Horizon Coach Lines was an American motorcoach operator. It mainly provided charter bus service, but also provided 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] [8] [9] In 2015, Denver operations were sold to All Aboard America! and the remaining North Carolina operations were sold to Sunway Charters. [10] [11] [12][ dead link]
References
- ^ Roman, Alex (2015-01-05). "Fleets Growing, Business Strong for Motorcoach Top 50". Metro. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The TMS Story". Transportation Management Services. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- ^ "Transportation Mgmt Svcs. acquires Coach America operations". Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- ^ "Leading Northeast Ground Transportation Provider Expands Service with Florida Acquisition". Academy Newsroom. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- ^ Here we grow again
- ^ Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver
- ^ Academy Now In Raleigh-Durham!
- ^ Academy Bus LLC-Acquisition of the Properties of Evergreen Trails Inc. d/b/a Horizon Coach Lines
- ^ Casino buses leave riders stranded in Black Hawk
- ^ "Celerity » 20150825 All Aboard America! Holdings Completes its Acquisition of Horizon Coach Lines' Denver, CO Assets and Operations". Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ Docket B-703 Sub 2