Coach Canada is the Canadian affiliate of

Coach USA Coach USA, LLC is a holding company for various American transportation service providers providing scheduled intercity bus service, local and commuter bus transit, city sightseeing, tour, yellow school bus, and charter bus service across the Un ...

. Charter services (rental of bus with driver) when originating in most areas in Ontario can travel to anywhere in North America. Megabus operations however are confined to the provinces of

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and

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, providing services under the

Megabus Megabus may refer to: *Megabus (Europe), a low-cost coach service with services in Europe owned by ComfortDelGro. *Megabus (North America) Megabus, branded as megabus.com, is an intercity bus service of Coach USA/ Coach Canada operating in the ...

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.Stagecoach in North America
Coach Canada was included in the April 2019 disposal by

Stagecoach A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by four horses although some versions are draw ...

of its North American operations to Variant Equity Advisors.

Operators

Approval under the ''Investment Canada Act'' was given to

in October 1999, 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 Gray Line Montreal, although a member of the Coach Canada family, is an independently managed operation, that also formerly carried the brand of Stagecoach Montréal. They run a fleet of coaches and double-decker buses in and around Montreal, unde ...

, although also owned by Stagecoach, is independently operated.

Scheduled bus services

Scheduled services (as

): *

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/ Kingston /

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/ Kirkland /

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/ Kingston /

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/ Oakville /

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/ St. Catharines /

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/ Port Hope / Trenton / Belleville /

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/ Kingston *

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/ Toronto-Yorkdale / Queen's University

Public transit operations

* Coach Canada no longer operates municipal transit. It previously held contracts with Durham Transit and Cobourg/Port Hope Transit, however those contracts were not renewed.

Carpool litigation

Trentway-Wagar won a legal battle in Ontario on November 12, 2008. The company had alleged that PickupPal, an online

carpool Carpooling (also car-sharing, ride-sharing and lift-sharing) is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car, and prevents the need for others to have to drive to a location themselves. By having more people usi ...

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. 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. On April 24, 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.

References

External links

* {{StagecoachGroup 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 Peterborough, Ontario Transport companies established in 1999 Canadian companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in Ontario