page_title: Nova Bus LF Series
section_title: 2nd generation (2001-2009)
hierarchical_section_title: Nova Bus LF Series / History / 2nd generation (2001-2009)
caption_attribution_description: English: A Société Transport de Montréal 2005 Novabus LFS 2nd Generation in downtown Montréal on Nazareth street doing the 74 route.
context_page_description: The Low Floor Series bus is a series of transit buses manufactured by Nova Bus for North American customers. After taking over the former GM bus plant in St-Eustache, Quebec, from Motor Coach Industries in 1993, Nova Bus management was invited by the Quebec government to design and produce a low-floor bus similar to the style popular in the European market. Nova Bus chose to adapt the Dutch Den Oudsten Alliance. A demonstrator, along with some engineering staff were sent from the Netherlands; however by 1994 Den Oudsten was in financial trouble and was not able to further collaborate with Nova Bus which then had to design a low-floor bus from scratch. Den Oudsten went bankrupt in 2002. It is worth noting that the limited engineering staff that was acquired by Nova Bus along with the bus plant had never designed a complete bus; the Classic was an updated version of the GM New Look bus, which had been designed by General Motors in the late 1950s.
  The first prototype was shown at the fall 1994 American Public Transportation Association show in Boston. Full development postponed production until 1996.
context_section_description: The 2nd generation LFS was constructed with a stainless steel space frame. This model also featured a full low floor layout with a sloped floor over rear axle with optional raised platform with steps at the rear. This model featured a restyled rear end.
  From March 2007, a semi-low floor layout (steps up to a raised rear section) option was made available.
caption: A STM 2nd generation
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