DRL Coachlines

DRL subsequently expanded its charter services into neighbouring Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It also received a license to operate an inter-city bus route from Halifax to Yarmouth via Bridgewater on the South Shore, and was a contract school bus operator for the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board. Tickets are purchased on the bus and only cash is accepted.

Problems arose in the mid-2000s when the company lost its operating licenses for intercity, charter and school buses in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick after government transport regulators were informed of safety problems and maintenance issues resulting from DRL Coachlines service, in addition to tax problems that the company was facing. DRL Coachlines has also faced several complaints about its inter-city bus services in Newfoundland and Labrador, where it has a monopoly.

The company suspended operations during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but resumed operations on June 18, 2020.

The company's primary service consists of a pair of daily buses, one in each direction, closely following the entire length of provincial Route 1. The stops are as follows:

Channel-Port aux Basques (Marine Atlantic ferry terminal)

Doyles (Mountain Side General Store)

Robinson's Junction (M&M Farming)