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4 unusual facts about Nova Bus


Henlys Group

In February 1998, Prévost acquired Nova Bus, a city bus manufacturer for the Canadian and US market.

The North American operations were restructured, including closure of the Nova Bus factory in Roswell, New Mexico.

Nova Bus

The plant was used to produce the Classic model for sales in Canada, while GMC's Rapid Transit Series (RTS) product was moved to join MCI's own designs at Transportation Manufacturing Corporation in Roswell, New Mexico.

Sales of Nova LFS proved uncompetitive and Nova Bus closed their Roswell and Niskayuna, New York plants in 2002 to concentrate all efforts on the Canadian market.


Greater Sudbury Transit

The bus fleet consists of 40' low floor buses from Orion with the Orion VI, NovaBus LFS and New Flyer D40LF buses that are in active service.


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