar
- Mercedes-Benz buses / Setra
- Neoplan USA/ MAN
- New Flyer Industries - formerly Flyer Industries and Western Flyer Industries
- North American Bus Industries - formerly Ikarus
- Orion Bus Industries - formerly Ontario Bus Industries
- Van Hool
Clients
- Barrie Transit
- Belleville Transit
- Brampton Transit
- Brandon Transit
- Capital District Transportation Authority (Albany, NY)
- Chicago Transit Authority
- City of Fredericton Transit Division
- Codiac Transit (Moncton, New Brunswick)
- Conseils Intermunicipaux de Transport le Richelain
- Disney Transportation
- Durham Region Transit
- Edmonton Transit System
- Golden Gate Transit (Marin County, California)
- Grand River Transit
- Greater Sudbury Transit
- Guelph Transit
- Hamilton Street Railway
- Kewlona Regional Transit
- Leduc Bus Lines (Ottawa)
- Metrobus (St.John's, Newfoundland)
- Metro Transit (Halifax)
- MTA Bridges and Tunnels (New York)
- New Jersey Transit
- Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (Buffalo, NY)
- OC Transpo
- Oshawa Transit (merged into Durham Region Transit)
- Peterborough Transit
- Regina Transit
- Réseau de transport de la Capitale
- Réseau de transport de Longueuil
- Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District
- Strathcona County Transit (Sherwood Park, Alberta)
- Société de transport de Laval (STL)
- Société de transport de l'Outaouais
- Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
- Société de transport de Sherbrooke
- Timmins Transit
- Thunder Bay Transit
- Toronto Transit Commission
- Victoria Regional Transit System
- West Vancouver Blue Bus
- Whitby Transit (merged into Durham Region Transit)
- Windsor Transit
- Woodstock Transit
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