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The RTS bus is a heavy-duty transit bus sold primarily to transit authorities and municipalities. The RTS has
proven to be a durable and adaptable bus design used in a majority of cities across the United States and Canada.
For the past 16 years, the RTS bus has been assembled in Roswell, New Mexico by four hundred of the most knowledgeable,
experienced and skilled bus manufacturing employees in the world.
General Motors, Truck and Bus Division first developed the RTS in the mid 1970’s. The RTS was part of a
government competition to develop a single specification for a semi-low floor bus product. General Motors
modified the original lowered floor design to a standard height floor bus. The first sales of the RTS were in 1976,
many of which continue to operate in revenue service today. General Motors sold the operation to Greyhound
Dial in 1987. Dial Corporation moved the RTS operations to Roswell, New Mexico. A plant was built solely
for the manufacture of the RTS at the Roswell Industrial Air Center. Subsequently Dial sold all of their
transportation manufacturing operations and in this process they sold MCI to DINA Corporation, Mexico.
Dina decided to sell the RTS operations to Nova Corporation in 1994. Nova operated the Roswell facility
 along with their current operations in St. Eustache, Montreal, Canada. Nova Corp operations in both Canada
and Roswell became a joint venture of Volvo Truck and Bus (VTB) and Henlys in 1997 managing them through Prevost Car.
Recognizing the storied and rich tradition of this company, the principals of Millennium Transit acquired the existing
physical and intellectual assets of Nova Bus in an Asset Purchase on December 15th 2003. The leadership team
at Millennium is convinced the RTS Legend provides the perfect platform for future innovation and enhancements to transit
bus design. Bus orders are currently being accepted.
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