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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 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.
NovaBus currently produce a single product, the , 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2002 , Nova Bus has mostly withdrawn from the U.S. bus market due to the performing poorly compared to competitors. Instead now NovaBus tends to focus on the Canadian market.
- - developed by General Motors Diesel Division Buses ( 1977 - 2003 ), (although no longer produced by NovaBus, a small company named ''' Millennium Transit ''' now builds them) RT80-2W
- - high floor buses (developed as a redesign of the original GMC New Look ) originally produced by GM (1983 - 1987), then MCI ( 1987 - 1993 ), and by NovaBus from 1993 - 1997. Models: TC40102N (40", 102' wide) and TC60102N (60", 102' wide, articulated)
- - low floor and wheelchair accessible ( 1995 -present) in different configurations
- --- 40 foot Low floor transit bus with a stainless steel structure and diesel engine.
- NovaBus also offers a hybrid electric bus, using an Allison hybrid drive system
- --- 40 foot Suburban bus (single and two door variations)
- --- 40 foot shuttle bus
- --- 60 foot Articulated Bus , currently completing testing, with full production expected in 2007 , and orders are anticpated by RTC , who have already called for tenders on an articulated bus order, and STM in Montréal.
Canada, LFS:
- Auger Métropolitain , for CIT du Sud-Ouest, Chateauguay, QC
- Autocar Connaisseur , Montreal, QC
- Autocar Des Chutes , St-Nicolas, QC
- Autocar Québec , St-Augustin, QC
- Barrie Transit
- ---bought one used LFS from Toronto
- BC Transit
- Belleville Transit
- Brampton Transit
- Brandon Transit
- Brantford Transit
- Coast Mountain Bus Company , Vancouver , BC
- Codiac Transit , Moncton, NB
- Durham Region Transit
- Elliott Lake Transit
- Fredericton Transit
- Grand River Transit
- Greater Sudbury Transit
- Guelph Transit
- Hamilton Street Railway
- Kelowna Regional Transit
- Lanau Bus/Groupe Gaudreault , for MRC L'Assomption, Repentigny, QC
- La Québecoise for CIT Le Richelain, Laprairie, QC
- Leduc Bus Lines , Ottawa, ON
- Limocar , for CIT de la Vallée du Richelieu, Beloeil, QC
- Metrobus , St. John's, NL
- Metro Transit , Halifax, NS
- OC Transpo , Ottawa, ON
- Oshawa Transit (now part of Durham Region Transit )
- Ottawa Paramedic Service
- Peterborough Transit
- Regina Transit
- Réseau De Transport De La Capitale , Québec, QC
- Réseau De Transport De Longueuil
- Strathcona County Transit , Sherwood Park, AB
- Société De Transport De Laval
- Société De Transport De Lévis
- Société De Transport De L'Outaouais , Gatineau, QC
- Société De Transport De Montréal
- Société De Transport De Saguenay
- Société De Transport De Sherbrooke
- Société De Transport De Trois-Rivières
- Timmins Transit
- Thunder Bay Transit
- Toronto Transit Commission
- ---sold lone LFS bus to Barrie Transit
- Transit Windsor
- Véolia Transport , St-Bruno, QC
- Victoria Regional Transit System
- West Vancouver Blue Bus
- ---operating ex-Vancouver pilot bus B7298
- Whitby Transit (now part of Durham Region Transit )
- Woodstock Transit
- Whitehorse, Yukon Transit
USA, LFS:
- Capital District Transportation Authority , Albany, NY
- Central Ohio Transit Authority , Columbus, OH
- Charlotte Area Transit System
- Chemung County Transit System
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Coach USA , Hartford, CT, Philadelphia, PA, and San Juan, PR
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit , Dallas, TX
- Disney Transport , Orlando, FL
- Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
- Kenosha Transit
- Knoxville Area Transit
- Memphis Area Transit Authority
- Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority , Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY
- The Ohio State University Campus Area Bus Service (CABS) , Columbus, OH
- ---CABS owns two demo models of the LFS
- Port Authority Of New York And New Jersey at Newark Liberty International Airport , Newark, NJ
- Rutgers University Campus Bus System (owned by Academy Bus ), New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ
- Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District
- StarMetro Tallahassee, Florida.
- Tompkins Regional Airport , Ithaca, NY
- MTA Bridges And Tunnels , New York, NY
- University Of Alabama , Tuscaloosa, AL
- University Of Colorado Buff Bus , Boulder, CO
