routemaster in montreal in august 2007 parent stagecoach group founded 1982 headquarters montreal service type tour bus double decker bus alliance coach usa operator autocar connaiseur website official website gray line montreal although a member of the coach canada family is an independently managed operation 1 that also formerly carried the brand of stagecoach montr al. 2 they run a fleet of tourtrams coaches and double decker buses in and around montreal under the banner of gray line worldwide sightseeing tours offering city tours and trips to quebec city and ottawa . although departures are mostly at the dorchester square peel street location some of the routes offer hop on hop off convenience . history edit autocar connaiseur inc. was founded in 1982 by lorenzo calce a former vice president of murray hill limousines operating charters and gray line sightseeing tours in montreal . in 1997 the company which had grown to a fleet of over 100 buses was sold to coach usa 3 the north american division of the international transport group stagecoach . approval under the investment canada act was given in october 1999 for stagecoach holdings plc to acquire autocar connaisseur inc. of montr al. 4 the parent of each of the connaisseur group of companies is 3329003 canada inc. 5 a noncarrier owned by coach usa . coach canada edit autocar connaiseur 3329003 canada also operates coach canada branded charter coaches out of montreal independently of the trentway wagar system based in ontario . references edit grayline montreal about us showbus gallery a brief history lorenzo & roberto calce investcan decisions october 1999 surface transportation board stb docket no . mc f 20943 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gray line montreal & oldid 644997166 categories bus transport in quebecgray line worldwidecompanies based in montrealcompanies established in 1982stagecoach group bus operators in the united states and canadatransport in montreal1982 establishments in quebec 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 31 january 2015 at 15 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view