- Coach Canada
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Parent Stagecoach Group Founded 1999 Headquarters 791 Webber Avenue
Peterborough, ON K9J 8N3Service area Quebec and Ontario, Canada Service type Intercity coach service
Airport shuttle
Tour bus
Bus charter
Contract serviceAlliance Coach USA Operator see article Web site 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]
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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 - Erie Coach Lines, 15 Towerline Place, London, Ontario
Coordinates: 42°56′05″N 81°12′04″W / 42.93472°N 81.20111°W - Autocar Connaisseur, 1140 Wellington Street, Montreal
- 2948-7238 Quebec Inc., 1230 Place George West, Quebec
Gray Line Montreal, although a member of the Coach Canada family, is independently[5] managed and operated by Autocar Connaisseur.Scheduled bus services
Coach Canada operated Megabus service between Toronto and Montreal
This service is offered under [6]:[7]
- Toronto / Kingston / 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 busesPublic 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
- ^ 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
See also
External links
Public transport in the Greater Toronto Area Agencies Rail Amtrak • GO Transit • Hurontario-Main Street LRT • LINK Train • Ontario Northland • Toronto streetcar system • Toronto subway and RT • Via RailBus and coach GO Transit • Mississauga Transitway • Toronto Transit Commission buses • Viva • ZümMajor stations Ajax Plaza Bus Terminal • Bramalea Terminal • Finch Bus Terminal • Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal • Newmarket Bus Terminal • Oshawa Bus Terminal • Richmond Hill Centre Terminal • Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal • Square One Bus Terminal • Toronto Coach Terminal • Union Train Station and Bus TerminalAccessible transit Related articles Presto card • The Big Move • Transit CityKey personnel United Kingdom
bus companiesStagecoach London (East London, Selkent, Thameside) · Stagecoach West Scotland (Western, A1 Service, Arran, Glasgow) · Stagecoach Highlands (Caithness, Inverness, Lochaber, Skye, Orkney) · Stagecoach East Scotland (Fife, Bluebird, Perth, Strathtay, JW Coaches, Rennies) · Stagecoach North East (Newcastle, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Teesside) · Stagecoach North West (Cumbria, Lancaster, Lancashire, Preston, Network Chorley) · Stagecoach Manchester (Manchester, Magic Bus) · Stagecoach Merseyside (Merseyside) · Stagecoach Yorkshire (Yorkshire, Chesterfield, Sheffield) · Stagecoach East Midlands (Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Grimsby-Cleethorpes, Hull, Lincolnshire) · Stagecoach Midlands (Northants, Warwickshire) · Stagecoach Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire, Oxford Tube) · Stagecoach East (Stagecoach Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Peterborough. The Fens), Bedford) · Stagecoach West (Cheltenham, Swindon, Gloucester, Cotswolds, Wye and Dean) · Stagecoach Wales (Stagecoach in South Wales) · Stagecoach South East (East Kent, East Sussex, Eastbourne, Hastings) · Stagecoach South (Hants & Surrey, Hampshire, Portsmouth, South Downs) · Stagecoach South West (Devon) · Stagecoach Express · Scottish Citylink (35% with ComfortDelGro) · Megabus (United Kingdom) · Stagecoach Gold/Citylink GoldUnited Kingdom
railway companiesEast Midlands Trains · South West Trains (Island Line Trains) · Virgin Trains (49% with Virgin Group) · MegatrainUnited Kingdom
tram operationsStagecoach Sheffield SupertramNorth American
bus companiesUnited States: Coach USA (Northeast: Community Coach, Gray Line New York (50% with New York Airport Service), Olympia Trails, Red & Tan Tours, Rockland Coaches, Short Line Bus, Suburban Trails) · (North Central: Butler Motor Transit, Central Cab Company, Coach USA Chicago, Lenzner Coach Lines, Tri-State/United Limo, Wisconsin Coach Lines, Van Galder) · Megabus (North America)
Canada: Coach Canada: Erie Coach Lines, Trentway-Wagar, Gray Line MontrealAnnual revenue: £2,176 million GBP ( 
8.9% FY 2007) · Employees: 27,000 · Stock symbol: LSE: SGC · Website: stagecoachgroup.comCategories:- Stagecoach Group bus operators in the United States and Canada
- Companies based in Ontario
- Intercity bus companies of Canada
- Bus transport in Ontario
- Bus transport in Quebec
- Canadian company stubs
- Trentway-Wagar, 791 Webber Avenue, Peterborough, Ontario
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