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Gray Line Montreal, although a member of the Coach Canada family, is an independently managed operation, [1] that also formerly carried the brand of Stagecoach Montréal.[2] 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.
[edit] 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[3] 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. [4]
The parent of each of the Connaisseur Group of companies is 3329003 Canada, Inc.,[5] a noncarrier owned by Coach USA.
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Stagecoach West Scotland ( Western, A1 Service, Glasgow) · Stagecoach East Scotland ( Fife, Bluebird, Inverness, Perth, Strathtay, JW Coaches) · Stagecoach North East ( Newcastle, South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Teesside) · Stagecoach North West (Cumbria, Lancaster, Lancashire, Network Chorley) · Stagecoach Manchester ( Manchester, Magicbus) · Stagecoach Merseyside ( Merseyside) · Stagecoach Yorkshire ( Yorkshire, Chesterfield, Sheffield) · Stagecoach East Midlands (Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Grimsby-Cleethorpes, Hull, Lincolnshire) · Stagecoach Warwickshire ( Warwickshire) · Stagecoach Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire, Brookes Bus, Oxford Tube) · Stagecoach in Cambridgeshire ( Cambridge, Peterborough) · Stagecoach East (Northants, Bedford) · Stagecoach West ( Cheltenham, Swindon, Gloucester, Cotswolds, Wye and Dean) · Stagecoach Wales (South Wales) · Stagecoach South East ( East Kent, East Sussex, Hastings, Portsmouth, South Downs) · Stagecoach South ( Hants & Surrey, Hampshire, Coastline) · Stagecoach South West ( Devon) · Stagecoach Express · Scottish Citylink (35%) · Megabus (UK) and Megabus routes
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United States: Coach USA (Northeast: Community Coach, Olympia Trails, ONE Bus, Red & Tan Tours, Rockland Coaches, ShortLine, Suburban Trails) · (Midwest: Butler Motor Transit, Coach USA Chicago, Coach USA Erie, Gad-About Tours, Lenzner Coach Lines, Tri-State/United Limo, Van Galder Bus, Wisconsin Coach Lines) · Megabus (US) and Megabus routes
Canada: Coach Canada · Gray Line Montreal
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| Annual revenue: £2,176 million GBP (▲ 8.9% FY 2007) · Employees: 27,000 · Stock symbol: LSE: SGC · Website: www.stagecoachgroup.com |
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