Coach Canada
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Parent | Variant Equity Advisors |
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Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | 2015 Fisher Drive Peterborough |
Service area | Quebec and Ontario, Canada |
Service type | Intercity coach service Airport shuttle Tour bus Bus charter Contract service |
Alliance | Coach USA |
Website | Official Website |
Coach Canada is the Canadian affiliate of Coach USA.
Operations are confined to the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, providing services in the main centres such as Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, Whitby and Niagara Falls. The division is mainly a mix of scheduled services and charter operations, with the addition of some transit, school bus and sightseeing tour operations.[1] Coach Canada was included in the April 2019 disposal by Stagecoach of its North American operations to Variant Equity Advisors.[2][3][4][5]
Operators
Approval under the Investment Canada Act was given to Stagecoach in October 1999,[6] to acquire Erie Coach Lines of London, Autocar Connaisseur Inc., of Montréal and Trentway-Wagar of Peterborough, which became the core of their Canadian operations today.
Gray Line Montreal, although also owned by Stagecoach, is independently operated.[7]
Scheduled bus services
This service is offered under:[8][9]
- Toronto / Kingston / Brockville / Cornwall / Montreal (as a Megabus service)
- Toronto / St Catharines / Niagara Falls / Buffalo / New York
- Casino shuttles to Casino Rama and Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort from portions of Ontario and upper New York State
- Partnering with Megabus they provide daily service from Toronto to Buffalo Airport and New York
Public transit operations
- Cobourg Transit and Port Hope Transit are two adjoining systems with a connecting shuttle bus.
- Centre division of Durham Region Transit, serving Whitby.
See also
References
- ^ Stagecoach in North America Archived 2007-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sale of North America Division for Estimated Enterprise Value of US$271M Stagecoach December 19, 2018
- ^ Stagecoach sells off North American division for $271m Coach & Bus Week December 21, 2018
- ^ Stagecoach agrees to sell Coach USA Buses issue 767 February 2019 page 6
- ^ Completion of North America sale Stagecoach April 16, 2019
- ^ Investcan: Decisions, October 1999 Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Grayline Montreal - about us". Archived from the original on 2008-03-29. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ Trentway Wagar Trentway-Wagar
- ^ "Megabus Canada". Archived from the original on 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
External links
Media related to Coach Canada at Wikimedia Commons