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| Slogan | "We Make the Trip" |
| Parent | Fenway Partners |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Dallas, TX |
| Locale | United States |
| Service area | United States except New England and New York, Pittsburgh, and Chicago metropolitan areas |
| Service type | Local bus service, commuter bus service, contract service, charter service, leasing services, crew transport |
| Operator | Various Coach America/American Coach Lines subsidiaries nationwide |
| Chief executive | George Maney |
| Web site | Coach America |
Coach America, also doing business as American Coach Lines, is a holding company for American bus services owned by New York-based private equity firm Fenway Partners operating under the Coach America, American Coach Lines, and Gray Line names (at some locations, operating under pre-existing branding). Coach America consists of all former Coach USA operations except for the midwestern United States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New England, along with Lakefront Lines in Ohio (acquired separately).[1] Coach America has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.[2]
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The properties that became Coach America were previously owned by Scottish-based Stagecoach Group as Coach USA's Western, South Central, and Southeastern divisions. Coach America was formed when, after Stagecoach Group evaluated its Coach USA business, decided to retain mostly its scheduled and local transit services in the Northeast and North Central region and put the rest of the company up for sale.[3] The South Central and West divisions of Coach USA were sold to Kohlberg,[4] with these companies continuing to use the Coach USA name for a time, but eventually changing to the current Coach America. The Southeast division, was sold to a separate buyer, Lincolnshire Management.[5]
In 2006, Coach America purchased American Coach Lines from Lincolnshire Management.[6] In November of that same year, Kohlberg sold Coach America to another private equity firm, Fenway Partners.[7]
Today, Coach America operates under several different brand names in the Southwest Southeast, and western United States, including the Coach USA name (under license from Stagecoach Group), Arrow Stage Lines, American Coach Lines, Dillon's, Kerrville Bus Company, Cruise Connection, RAZ Transportation, Gray Line, Lakefront Lines, Midnight Sun, and All West brands, among others.[7][8]
Coach America is organized into several divisions:[8]