Megabus Rider Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 11 hours ago, Prevost said: I'm afraid I don't quite get what you mean by Safeway needing Coach Canada for the Coach USA backbone for their US trips. Can't Safeway just use Attridge, GTA Crew, Great Canadian, or Pacific Western for their US trips? Also, why did Coach Canada decide to suddenly stop buying new coaches for Safeway? I mean Safeway is a large tour operator and if they can pay the money to charter new coaches, then wouldn't Coach Canada want to do so? In an event of a break down in the US, the Coach Canada driver can simply get a Coach USA owned bus and continue the trip. Whereas the other companies, a replacement bus has to come from their respective garage which may result Safeway running behind on their Tour because the wait for a replacement bus and the other companies to find someone else to do the trip while the replacement bus is on its way. Fallsview Casino runs are double runs which the total mileage for the day is 650 - 700 km a day! 650 - 700 km x 365 days x 4 years = Ridiculous maintenance costs and frequent Schedule 4 inspections. Not to mention a driver does experience fatigue which is why Coach Canada introduced their modified HOS. Safeway's Casino Service today is running at its worse with a lower tip for the driver compared to 5 years ago and majority of the driver's refuse to do Safeway Casino Service and even the US Tour start runs. Great Canadian Coaches is now experiencing this with their drivers and soon the other companies will be experiencing driver's issues with Safeway Tours. Coach Canada has made money with other Tour Clients, they don't need Safeway Tours anymore! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translink fan Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 18 hours ago, NeOn Bus Rider said: Fallsview Casino runs are double runs which the total mileage for the day is 650 - 700 km a day! 650 - 700 km x 365 days x 4 years = Ridiculous maintenance costs and frequent Schedule 4 inspections. This. I find doing sched 4's annoying at times especially when short buses. It's amazing how fast a bus can do 7500 miles or 30 days fly by fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 On 4/18/2018 at 4:02 AM, translink fan said: This. I find doing sched 4's annoying at times especially when short buses. It's amazing how fast a bus can do 7500 miles or 30 days fly by fast. it is cost of doing business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Does anybody know why Coach Canada now switched to stainless steel rims? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCWhite Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, leylandvictory2 said: Does anybody know why Coach Canada now switched to stainless steel rims? Most of their newer buses I see on the road look to be stainless or aluminum alcoa rims (especially anything that is on, or was on the safeway contract). Maybe they are just changing their fleet slowly to match as needed? Would be interested to know more about this my self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulated Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Coach Canada has started to unwrap some of the Safeway-branded coaches from 2015. Spotted 92005 last weekend in red with Coach Canada logos, and a small logo for CostSaver Tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 10:17 PM, JCWhite said: Most of their newer buses I see on the road look to be stainless or aluminum alcoa rims (especially anything that is on, or was on the safeway contract). Maybe they are just changing their fleet slowly to match as needed? Would be interested to know more about this my self. That coach has some refurb work done to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 It seems like Safeway extended the contract with Coach Canada. A MCI J4500 has Safeway Lettering on it. It has the standard Coach Canada Livery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 13 hours ago, leylandvictory2 said: It seems like Safeway extended the contract with Coach Canada. A MCI J4500 has Safeway Lettering on it. It has the standard Coach Canada Livery. Safeway has no choice but to extend/renew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megabus Rider Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 On 4/18/2018 at 4:02 AM, translink fan said: This. I find doing sched 4's annoying at times especially when short buses. It's amazing how fast a bus can do 7500 miles or 30 days fly by fast. Chinese Tours are good for that lol On 4/26/2018 at 10:34 PM, Articulated said: Coach Canada has started to unwrap some of the Safeway-branded coaches from 2015. Spotted 92005 last weekend in red with Coach Canada logos, and a small logo for CostSaver Tours. Just hearing this does not surprise me, seems to be the beginning of the end for Safeway... 18 hours ago, leylandvictory2 said: It seems like Safeway extended the contract with Coach Canada. A MCI J4500 has Safeway Lettering on it. It has the standard Coach Canada Livery. I would not call it an extension, it was more like "Take the Js, or get nothing!" lol On 4/29/2018 at 12:27 AM, TheAverageJoe said: That coach has some refurb work done to it Probably, anything with a Megabus re-wrap was refurb'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerFan Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 https://www.stagecoachplc.com/media/news-releases/2018/2018-12-19.aspx stagecoach sells North American division, stagecoach from my memory has a huge chunk of ownership with trentway-Wagner for coach Canada, I’m not sure of the future but people I know who work for them have said it’s been on the decline in terms of work load for quite some time. Hopefully this doesn’t mean the end and trentway-Wagner can still run solo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uwe Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Trentway-Wagar is a CoachCanada company. They are part of the purchase. Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traildriver Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Very interesting development. I wonder how long this Variant private equity firm will hold on to this purchase? I suspect they may be trying to "flip it" for a quick profit. And how long before FirstGroup does likewise with Greyhound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megabus Rider Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 12/20/2018 at 12:10 AM, traildriver said: Very interesting development. I wonder how long this Variant private equity firm will hold on to this purchase? I suspect they may be trying to "flip it" for a quick profit. And how long before FirstGroup does likewise with Greyhound? First is actually trying but they can't find a buyer. Based on some companies in the US going under after being owned by Private Equity Firms, I don't think they will flip it, they will kill it lol On 12/19/2018 at 6:00 PM, NewFlyerFan said: https://www.stagecoachplc.com/media/news-releases/2018/2018-12-19.aspx stagecoach sells North American division, stagecoach from my memory has a huge chunk of ownership with trentway-Wagner for coach Canada, I’m not sure of the future but people I know who work for them have said it’s been on the decline in terms of work load for quite some time. Hopefully this doesn’t mean the end and trentway-Wagner can still run solo If the Private Equity Firm wants to sell Coach Canada/USA, they can sell bits and pieces to smaller operators who are looking to expand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Is there a reason why the Megabus decals have been removed from the double deckers? Is this no longer a mega bus service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Shaun said: Is there a reason why the Megabus decals have been removed from the double deckers? Is this no longer a mega bus service? the original wrap is peeling off pretty bad on most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCIBUS Posted May 29, 2019 Report Share Posted May 29, 2019 If there going to sell it off it pieces(routes) I can see Greyhound buying the Ottawa<>Montreal<>Kingston/Toronto route, that'll give them the Ottawa><Montreal<>Kingston/Toronto<>Ottawa triangle corridor one of the most money making routes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulated Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 On 5/28/2019 at 5:48 PM, Shaun said: Is there a reason why the Megabus decals have been removed from the double deckers? Is this no longer a mega bus service? The 2012 TD925 buses have been undergoing a refurbishment, which involves repainting the buses. The Megabus name and logos have been reapplied (as seen in the photo below, taken May 19, 2019), just not the Megabus Man. He is not present on any of the J4500s that have recently been put into Megabus service, so they are likely doing a brand refresh that does not include Megabus Man on the livery. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 I hope they fixed all of the cracked windsheilds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 5/29/2019 at 10:37 PM, Articulated said: The 2012 TD925 buses have been undergoing a refurbishment, which involves repainting the buses. The Megabus name and logos have been reapplied (as seen in the photo below, taken May 19, 2019), just not the Megabus Man. He is not present on any of the J4500s that have recently been put into Megabus service, so they are likely doing a brand refresh that does not include Megabus Man on the livery. Chuck is on the rear of the Van Hools. On the way back from Ottawa, we followed one along the 401. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted August 27, 2019 Report Share Posted August 27, 2019 for whatever reason Coach Canada is starting to use the silver rims on the coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 Coach Canada had 67806 on the Kitchener Hamilton local today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megabus Rider Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 I am not gonna bother start a Coach USA thread since Coach Canada and Coach USA are under common ownership. Coach USA is shutting down Lakefront Lines by the end of this month: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/coach-usa-announces-cleveland-based-lakefront-lines-to-cease-operations/95-a04df65e-8cc1-4e2e-9dfd-8c241183d2e7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 5:04 PM, Megabus Rider said: I am not gonna bother start a Coach USA thread since Coach Canada and Coach USA are under common ownership. Coach USA is shutting down Lakefront Lines by the end of this month: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/coach-usa-announces-cleveland-based-lakefront-lines-to-cease-operations/95-a04df65e-8cc1-4e2e-9dfd-8c241183d2e7 Will the fleet be absorbed into the rest of the fleet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 update from Kitchener Ontario mega bus not serving Charles terminal unclear where they moved to all signs are down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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