Coach America

The properties that became Coach America were previously owned by Scotland-based Stagecoach Group as Coach USA's Western, South Central, and Southeastern divisions. Coach America was formed in 2003 when, after Stagecoach Group evaluated its Coach USA business, it 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.^[2] The South Central and West divisions of Coach USA were sold to Kohlberg & Co., LLC,^[3] with these companies continuing to use the Coach USA name for a time, but eventually changing to Coach America. The Southeast division was sold to a separate buyer, Lincolnshire Management, and became American Coach Lines.^[4]

In 2006, Coach America purchased American Coach Lines from Lincolnshire.^[5] In November of that same year, Kohlberg sold Coach America to another private equity firm, Fenway Partners.^[6] Coach America acquired the Ohio carrier Lakefront Lines in 2008.^[7]

In early 2012, following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the assets of Coach America were sold in units. Stagecoach repurchased eight of the Coach America properties that it had sold in the 2003 divestiture, plus Lakefront Lines/Hopkins Transportation in Ohio. Tornado Bus Company bought the El Expreso operation, Professional Transportation, Inc. purchased Coach America's rail crew division, and Transportation Management Services purchased the remainder of Coach America's operations, forming Horizon Coach Lines, except for the Los Angeles DOT contract, which was sold to MV Transportation; three Florida locations were later flipped to Academy Bus. The Dallas office closed in July 2012.^[8][9]

In November 2021, the Coach America brand was revived when Dylan Rosenthal and Salvatore Ciaravino relaunched the company under new ownership and management. They opened a new office in New Jersey.^{[10][better source needed]}

Coach America and its subsidiaries provide charter and transit services across the United States. Key service areas include:

• Peter Pan Bus Lines