bus in newburgh new york . slogan driven to be the best parent stagecoach group founded 1995 headquarters 160 route 17 north paramus nj 07652 locale united states service area new york pittsburgh and chicago metropolitan areas southern tier of new york southern wisconsin service type local commuter charter contract and yellow school bus service megabus routes northeast division excluding megabus 55 directly owned 43 under contract north central division excluding megabus and school buses 9 directly owned 4 under contract megabus.com 11 directly owned 1 under contract operator various coach usa companies see divisions below chief executive linda burtwistle website coach usa coach usa llc is a holding company for various american transportation service providers providing scheduled intercity bus service local and commuter bus transit city sightseeing tour yellow school bus and charter bus service . it is a subsidiary of the stagecoach group . coach usa and sister company coach canada are the second largest motorcoach operators in the us and canada . 1 contents 1 history 2 operating companies 3 megabus 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit coach usa traces its history back to 1922 as lackawanna bus and later consolidated bus lines a small outfit operating local service in bergen county new jersey and later along the jersey shore and throughout the new york metropolitan area founded by jim and denis gallagher . 2 community coach today the headquarters of coach usa began operations in 1958 under denis s brother john . the latter took over the operations of consolidated bus lines using the operating authority of another company that the gallagher family had purchased in paramus new jersey three years prior ; through other acquisitions by the gallagher family six of these companies would become subsidiaries of coach usa at its inception in 1995 when frank gallagher sold the firms to notre capital ventures . at its inception coach usa consisted of six companies suburban trails community coach leisure line and adventure trails in new jersey gray line of san francisco and arrow stage line in arizona not to be confused with unaffiliated arrow stage lines . 3 4 listing on the nasdaq in 1996 under ticker tour and later switching to the new york stock exchange under stock ticker cyi coach usa under the leadership of richard kristinik would expand quickly acquiring companies throughout the united states in the next three years to expand to over 5 000 buses and many more taxicabs as its acquisitions also included yellow cab firms throughout the united states . during this time the gallagher family would start another company student transportation of america based in the area of its coast cities operation . 2 in 1998 kristinik retired and larry king succeeded him . citation needed stagecoach group would purchase coach usa in mid 1999 for 1.88 billion usd . 5 under stagecoach ownership and the helm of frank gallagher the owner of its predecessors 4 coach usa sought to continue expansion but the company hit hard by the loss of charter business after the september 11 2001 attacks 3 caused stagecoach to crash to a loss of over 524 million at which point stagecoach having lost over 70 percent of its investment and now under the leadership of its founder brian souter after the downturn cost the previous ceo of stagecoach his job announced that all of the taxicab operations and most of coach usa s subsidiaries were for sale as stagecoach sought to focus mostly on operations in the northeast where coach usa today maintains subsidized transit operations and scheduled service . 6 7 retrenching stagecoach sold its companies in new england to peter pan bus lines . 8 companies in the southwest west and rocky mountain regions were sold to kohlberg kravis roberts to form coach america 9 and companies in the southeastern united states were sold to lincolnshire management rebranded as american coach lines which was merged with coach america in 2006 10 11 all at heavy losses . the contract transit division was flipped to competitor first transit . 12 as a result of the sale of most of coach usa s operations the company s headquarters were relocated from texas to the community coach garage in paramus new jersey . eight of the sold companies would be reacquired when coach america declared bankruptcy in 2012 along with lakefront hopkins in ohio with the intent of expanding and in the case of california reintroducing the megabus brand . coach usa s operations today consist primarily of scheduled services in new york metropolitan area and chicago metropolitan area with a number of charter operations near pittsburgh and scheduled operations in the southern tier of new york and southern wisconsin along with its megabus operations throughout the eastern and central united states . operating companies edit as of october 2016 update coach usa includes the following local operating companies along with intercity operator megabus 13 american coach lines of atlanta atlanta ga 14 all west coachlines sacramento ca reno nv butler motor transit butler pa central cab company waynesburg pa chicago trolley & double decker co. chicago il coach canada toronto on coach erie erie pa community coach paramus nj country road tours clarksburg wv gad about tours pittsburgh pa gray line montreal montreal qc gray line new york sightseeing new york ny lenzner coach lines sewickley pa mountaineer coach beaver wv olympia trails elizabeth nj park tours parkersburg wv rockland coaches westwood nj short line bus mahwah nj southern california gray line anaheim ca 15 suburban transit new brunswick nj tri state coach united limo gary in van galder bus company janesville wi wisconsin coach lines waukesha wi megabus edit main article megabus north america megabus is an intercity bus service providing discount travel services since 2006 operating throughout the eastern southern midwestern and western united states and in the canadian provinces of ontario and quebec . megabus is notable for using curbside bus stops instead of traditional stations low fares starting at 1 and in recent years operating a point to point network of routes with buses making few stops en route to their destination . see also edit peter pan bus lines owner of former coach usa new england division student transportation of america another company founded by the gallagher family references edit roman alex 2015 01 05 . fleets growing business strong for motorcoach top 50 . metro . retrieved 2015 05 17 . a b coast cities bus history . retrieved 2009 10 03 . a b coach usa from answers.com . retrieved 2008 06 21 . a b bid to make coach usa king of the road the independent . the sunday herald . june 18 2000 . retrieved 2008 06 21 . verity andrew 1999 06 15 . stagecoach pays pounds 1.21 bn for largest us bus operator . london the independent . retrieved 2013 10 28 . kemp kenny 2002 12 01 . stagecoach s us ambitions come at a price the sunday herald . the sunday herald . retrieved 2008 06 21 . coach usa up for sale after write down drives stagecoach into pounds the independent . 2002 12 15 . retrieved 2008 06 21 . dead link peter pan to acquire five coach usa affiliates . retrieved 2015 05 17 . stagecoach group agrees terms for the sale of the west and south central regions of coach usa . 2003 06 06 . retrieved 2008 06 22 . stagecoach steps up its us sell off lincolnshire management inc. sells american coach lines inc. . 2006 05 11 . retrieved 2008 07 12 . stagecoach group sells coach usa transit division stagecoach group press release . 2003 05 22 . retrieved 2008 06 21 . coach usa . contact us . retrieved october 1 2016 . american coach lines of atlanta . our company . retrieved october 1 2016 . southern california gray lines . about us . retrieved october 1 2016 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to coach usa . coach usa megabus usa v t e stagecoach group key personnel brian souter chairman martin griffiths ceo ann gloag stagecoach uk bus founder united kingdom bus companies stagecoach london east london selkent thameside stagecoach east scotland fife bluebird perth strathtay jw coaches rennies stagecoach north east newcastle south shields sunderland hartlepool teesside stagecoach cumbria & north lancashire cumbria lancaster lancashire stagecoach manchester manchester magic bus stagecoach merseyside & south lancashire merseyside preston network chorley stagecoach yorkshire chesterfield sheffield stagecoach east midlands bassetlaw mansfield grimsby cleethorpes hull lincolnshire stagecoach midlands northants warwickshire stagecoach oxfordshire oxfordshire oxford tube stagecoach east stagecoach cambridgeshire cambridge peterborough the fens bedford norfolk stagecoach south east east kent east sussex eastbourne hastings stagecoach south hants & surrey hampshire portsmouth south downs scottish citylink 35 % with comfortdelgro megabus europe stagecoach gold citylink gold stagecoach highlands stagecoach south wales stagecoach south west stagecoach west stagecoach west scotland united kingdom railway companies east midlands trains megatrain south west trains including island line trains virgin trains west coast virgin rail group 49 % with virgin group virgin trains east coast 90 % with virgin group united kingdom tram operations sheffield supertram north american bus companies megabus north america united states coach usa american coach lines of atlanta all west coachlines butler motor transit central cab company chicago trolley & double decker co. coach erie community coach country road tours gad about tours gray line new york lenzner coach lines mountaineer coach olympia trails park tours rockland coaches short line bus southern california gray line suburban transit tri state coach van galder bus company wisconsin coach lines canada coach canada gray line montreal v t e greater new york region bus transit transportation in new york city mass transit in new york city operators new york public mta regional bus clarkstown dutchess long beach huntington kingston nassau poughkeepsie putnam roosevelt island suffolk rockland ulster westchester private academy coach usa community olympia rockland short line suburban hampton jitney hampton luxury liner leprechaun liberty monsey nyc airporter pine hill adirondack new york trailways spanish veolia new jersey pennsylvania public nj transit bus rutgers lehigh and northampton monroe county private a & c academy ameribus broadway coach usa community olympia rockland short line suburban decamp greyhound lakeland martz susquehanna trans bridge connecticut connecticut transit stamford new haven waterbury norwalk bridgeport housatonic area milford routes new york bronx brooklyn manhattan queens staten island express within nyc dutchess nassau putnam rockland suffolk ulster westchester new jersey bergen passaic essex hudson union mercer middlesex monmouth morris north jersey to nyc special event and park ride suburban connecticut bridgeport danbury new haven norwalk stamford pennsylvania lehigh and northampton monroe defunct operators new york varsity & command fifth avenue coach earlier 5th ave transportation green jamaica liberty madison avenue long island new york bus new york city omnibus new york transportation north shore queens surface soundview steinway surface triboro atlantic express new jersey pabco public service transport of new jersey transit centers new york city 165th street coney island stillwell avenue eltingville fordham plaza george washington bridge jamaica center port authority ridgewood intermodal st. george victor a. moore williamsburg bridge plaza long island mineola intermodal rosa parks hempstead hudson valley new rochelle petrillo plaza white plains new jersey broadway paterson exchange place hackensack hoboken terminal irvington journal square lakewood passaic red bank ridgewood weehawken retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title coach 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