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'Acadian Lines', legally incorporated as 'Acadian Coach Lines LP/Autocars Acadien SEC', is a
Canadian coach operator based in
Moncton,
New Brunswick.
The company was incorporated as 'Acadian Lines Limited' in
1936 in
Nova Scotia and operated for six decades as that province's scheduled bus service, as well as offering private charters.
During the
1990s, the
Irving Transportation Group purchased Acadian Lines Ltd. and merged 'SMT (Eastern)', an Irving subsidiary which operated scheduled and chartered bus services in
New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island, with Acadian Lines while maintaining and expanding the Acadian name throughout the Maritimes.
In
2004, Irving Transportation Group sold Acadian Lines to the
Orléans Express group. Since that time, Orléans Express has modified the company logo to include an upside-down "a" for the third "a" in "Acadian", however the legal company name remains spelled "Acadian" for correspondence.
Operations
Acadian Lines operates regular bus services between New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia as well as
Rivière-du-Loup,
Quebec (connecting with
Orléans Express) and
Bangor,
Maine (connecting with
Greyhound).
It operates a fleet of 38 vehicles.
Legal status
The company is incorporated as 'Acadian Coach Lines LP/Autocars Acadien SEC' in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Additionally, the company has a subsidiary incorporated in the three provinces named 'Acadian Motor Coach Tours LP/Tours Autocars Acadien SEC'.
External Links
★
Official Site