Millennium Transit Services
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Millennium Transit Services LLC is a bus manufacturer formed in 2003 to take over the former NovaBUS manufacturing plant in Roswell, New Mexico. The company is largely made up of former NovaBUS employees, and financed by the city of Roswell, the State of New Mexico and Pioneer Bank.
On July 27, 2005, the company announced its first major order - 68 transit and 221 suburban buses for New Jersey Transit. Full delivery of this order is expected to commence late in the third quarter of 2006 (with two buses currently undergoing a 45-day testing period).
Along with the New Jersey Transit order, MTS has secured orders from the City of El Paso, Texas, to convert 25 buses from diesel to clean-burning CNG. The second is from Pueblo, CO for three buses. The New Jersey Transit order is actually the third order for MTS.
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- RTS Legend (High Floor, Narrow or Wide Front Door. A variation of the RTS-06 & RTS-06 WFD from NovaBus):
- The RTS bus is one of the most versatile and durable transit products ever produced. The RTS meets all city and suburban transit needs, particularly for operators concerned with life-cycle costs. Thanks to the excellent track record set by the 25,000 plus RTS buses in service in all types of climates and transit conditions, the RTS has become a LEGEND in the transit bus industry. The RTS is configured to allow for ADA compliant lifts in either the front or rear door. The RTS stands alone in overall strength and durability. No other bus has this type of history. Stainless steel, modular monocoque design and assembly remain set the standard for a truly unique transit bus for the long haul. A multitude of options allow various passenger comfort levels and interfaces as well as alternative fuel options and storage configurations. Updates to the electrical system, sign system, and fare collection system as well as vehicle communication systems have allowed the timeless design of the RTS to remain as a LEGEND in the transit bus industry.
- RTS Express (High Floor, Wide Front Door. Suburban/Coach variation):
- Based on the legendary RTS transit bus, the RTS EXPRESS was developed for the regional transportation needs of the transit market. The interior amenities are the same as a much more costly coach and include the forward facing and reclining seats with overhead storage racks, lights, personal air vents and call buttons. Capable of being equipped with or without a rear door and ADA compliant wheelchair tie-downs as well as a door lift, the RTS EXPRESS exceeds the demands of the discriminating ridership and lowers the capital as well as operational costs of the transit operator. Others may offer lower costs, but no one offers the stainless steel, heavy-duty RTS with the options to EXPRESS your customers from the park-and-ride to downtown in such a comfortable surrounding as does the RTS EXPRESS.
- RTS Extreme (Low Floor variation of the RTS WFD):
- In an effort to provide our core customer base with a complete product line enabling our individual customers to have the opportunity to purchase all their transit products from one source, Millennium Transit has committed to introducing the new RTS Extreme (low entry) bus in 2005. The new low entry project includes designs for a 35’, 40’, 42.5’ low floor bus utilizing a T-drive engine configuration. The RTS Extreme design incorporates a similar design philosophy as the RTS Legend, using a welded, modular stainless steel body construction. The major objectives of the new bus design are to meet customer requirements including a more conventional rear centered T-drive engine offering, at a lower cost than comparable competitive products and provide larger engines, no rear facing seats and an increase in passenger seating capacity. The RTS Extreme is a standard rear drive high floor with a lowered middle and front section of the bus. This lowered area allows the benefits of the low floor entry and exit, but also the standard driveline equipment.
- RTS Evolution (A mini-variation of the RTS body on a cutaway chassis):
- The RTS Evolution offers the customer a full range of choices for their transportation needs. It provides the customer with a smaller, lighter duty transit option, but continues to offer the RTS structure on top of a "Cut-away" chassis, purchased from other suppliers such as Ford Motor Company. The Evolution is targeted for the transit market, which uses on-demand service or a Para transit service. The Evolution also offers non-traditional customers such as hotels and airport shuttle customers a full ADA compliant bus not typically found in their market.
