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! align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#153e7e;" | <big><font color=white>Nova Bus RTS</font></big> | ! align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#153e7e;" | <big><font color=white><center>Nova Bus RTS</center></font></big> | ||
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|align="center" colspan="2"| [[Image:Metropolitan Transportation Authority 9173.jpg|300px|RTS]] | |align="center" colspan="2"| [[Image:Metropolitan Transportation Authority 9173-a.jpg|300px|RTS]] | ||
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| align="center" colspan="2"| Standard front door | | align="center" colspan="2"| Standard front door | ||
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[[Transportation Manufacturing Corporation|TMC]] sold the [[Rapid Transit Series|RTS]] design and patents to [[Nova Bus]] in September 1994 in the midst of an order for the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]]. Production under Nova Bus | [[Transportation Manufacturing Corporation|TMC]] sold the [[Rapid Transit Series|RTS]] design and patents to [[Nova Bus]] in September 1994 in the midst of an order for the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]]. Production under Nova Bus continued until 2002 when Nova Bus left the U.S. market. On December 15th, 2003, [[Millennium Transit Services]] acquired the RTS assets from Nova and continues to build their version of the RTS. | ||
The RTS built by Nova continued to use a welded stainless steel modular frame. The majority of the body panels were stainless steel with the remaining using fibreglass or composite materials. The majority of the RTS buses produced used the traditional V-drive powertrain layout. However in the late 1990s, Nova developed a T-drive version of the RTS-06. One of the five-foot modules that made up the RTS, was divided in half to allow for more space behind the rear wheels. | |||
==Models produced by Nova Bus== | ==Models produced by Nova Bus== | ||
* '''[[Nova Bus RTS-06|RTS-06]]''' (1994-2002) | The RTS can be broken down into two categories. | ||
* '''[[Nova Bus RTS-06 WFD|RTS-06 WFD]]''' (1994-2002) | * '''[[Nova Bus RTS-06|RTS-06]]''' (Narrow front door, 1994-2002) | ||
* '''[[Nova Bus RTS-06 WFD|RTS-06 WFD]]''' (wide front door, 1994-2002) | |||
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[[Category: Nova Bus|RTS]] | [[Category: Nova Bus|RTS]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:58, 14 October 2017
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| Years of manufacture | 1994 to 2002 |
| Length | 30, 35, 40 feet |
| Width | 96, 102 inches |
TMC sold the RTS design and patents to Nova Bus in September 1994 in the midst of an order for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Production under Nova Bus continued until 2002 when Nova Bus left the U.S. market. On December 15th, 2003, Millennium Transit Services acquired the RTS assets from Nova and continues to build their version of the RTS.
The RTS built by Nova continued to use a welded stainless steel modular frame. The majority of the body panels were stainless steel with the remaining using fibreglass or composite materials. The majority of the RTS buses produced used the traditional V-drive powertrain layout. However in the late 1990s, Nova developed a T-drive version of the RTS-06. One of the five-foot modules that made up the RTS, was divided in half to allow for more space behind the rear wheels.
Models produced by Nova Bus
The RTS can be broken down into two categories.
- RTS-06 (Narrow front door, 1994-2002)
- RTS-06 WFD (wide front door, 1994-2002)
