Tickets will cost as little as £1 or €1 for trips to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Boulogne Stagecoach has launched its new low-cost coach network from the UK to Continental Europe. Passengers can now travel to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Boulogne on the Group’s budget coach operator megabus.com, on daytime and overnight services from London [...]
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Saferbus – US safety app
‘SaferBus’ is designed to help pasengers review a bus firm’s safety record but critics claim information lacks context USA The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently released its ‘SaferBus’ which is designed to help pasengers review a bus company’s safety record. While it is said to be packed with useful information, some claim little of [...]
megabus expands service to include continental Europe
megabus.com, which has operations in the UK and North America, has plans to expand into continental Europe and establish a low-cost coach link between Paris, Boulogne, Brussels and Amsterdam. The company is also set to provide new routes to these locations from Birmingham and Leicester, which travel through Milton Keynes, Coventry and London.
New accessible Plaxton Elite en route
Plaxton’s flagship Elite will offer an option for roll-on access for wheelchair users later this year, along with a full length cabin to provide the optimum combination of capacity and comfort. The new model will be the first through-deck coach to be built in Britain and has been developed to offer wheelchair passengers easier access [...]
Stagecoach releases interim statement
Loss making rail division dampens figures, but operator says incoming subsidies will solve this in the second half of the year On Thursday (December Stagecoach released its interim results for the six months ending October 31, 2011. The results, excluding intangible asset expenses and exceptional items, were: Revenue up, at £1,293.7m (£1,133.6m 2010) Total operating [...]
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£44m order for megabus.com coaches won by Van Hool
Belgian coach builder boosted by Stagecoach order Stagecoach Group last week announced a £44m investment in a fleet of 106 new double-decker coaches for its budget coach service megabus.com – most bound for North America and the remainder for the UK. The order has been placed with Belgian manufacturer Van Hool which is also building [...]
Stagecoach announces new management appointments
Stagecoach has announced two new appointments within its bus operations in the UK and North America. From December 1 Edward Hodgson will take over as managing director of Stagecoach West Scotland. His appointment comes as current West Scotland MD Bryony Chamberlain takes up the post of director of megabus.com based in North America.
Stagecoach expands megabus North America
Growth will result in service linking 72 cities in theUnited States and Canada via seven hubs UNITED STATES Stagecoach Group is expanding its North American megabus.com network run by its budget coach operator megabus.com into the southern United States. Low-cost coach services will start running out of a new hub in Atlanta, Georgia, to 11 [...]
Budget sleeper coach launches
Stagecoach’s Megabus.com sleeper coach pilot covered in CBW998 has been launched following successful trials since August. The service between Glasgow and London began on Friday evening (October 21) and is being operated with three speciallyrefurbished articulated Jonckheere Mistral and Modulo Volvo B10M coaches. Each passenger has their own berth and seat of the 24 fitted [...]
New Megabus Birmingham – Edinburgh service
Stagecoach’s Megabus.com has announced a timetable revision to provide additional journey options for travellers and a new link between Birmingham and Edinburgh. The low-cost coach operator is introducing two new daily journeys between Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Starting on October 2, there will be a new northbound service every morning and a new southbound [...]
