Horizon Coach Lines

Horizon Coach Lines was an American motorcoach operator. It mainly provides charter bus service, but also provides tours and scheduled service. Horizon was the third-largest motorcoach operator in the United States and Canada.[1] It was a subsidiary of the transportation consultant Transportation Management Services.

History

Transportation Management Services started in 1995; its first big contract was to coordinate the transportation for COMDEX.[2] In 2009, TMS acquired Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver and Gray Line of Seattle.[3] In 2012, Horizon acquired 15 markets from the bankrupt Coach America.[4]

Horizon sold or closed its operations in 2014 and 2015. Florida operations in Miami, West Palm Beach and Jacksonville were sold to Academy Bus in 2014;[5] Orlando operations were sold to ESCOT Bus Lines.[6] Also in 2014, Vancouver operations were sold to Quick Coach and Durham operations were sold to Academy Bus.[7] In 2015, Denver operations were sold to All Aboard America! and the remaining North Carolina operations were sold to Sunway Charters.[8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Roman, Alex (2015-01-05). "Fleets Growing, Business Strong for Motorcoach Top 50". Metro. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  2. ↑ Heath, Thomas (2013-03-31). "Value Added: His bus business moves big crowds for big profits". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  3. ↑ "The TMS Story". Transportation Management Services. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Transportation Mgmt Svcs. acquires Coach America operations". Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  5. ↑ "Leading Northeast Ground Transportation Provider Expands Service with Florida Acquisition". Academy Newsroom. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  6. ↑ Here we grow again
  7. ↑ Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver
  8. ↑ Casino buses leave riders stranded in Black Hawk
  9. ↑ All Aboard America! Holdings Completes its Acquisition of Horizon Coach Lines’ Denver, CO Assets and Operations
  10. ↑ Academy Now In Raleigh-Durham!
  11. ↑ Academy Bus LLC-Acquisition of the Properties of Evergreen Trails Inc. d/b/a Horizon Coach Lines
  12. ↑ Docket B-703 Sub 2

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