Gray Line Montreal

Gray Line Montreal

Infobox Bus transit
name = Gray Line Montreal

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parent = Stagecoach Group
founded = 1982
headquarters = 1140 Wellington St, Montreal
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service_type = tour bus,double-decker bus
alliance = Coach USA
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operator = Autocar Connaiseur
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website = [http://www.coachcanada.com/montrealsightseeing/ Official Website]

Gray Line Montreal, although a member of the Coach Canada family, is an independently managed operation, [ [http://www.coachcanada.com/info/montrealsightseeing/ftr.aboutus.asp Grayline Montreal - about us] ] that also formerly carried the brand of Stagecoach Montréal. [ [http://www.showbus.co.uk/gallery/foreign/canada/stagemont.htm Showbus Gallery] ] They run a fleet of tourtrams, coaches and double-decker buses in and around Montreal, Canada, under the banner of Gray Line Worldwide sightseeing tours, offering city tours and trips to Quebec City and Ottawa. Although departures are mostly at the Dorchester Square/Peel Street location, some of the routes offer hop-on hop-off convenience.

History

Autocar Connaiseur Inc., was founded in 1982 by Lorenzo Calce, a former vice-president of Murray Hill Limousines, operating charters and Gray Line sightseeing tours in Montreal. In 1997 the company, which had grown to a fleet of over 100 buses, was sold to Coach USA [ [http://shangtai.it45.com/busdeals/history.html A BRIEF HISTORY - Lorenzo & Roberto Calce] ] the North American division of the international transport group "Stagecoach". Approval under the "Investment Canada Act" was given in October of 1999, for Stagecoach Holdings Plc to acquire Autocar Connaisseur Inc., of Montréal. [ [http://investcan.ic.gc.ca/oct99.htm Investcan: Decisions, October 1999] ]

The parent of each of the Connaisseur Group of companies is 3329003 Canada, Inc., [ [http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/UNID/7710113128780BD8852566FF005B9770/$file/29912.pdf Surface Transportation Board: STB Docket No. MC-F-20943] ] a noncarrier owned by Coach USA.

Coach Canada

Autocar Connaiseur/3329003 Canada also operates Coach Canada branded charter coaches out of Montreal, independently of the Trentway-Wagar system based in Ontario.

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