verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message greyhound canada parent firstgroup founded 1929 headquarters 1111 international blvd burlington ontario service area canada service type intercity coach service alliance greyhound lines usa adirondack trailways destinations 1 200 stations 1 100 fleet 480 website www.greyhound.ca greyhound canada 1 registered as greyhound canada transportation ulc is the prominent operator of inter city coach services in canada . greyhound canada is a subsidiary of british transport company firstgroup linked with dallas based greyhound lines also known as greyhound usa . contents 1 history 2 routes 2.1 regular service 2.2 quicklink 2.3 neon 3 stations 4 fleet 4.1 historic 5 transmissions 6 unions 7 notable incidents and accidents 8 see also 9 references 10 external links history edit pre 2009 logo for greyhound canada . in 1929 greyhound canada was founded as canadian greyhound coaches limited operating first in bc and then alberta . 2 it merged with greyhound usa in 1935 and split after greyhound canada was sold in 1987 . it was not until laidlaw s purchase of the canadian operations in 1987 and u.s. operations in 1999 did the two operations link up again . toronto area routes and some buses were acquired from gray coach in 1991 . in 1998 greyhound purchased quebec based voyageur colonial bus lines and shortly afterward bought central ontario s penetang midland coach lines thus gaining a foothold in the south central ontario region . routes edit regular service edit greyhound canada s scheduled bus service operates in eight of canada s provinces and territories alberta british columbia manitoba northwest territories ontario quebec saskatchewan and yukon . connections to us destinations are available primarily through greyhound usa although there is direct service to new york city detroit and other cities in states bordering canada via greyhound canada . for travel into areas not served by greyhound passengers may need to transfer onto other bus lines which have inter line agreements with greyhound ontario northland motor coach services hammond transportation pacific coach lines orl ans express maritime bus adirondack trailways grey goose bus lines a greyhound subsidiary saskatchewan transportation company edmonton yellow cab edmonton gray line banff frontier coach lines yellowknife fort simpson and fort smith nwt quicklink edit greyhound canada 1257 in quicklink branding in southern ontario greyhound operates a commuter service known as quicklink commuter service . 3 a list of cities served by this service toronto barrie belleville cambridge grimsby guelph kitchener london niagara falls peterborough st catharines neon edit greyhound canada 1327 marked for neon service in new york city . neon a discount service based on the same model used for boltbus in the united states and competing with megabus is a service operated by greyhound canada in cooperation with trailways of new york and greyhound lines between the new yorker hotel in manhattan and the toronto coach terminal . 4 stations edit main article list of greyhound bus stations fleet edit greyhound operates 480 buses but it has an extended fleet through connecting operators greyhound canada s fleet product list and details make model description fleet size year acquired year retired notes motor coach industries d4505 suburban coach 42 2006 n a motor coach industries g4500 suburban coach 65 2002 n a motor coach industries d4500 suburban coach n a 2001 2002 n a motor coach industries 102el3 suburban coach n a 2000 n a motor coach industries 102c3 suburban coach 76 1991 n a motor coach industries 102d3 suburban coach 20 1994 1996 n a motor coach industries 102dl3 suburban coach 189 1994 2000 n a prevost car le mirage xlii suburban coach 3 2002 n a prevost car h3 45 suburban coach 28 1995 n a prevost car x3 45 suburban coach 17 2008 n a greyhound canada also offers courier services via greyhound courier express . denotes wheelchair accessible vehicles historic edit mci mc 7 suburban coach twin coach 38s transit bus mci courier 100 100a 100b 100c suburban coach mci courier 200 200a 200b suburban coach mci courier 95 95d 96 97 suburban coach mci courier 85a 85 x suburban coach western flyer coach p 41r canuck rear engine intercity coach mci mc 1 suburban coach mci mcx 1 suburban coach mci mc 2 suburban coach mci mc 3 suburban coach mci mcx 4 suburban coach mci mc 4 suburban coach mci mcc 5 suburban coach mci mc 5a suburban coach mci mc 6 suburban coach mci mc 8 suburban coach mci mc 5b suburban coach mci mcx 5 suburban coach mci mc 9 suburban coach mci 96a3 suburban coach mci 102dl3 suburban coach yellow coach 743 intercity suburban coach gmc pd 3302 rear engine parlour coach cc & f brill ic 37 intercity coach gmc tdh 4506 old look gmc tdh 4509 old look motor coach industries 96a3 motor coach industries 102a3 motor coach industries 9 motor coach industries 9sp international 3400 leyland motors ltd double decker daimler double decker dupon trolley industries trolley bus most buses are registered in alberta and bear the province s license plates . in ontario voyageur buses and some greyhound buses have ontario plates . older buses sport the old colours of the american parent but the current scheme is a white base with large greyhound image on the front and sides with a large light grey wording greyhound on the sides now the old scheme for the rest of the greyhound operations . transmissions edit from the 1985 model year 96a3 to the 1995 model year d4000 and d4500 102d l 3 as well as the first prevost h3 45 coaches greyhound canada specified manual transmissions in all their intercity coaches . at first five speed eaton fuller transmissions were equipped in all 96a3 and 102a3 coaches . beginning with the 1989 model year 102c3ss coaches greyhound canada specified seven speed manual transmissions . allison b500 and b500rs have been used on coaches equipped with automatic transmissions until the d4505s which use the zf astronic automatic standard transmission . unions edit amalgamated transit union local 1374 represents unionized greyhound employees in western canada and northern ontario and is based in calgary . amalgamated transit union local 1415 represents unionized greyhound employees in ontario and quebec and is based in toronto . notable incidents and accidents edit wikinews has related news man decapitated on greyhound bus in manitoba december 23 2000 an attempted hijacking of a greyhound canada bus near thunder bay ontario left one woman dead and 31 others injured . 5 july 30 2008 tim mclean a passenger on an edmonton to winnipeg schedule was beheaded by another passenger near portage la prairie manitoba . the attacker was arrested at the scene and charged with second degree murder but later found to be not criminally responsible by reason of insanity . 5 6 7 8 9 10 greyhound canada withdrew ads with the slogan there s a reason you ve never heard of bus rage following the event citing that the campaign was no longer appropriate . 11 september 21 2008 a young man was attacked by another passenger on a greyhound canada schedule in northwestern ontario . police arrested a 28 year old man near the town of white river about 300 kilometres 190 mi north of sault ste. marie shortly after the bus driver let him get off at the side of the highway . 5 december 16 2010 a toronto transit commission 505 dundas streetcar was heading eastbound at river street when it crashed into a greyhound canada bus after running a red traffic signal . 17 passengers including 4 schoolchildren received serious but non life threatening injuries . 12 see also edit wikimedia commons has media related to greyhound canada . gare d autocars de montr al gray coach lines greyhound air greyhound lines penetang midland coach lines voyageur colonial bus lines references edit greyhound.ca . greyhound.ca . retrieved 5 january 2015 . foran max 1982 . calgary canada s frontier metropolis an illustrated history . windsor publications . p. 322 . isbn 0 89781 055 4 . greyhound.ca . greyhound.ca . retrieved 5 january 2015 . neon bus website . neonbus.com . retrieved 5 january 2015 . a b c 1 archived december 16 2008 at the wayback machine . cite error invalid ref tag ; name cbc defined multiple times with different content see the help page . 2 archived august 5 2008 at the wayback machine . beheading suspect in court ctv news . ctvnews . retrieved 5 january 2015 . 3 dead link 4 dead link 5 archived august 5 2008 at the wayback machine . bus suspect utters death wish ctv news . ctvnews . retrieved 5 january 2015 . doucette chris 17 december 2010 . bus driver charged in crash with streetcar . toronto sun . retrieved 23 february 2015 . external links edit greyhound canada greyhound usa gray line canada historical timeline v t e firstgroup united kingdom bus companies first aberdeen first berkshire & the thames valley first cymru first essex first glasgow first greater manchester first hampshire & dorset first midlands first leicester 94 % first midland red first potteries first norfolk & suffolk first scotland east first south west the buses of somerset first south yorkshire first west of england first bristol first somerset & avon first west yorkshire first bradford first calderdale & huddersfield first leeds first york first student uk international bus companies america first student united states first student canada first transit greyhound united states boltbus with peter pan bus lines greyhound canada greyhound mexico grey goose bus lines vancouver island coach lines voyageur colonial bus lines ireland aircoach railway companies great western railway heathrow connect with heathrow airport holdings hull trains transpennine express former divisions dsbfirst 25 % danish 30 % swedish first capital connect 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