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. 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. In 2009, TMS acquired Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver and
Gray Line of Seattle. In 2012, Horizon acquired 15 markets from the bankrupt
Coach America
Coach America, also doing business as American Coach Lines, was a holding company for American bus services owned by New York-based private equity firm Fenway Partners operating under the Coach America, American Coach Lines, and Gray Line names ...
.
Horizon sold or closed its operations in 2014 and 2015. Florida operations in Miami, West Palm Beach
and Jacksonville were sold to
Academy Bus
Academy Bus Lines is a bus company in New Jersey providing local bus services in northern New Jersey, line-run services to/from New York City from points in southern and central New Jersey, and contract and charter service in the eastern United ...
in 2014; Orlando operations were sold to ESCOT Bus Lines. Also in 2014, Vancouver operations were sold to Quick Coach and
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Places
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operations were sold to
Academy Bus
Academy Bus Lines is a bus company in New Jersey providing local bus services in northern New Jersey, line-run services to/from New York City from points in southern and central New Jersey, and contract and charter service in the eastern United ...
. In 2015, Denver operations were sold to
All Aboard America! and the remaining North Carolina operations were sold to Sunway Charters.
Docket B-703 Sub 2
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References
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Bus companies of the United States