Coach Canada



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, 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]

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.

Gray Line Montreal, although also owned by Stagecoach Group, is independently operated.^[3]

Scheduled bus services

Coach Canada operates Megabus service between Toronto, Montreal and Niagara Falls

This service is offered under:^[4]^[5]

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 the Town of Whitby.

References

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External links

Stagecoach Group

Key personnel	Brian Souter (Chairman) Martin Griffiths (CEO) Ann Gloag (Stagecoach UK Bus founder)

United Kingdom bus companies	Stagecoach London East London Selkent Thameside Stagecoach East Scotland Fife Bluebird Perth Strathtay JW Coaches Rennies Stagecoach North East Newcastle South Shields Sunderland Hartlepool Teesside Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire Cumbria Lancaster Lancashire Stagecoach Manchester Manchester Magic Bus Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire Merseyside Preston Network Chorley Stagecoach 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 Norfolk Stagecoach South East East Kent East Sussex Eastbourne Hastings Stagecoach South Hants & Surrey Hampshire Portsmouth South Downs Scottish Citylink (35% with ComfortDelGro) Megabus (Europe) Stagecoach Gold/Citylink Gold Stagecoach Highlands Stagecoach South Wales Stagecoach South West Stagecoach West Stagecoach West Scotland

United Kingdom railway companies	East Midlands Trains South West Trains including Island Line Trains Virgin Trains (West Coast) (Virgin Rail Group: 49% with Virgin Group) Virgin Trains East Coast (Inter City Railways: 90% with Virgin Group) Megatrain

United Kingdom tram operations	Sheffield Supertram

North American bus companies	Megabus (North America) United States: Coach USA: American Coach Lines of Atlanta All West Coachlines Butler Motor Transit Central Cab Company Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Co. Coach USA Erie Coach USA Elko Community Coach County Road Tours Dillon's Bus Service Gad-About Tours Gray Line New York Kerrville Bus Lakefront Lines Lenzner Coach Lines Mountaineer Coach Olympia Trails Park Tours Powder River Transportation Rockland Coaches Short Line Bus Southern California Gray Line Suburban Trails Tri-State Coach Van Galder Bus Company Wisconsin Coach Lines Canada: Coach Canada Gray Line Montreal Trentway Wagar

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