Coach Canada
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| Parent | Stagecoach Group |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | 791 Webber Avenue Peterborough, ON K9J 8N3 |
| Service area | Quebec and Ontario, Canada |
| Service type | Intercity coach service Airport shuttle Tour bus Bus charter Contract service |
| Alliance | Coach USA |
| Operator | see article |
| Website | Official Website |
Coach Canada is the Canadian affiliate of Coach USA, and part of the North American operations of Stagecoach, the international transport group, with its headquarters in Perth, Scotland, UK.
Operations are confined to the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, providing services in the main centres such as Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, Niagara Falls and London. 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]
Operators
Approval under the Investment Canada Act was given to Stagecoach Holdings Plc in October 1999,[2] 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.
Stagecoach Group owns four operating companies in Canada:[3][4]
- Trentway-Wagar, 791 Webber Avenue, Peterborough, Ontario
Coordinates: 44°16′45″N 78°20′48″W / 44.27917°N 78.34667°W
Gray Line Montreal, although a member of the Coach Canada family, is independently[5]
Scheduled bus services
This service is offered under:[6][7]
- 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
Roster
- Motor Coach Industries D4500
- Motor Coach Industries EL3
- Motor Coach Industries DL3
- Motor Coach Industries J4500
- Orion Bus Industries Orion 01.503
- Orion Bus Industries Orion 05.501
- Nova Bus LFS 40102
- Prevost Car H3-45
- Prevost Car H3-41
- Prevost Car H3-40
- Van Hool TD925 (in Megabus livery)
- Ford based minibuses
- Ford-base bus vans
- Trolley Buses
- DaimlerChrysler/Dodge Sprinter van
denotes wheelchair accessible buses
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 the Town of Whitby.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Coach Canada |
- ^ Stagecoach in North America
- ^ Investcan: Decisions, October 1999
- ^ Stagecoach Group - structure overview
- ^ Ontario Highway Transport Board - Provided that Trentway-Wagar Inc., Autocar Connaisseur Inc., Erie Coach Lines Company and 2948-7238 Quebec Inc., remain under common ownership and control
- ^ Grayline Montreal - about us
- ^ Trentway Wagar Trentway-Wagar
- ^ Coach Canada | Schedules in PDF
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