Horizon Coach Lines

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.[1] 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.[2] In 2009, TMS acquired Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver and Gray Line of Seattle.[3] In 2012, Horizon acquired 15 markets from the bankrupt Coach America.[4]

Horizon sold or closed its operations in 2014 and 2015. Florida operations in Miami, West Palm Beach and Jacksonville were sold to Academy Bus in 2014;[5] Orlando operations were sold to ESCOT Bus Lines.[6] Also in 2014, Vancouver operations were sold to Quick Coach and Durham operations were sold to Academy Bus.[7][8][9] In 2015, Denver operations were sold to All Aboard America! and the remaining North Carolina operations were sold to Sunway Charters.[10][11][12]

References
  1. Roman, Alex (2015-01-05). "Fleets Growing, Business Strong for Motorcoach Top 50". Metro. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  2. Heath, Thomas (2013-03-31). "Value Added: His bus business moves big crowds for big profits". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  3. "The TMS Story". Transportation Management Services. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  4. "Transportation Mgmt Svcs. acquires Coach America operations". Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  5. "Leading Northeast Ground Transportation Provider Expands Service with Florida Acquisition". Academy Newsroom. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  6. Here we grow again
  7. Horizon Coach Lines of Vancouver
  8. Academy Now In Raleigh-Durham!
  9. Academy Bus LLC-Acquisition of the Properties of Evergreen Trails Inc. d/b/a Horizon Coach Lines
  10. Casino buses leave riders stranded in Black Hawk
  11. All Aboard America! Holdings Completes its Acquisition of Horizon Coach Lines’ Denver, CO Assets and Operations
  12. Docket B-703 Sub 2
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