Coach Canada

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ParentVariant Equity Advisors
Founded1999
Headquarters2015 Fisher Drive
Peterborough, Ontario
Service areaQuebec and Ontario, Canada
Service typeIntercity coach service
Tour bus
Bus charter
Contract service
AllianceCoach USA
Websitewww.coachcanada.com

Coach Canada is the Canadian affiliate of Coach USA.

Charter services (rental of bus with driver) originating in most areas in Ontario can travel to anywhere in North America. However, Megabus operations are confined to the provinces of Quebec and Ontario and provide services under the Megabus brand in the main centres such as Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, and Niagara Falls. Coach Canada is mainly a mix of scheduled services, charter operations, and sightseeing tour operations.[1] Coach Canada was included in the April 2019 disposal by Stagecoach of its North American operations to Variant Equity Advisors.[2][3][4][5]

In June 2024, Coach USA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming corporate impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has plans to sell its assets and has planning to sell its Megabus subsidiaries (including Coach Canada) to Bus Company Holdings, a unit of the Renco Group.[6]

Operators

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Approval under the Investment Canada Act was given to Stagecoach in October 1999,[7] 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.[citation needed]

Gray Line Montreal, although also owned by Coach Canada, is independently operated.[8]

Scheduled bus services

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Coach Canada operates Megabus service between Toronto, Montreal and Niagara Falls. A Van Hool double-decker bus is shown

Scheduled services (as Megabus):[9]

Public transit operations

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Carpool litigation

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Trentway-Wagar won a legal battle in Ontario on 12 November 2008. The company had alleged that PickupPal, an online carpool matching service, was violating Ontario safety laws. PickupPal was ordered to pay $2,836.07 CAN to the Ontario government and $8,500.00 CAN to Trentway-Wagar for the violation of these laws.[10][11]

Trentway-Wagar received criticism for its litigation against PickupPal, leading to cancellations by clients and prompting politicians to introduce new legislation that is more prepared to deal with emerging businesses like PickupPal.[12]

On 24 April 2009 the Ontario Government amended the Public Vehicle Act to remove any mention of carpool vehicles, thus essentially removing any legal barriers preventing carpooling in Ontario.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stagecoach in North America Archived 2007-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Sale of North America Division for Estimated Enterprise Value of US$271M Stagecoach 19 December 2018
  3. ^ Stagecoach sells off North American division for $271m Coach & Bus Week 21 December 2018
  4. ^ Stagecoach agrees to sell Coach USA Buses issue 767 February 2019 page 6
  5. ^ Completion of North America sale Stagecoach 16 April 2019
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  7. ^ Investcan: Decisions, October 1999 Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
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  • Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website
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