coach lines 598 in new york city . slogan we make the trip parent fenway partners founded 2003 defunct 2012 headquarters dallas tx locale united states service area united states except new england and new york pittsburgh and chicago metropolitan areas service type local bus service commuter bus service contract service charter service leasing services crew transport operator various coach america american coach lines subsidiaries nationwide chief executive george maney website 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 at some locations operating under pre existing branding . coach america consisted of all former coach usa operations except for the midwestern united states new york new jersey pennsylvania and new england along with lakefront lines in ohio acquired separately . 1 for the nine years of its existence coach america was based in dallas texas . 2 contents 1 history 2 divisions 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the properties that became coach america were previously owned by scotland based stagecoach group as coach usa s western south central and southeastern divisions . coach america was formed in 2003 when after stagecoach group evaluated its coach usa business it decided to retain mostly its scheduled and local transit services in the northeast and north central region and put the rest of the company up for sale . 3 the south central and west divisions of coach usa were sold to kohlberg kravis roberts 4 with these companies continuing to use the coach usa name for a time but eventually changing to coach america . the southeast division was sold to a separate buyer lincolnshire management and became american coach lines . 5 in 2006 coach america purchased american coach lines from lincolnshire . 6 in november of that same year kohlberg sold coach america to another private equity firm fenway partners . 7 in early 2012 following a chapter 11 bankruptcy the assets of coach america were sold in units . stagecoach repurchased eight of the coach america properties that it had sold in the 2003 divestiture plus lakefront lines hopkins transportation in ohio . tornado bus company bought the el expreso operation professional transportation inc. purchased coach america s rail crew division and transportation management services purchased the remainder of coach america s operations forming horizon coach lines except for the los angeles dot contract which was sold to mv transportation ; three florida locations were later flipped to academy bus . the dallas office closed in july 2012 ending coach america operations . 8 9 divisions edit coach america was organized into several divisions 10 mountain based in las vegas with the western division office this division consisted of subsidiaries based in arkansas colorado north dakota tennessee ohio and wyoming . northwest this division based in sacramento consisted of companies based in northern california northern nevada and oregon . south central this division based in houston comprised companies based in texas and louisiana . southeast this division based in orlando consisted of the former american coach lines companies . west based in las vegas this division comprised subsidiaries based in arizona southern nevada and southern california . crew transport provided transportation to the industrial sector . based in 15 states crew transport provides service to railroad airline mine and oil & gas see also edit dallas fort worth portal companies portal peter pan bus lines references edit notice national rural transportation assistance program ; request for proposals . 2008 02 26 . retrieved 2008 10 22 . contact us . coach america . retrieved on february 25 2010 . archived february 13 2010 at the wayback machine . coach usa up for sale after write down drives stagecoach into pounds . the independent . 2002 12 15 . retrieved 2008 06 21 . dead link stagecoach group agrees terms for the sale of the west and south central regions of coach usa . 2003 06 06 . archived from the original on may 20 2009 . retrieved 2008 06 22 . stagecoach to sell coach usa unit for 48m the independent . 2003 07 25 . retrieved 2008 06 21 . dead link lincolnshire management inc. sells american coach lines inc. . 2006 05 11 . retrieved 2008 07 12 . fenway partners to purchase coach america . business wire . 2006 11 30 . retrieved 2008 07 12 . dead link michael de la merced january 3 2012 . big bus operator files for bankruptcy . the new york times . retrieved april 12 2012 . coach america auction results may 23 2012 pdf . may 23 2012 . retrieved june 9 2012 . coach america about us . archived from the original on july 23 2008 . retrieved 2008 07 12 . external links edit coach america american coach lines retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title coach america & oldid 743419195 categories american companies established in 2003companies disestablished in 2012bus companies of the united statescompanies based in dallasprivately held companies based in texasprivate equity portfolio companiescompanies that have filed for chapter 11 bankruptcyhidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2010articles with dead external links from april 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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