Parent | Tokmakjian Inc. |
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Founded | 1983 (renamed from Travelways Incorporated c. 1976) |
Headquarters | 221 Caldari Road, Vaughan, Ontario |
Locale | Greater Toronto Area |
Service area | Southern Ontario |
Service type | charted coach operator, transit bus contractor |
Destinations | Southampton, Port Elgin, Kincardine, Orangeville, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vaughan |
Fleet | 12 coaches |
Operator | TOK Group |
Website | TOK Coachlines |
TOK Coachlines (formerly Can-ar Coach Service[1][2]) is a scheduled and chartered coach operator in the Greater Toronto Area, It is a division of Tokmakjian Inc., a privately held Canadian corporation operating as TOK Group based in Vaughan, Ontario. A related division of TOK Group is TOK Transit which operates public transit services under contract to municipalities.
Can-ar Coach was established in 1983 when Travelways Incorporated, a Thornhill-based bus operator founded in 1976, was sold by Larry Needler (co-owner with several other partners).[citation needed]
Both TOK Coachlines and TOK Transit originally operated as Can-ar Coach Service.[2][3][4]
TOK Coachlines operates a scheduled bus route to Pearson Airport and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station from Southampton via Kincardine. A service from Lindsay and Haliburton ended in 2024.[citation needed]
TOK Transit operates public transit bus service under contract for York Region Transit, [5] and for Fort Erie Transit.[6]
In 2012, Can-ar operated approximately 40 buses. The fleet information is based on the information its former website.[7]
Units | Make | Model | Seating |
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MCI | 102D3 | 47 | |
MCI | 102DL3 | 55 | |
MCI | 102EL3 | 56 | |
MCI | J4500 | 56 | |
Chevrolet / Starcraft Bus | 5500 / XLT | 32 |
This list of retired Can-ar buses may not be complete. It is based on information from 2004.[7]
Units | Make | Model | Seating |
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5 | Dina | Viaggio | 52 |
18 | MCI | 102-A3 | 47 |
Can-ar used to operate a fleet of over 75 transit buses, owned by York Region Transit, under an extension of the contract under which it operated Vaughan Transit for the City of Vaughan.