WATERLOO REGION — A German company will begin offering intercity bus service between Waterloo Region and Toronto. It’s the first time in two years a private company is providing intercity bus ...

Intercity Bus Terminal, at 101 York St., is still in its soft launch phase and brings six routes to London passengers: Toronto, Kitchener, Mississauga, Brampton, Woodstock and Breslau.

Why Intercity Bus Technology Has Lagged Behind Part of the issue is financial. Intercity bus companies don’t have the same capital to invest in software as airlines or hotel chains.

Together, Flix and Greyhound operate North America’s largest intercity bus network, connecting more than 1,600 destinations across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Depending on the equipment and battery configuration, the electric intercity bus could cost about 1.5 to 2 times as much as a similarly equipped diesel intercity bus from the company, said Daimler ...