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Megabus (United Kingdom)
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Megabus is a UK coach service operated by Stagecoach Group
. It started in 2003 and as of February 2010 operated 19 UK coach routes serving 41 destinations in England
, Scotland
and Wales
. Some services link with Megatrain
services which are also operated by Stagecoach. Advertised fares start at £1, with a 50p booking fee using a yield management
model.
service in the United Kingdom operated by Stagecoach Group
which started in 2003 and operates 19 UK coach routes serving 41 destinations in England
, Scotland
and Wales
.
and East Midlands Parkway railway station
where passengers transfer to an East Midlands Trains
service to London St Pancras. Unlike Megatrain
, this service is available daily. When engineering works disrupt rail services between London and East Midlands Parkway, the service is run using direct coaches from London Victoria. Feeder services:-
model with the lowest fares being offered to people who book early and on less popular journeys; typically it is only the first six seats are sold at £1. Services often use out-of-town coachway interchanges in order to reduce delays caused by serving interchanges in urban centres for intermediate stops.
Tickets must be purchased in advance via the megabus.com website or by telephone when passengers are given a reservation number which they show the driver when they board. The only services in which tickets can be bought on the vehicle are on a small number of Scottish services. Tickets can be paid for in pounds sterling or euro
.
In July 2004, the company acquired the Motorvator coach service brand, operating between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
In January 2005, the company announced that the service frequency of the X5
service between Oxford and Cambridge would double to every 30 minutes. A fleet of 15 refurbished vehicles were introduced at a cost of £1m. The company reported that passenger numbers had been growing at 7-8% per year and that 350,000 passengers were now using the service each year. The megabus network had carried 1.3 million passengers since it started. The company announced that it had placed an order for 25 new high-specification double-decker Neoplan
coaches, each capable of carrying 95 passengers.
In June 2005, the company launched new routes serving Coventry and Stoke-on-Trent.
In August 2005, the company introduced a fleet of new double-decker coaches with air-conditioning, toilets and more comfortable seats at a cost of £6.5 million and announced that it had carried 2.6m passengers since startup.
In September 2005, ComfortDelGro
(the owners of Scottish Citylink) and Stagecoach announced that they were entering into a joint venture to provide express coach services within Scotland effectively ending the competition on Megabus routes within Scotland. Under the terms of the agreement, Stagecoach would acquire 35% of Citylink, in return for certain rights to the Megabus brand in Scotland. Despite being a minority shareholder, Stagecoach has assumed operational control of Scottish Citylink, with Stagecoach staff taking management roles within the company and Stagecoach subsidiaries replacing subcontract operators on many routes. Some Citylink services have also been sacrificed in favour of the Megabus brand, where operations overlapped.
On 14 November 2005, the Megabus concept was extended to certain rail services, with the introduction of Megatrain
between London Waterloo and Southampton Central, and London and Portsmouth and Southsea
/Portsmouth Harbour
, using a dedicated carriage on selected South West Trains
services. This concept has since been extended to the Virgin Trains
and East Midlands Trains
franchises controlled by Stagecoach, with the latter replacing a Megabus line.
In March 2006, Megabus launched its first Megabus (North America) service. The Competition Commission
started an investigation into the merger of Megabus and Scottish Citylink.
In October 2006, the company placed an order for 45 new 63-seat double-decker coaches which have a toilet and a lift for wheelchair passengers. The cost of the new vehicles was given as £11m. The chief-executive, Brian Souter
claimed that “Bus and coach travel is the greener way to travel and far less damaging than airlines" highlighting the CO2 emissions for a London-Glasgow trip by megabus were 7 times lower than by easyjet
.
In October 2006, the competition commission published its report on the merger with Scottish Citylink. They concluded the merger was anti-competitive on the "Saltire Cross" routes in Scotland and required the joint venture to sell certain services. Various services were subsequently sold to Parks of Hamilton
, an unaffiliated operator, in early 2008.
During March 2009, a joint venture between Megabus and the Megatrain described above began under the name of Megabusplus. This involved connections from London to Yorkshire and vice versa by train travel from London to East Midlands Parkway train station and then onward bus travel.
In May 2009, the company started services with the University of the West of England
in Bristol
from their Frenchay Campus.
in May 2011 Megabus expands UK budget travel network and offers Irish Ferries Boat Travel to and from Rosslare.
•A new twice daily service between Norwich and Thetford to London
•Improved frequency between Plymouth, Exeter and London
•A new service between London and Swansea and Pembroke Dock with through ferry fares to Rosslare in Ireland.
•A through ferry fare to Rosslare in Ireland also available from Bristol, Newport and Cardiff.
•New once daily connections from Carmarthen to Pembroke Dock (& Rosslare), Swansea, Cardiff, Newport, Bristol and London.
Additional journeys from Perth and Edinburgh to Newcastle, Sheffield and London
•An additional daily journey from Aberdeen to London
•A new link between Edinburgh and Leeds
on the edge of the city rather than the more central Sheffield Interchange).
) are not included.
Currently, accessible coaches are operated on Megabus routes between England and Wales, the M9 and M90 in Scotland, and the M20.
Vehicles are owned and maintained by various Stagecoach subsidiaries that lie within the route network. When branded vehicles are unavailable then other Stagecoach service vehicles can be used or coaches sub hired in with the case of Coaches from Coachmasters of Rochdale run on Manchester routes, Stagecoach service vehicles can range from standard double deck types such as the Volvo Olympian
and Dennis Trident
, through to Volvo B10M single deckers or even Dennis Dart SLF midibuses. Red Stagecoach London
double deckers from Leyton
were often seconded to Megabus motorway work until the sale of that company to Macquarie Bank.But when this is the case theres no on board tolets so rest stops are given on route.
nor luggage space, and each passenger was allowed only one bag.
Leyland Olympian
94-seat double decker tri-axle buses with toilets were used later on. These had been built for service with Hong Kong Citybus
in 1990/1991, which Stagecoach purchased in 1999, but sold again in 2003. The vehicles were retained however, and were used on Megabus routes. A number of mid-life Volvo B10M
coaches temporarily operated various routes, mainly in the South of England, until sufficient Olympians had been prepared for service. Gradually, most of these coaches were taken off Megabus work and used by Stagecoach elsewhere. However, the type made a reappearance at the end of 2005, when they became the mainstays on the services from London to Birmingham and London to Nottingham/Chesterfield.
Newer 'high-frills' bendy coaches, with both toilets and reclining seats, were used for the longer journeys between London and Scotland, but these were replaced early in 2005.
In Summer 2004, Stagecoach received a batch of Neoplan Skyliner
s for use on the Oxford Tube
service. This displaced a number of 68 seat five-year-old double-deck Jonckheere
-bodied MAN coaches, some of which went into service with Megabus on cross-border services and on services wholly within Scotland.
Stagecoach ordered another batch of Neoplan Skyliners in 2004, which went into service on Megabus in early 2005. These replaced the articulated coaches used on services between London and Scotland, and also Olympians on some of the other longer distance services.
In October 2006, Stagecoach announced an £11m order for 45 Volvo B12B
T 15-metre coaches with Plaxton Panther coachwork for their UK Megabus operation. The tri-axle coaches were the longest rigid vehicles in the UK on their introduction to service in February 2007, and the first of their kind to be built in Britain. The 63-seat vehicles were fully accessible, with wheelchair lifts fitted.
In September 2009, Megabus took delivery of 4 brand new Van Hool
Astromega double deck coaches which are currently used between London and Scotland, via Manchester
Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Sir Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...
. It started in 2003 and as of February 2010 operated 19 UK coach routes serving 41 destinations in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. Some services link with Megatrain
Megatrain
Megatrain offers low cost intercity train travel via the megabus.com website, using yield management pricing, on East Midlands Trains and South West Trains which are rail franchises in the United Kingdom operated by Scottish-based Stagecoach Group...
services which are also operated by Stagecoach. Advertised fares start at £1, with a 50p booking fee using a yield management
Yield management
Revenue management is the process of understanding, anticipating and influencing consumer behavior in order to maximize yield or profits from a fixed, perishable resource...
model.
Overview
Megabus (branded as megabus.com on its vehicles), provides an intercity scheduled coachBus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
service in the United Kingdom operated by Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Sir Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...
which started in 2003 and operates 19 UK coach routes serving 41 destinations in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
Megabusplus
Megabusplus is a coach and train combination with coaches operating feeder services from locations in YorkshireYorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
and East Midlands Parkway railway station
East Midlands Parkway railway station
East Midlands Parkway is a railway station located north of Ratcliffe-on-Soar on the Midland Main Line in the East Midlands of England. It provides park and ride facilities for rail passengers on the routes from Leicester to Derby and Nottingham...
where passengers transfer to an East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London...
service to London St Pancras. Unlike Megatrain
Megatrain
Megatrain offers low cost intercity train travel via the megabus.com website, using yield management pricing, on East Midlands Trains and South West Trains which are rail franchises in the United Kingdom operated by Scottish-based Stagecoach Group...
, this service is available daily. When engineering works disrupt rail services between London and East Midlands Parkway, the service is run using direct coaches from London Victoria. Feeder services:-
- Burnley - Colne - Nelson - Skipton - Keighley - Huddersfield - Halifax - Bradford - East Midlands Parkway
- Harrogate - York - Castleford - East Midlands Parkway
- Hull - Scunthorpe - East Midlands Parkway
Tickets and fares
Advertised fares start at £1, with a 50p booking fee using a yield managementYield management
Revenue management is the process of understanding, anticipating and influencing consumer behavior in order to maximize yield or profits from a fixed, perishable resource...
model with the lowest fares being offered to people who book early and on less popular journeys; typically it is only the first six seats are sold at £1. Services often use out-of-town coachway interchanges in order to reduce delays caused by serving interchanges in urban centres for intermediate stops.
Tickets must be purchased in advance via the megabus.com website or by telephone when passengers are given a reservation number which they show the driver when they board. The only services in which tickets can be bought on the vehicle are on a small number of Scottish services. Tickets can be paid for in pounds sterling or euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
.
History
The first trial Megabus route was launched in August 2003 and the national network in March 2004.In July 2004, the company acquired the Motorvator coach service brand, operating between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
In January 2005, the company announced that the service frequency of the X5
Stagecoach bus route X5
Stagecoach bus route X5 is an inter-urban bus service linking Oxford and Cambridge via Bicester, Buckingham, Milton Keynes, Bedford and St Neots. The route started in 1995 with an hourly service which was increased to half-hourly in 2005 and new vehicles were introduced in 2009. It has since won...
service between Oxford and Cambridge would double to every 30 minutes. A fleet of 15 refurbished vehicles were introduced at a cost of £1m. The company reported that passenger numbers had been growing at 7-8% per year and that 350,000 passengers were now using the service each year. The megabus network had carried 1.3 million passengers since it started. The company announced that it had placed an order for 25 new high-specification double-decker Neoplan
Neoplan
NEOPLAN Bus GmbH is a German automotive company that manufactures buses, trolleybuses and coaches. NEOPLAN is now a subsidiary of NEOMAN Bus GmbH, which itself is a part of MAN SE.-Foundations:...
coaches, each capable of carrying 95 passengers.
In June 2005, the company launched new routes serving Coventry and Stoke-on-Trent.
In August 2005, the company introduced a fleet of new double-decker coaches with air-conditioning, toilets and more comfortable seats at a cost of £6.5 million and announced that it had carried 2.6m passengers since startup.
In September 2005, ComfortDelGro
ComfortDelGro Corporation
ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited is the world's second-largest transport company with a fleet of 46,200 vehicles.Headquartered in Singapore, ComfortDelGro also has operations in China, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Currently, overseas ventures account for 50% of...
(the owners of Scottish Citylink) and Stagecoach announced that they were entering into a joint venture to provide express coach services within Scotland effectively ending the competition on Megabus routes within Scotland. Under the terms of the agreement, Stagecoach would acquire 35% of Citylink, in return for certain rights to the Megabus brand in Scotland. Despite being a minority shareholder, Stagecoach has assumed operational control of Scottish Citylink, with Stagecoach staff taking management roles within the company and Stagecoach subsidiaries replacing subcontract operators on many routes. Some Citylink services have also been sacrificed in favour of the Megabus brand, where operations overlapped.
On 14 November 2005, the Megabus concept was extended to certain rail services, with the introduction of Megatrain
Megatrain
Megatrain offers low cost intercity train travel via the megabus.com website, using yield management pricing, on East Midlands Trains and South West Trains which are rail franchises in the United Kingdom operated by Scottish-based Stagecoach Group...
between London Waterloo and Southampton Central, and London and Portsmouth and Southsea
Portsmouth and Southsea railway station
Portsmouth and Southsea railway station is the main railway station in central Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. It is close to the Commercial Road shopping centre....
/Portsmouth Harbour
Portsmouth Harbour railway station
Portsmouth Harbour railway station is a railway station in Portsmouth, England. It is situated beside Gunwharf Quays in the city's harbour, and is an important transport terminal, with a bus interchange and ferry services to Gosport and the Isle of Wight. The station currently has four platforms:...
, using a dedicated carriage on selected South West Trains
South West Trains
South West Trains is a British train operating company providing, under franchise, passenger rail services, mostly out of Waterloo station, to the southwest of London in the suburbs and in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, and Wiltshire and on the Isle of Wight...
services. This concept has since been extended to the Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It operates long-distance passenger services on the West Coast Main Line between London, the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland...
and East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London...
franchises controlled by Stagecoach, with the latter replacing a Megabus line.
In March 2006, Megabus launched its first Megabus (North America) service. The Competition Commission
Competition Commission
The Competition Commission is a non-departmental public body responsible for investigating mergers, markets and other enquiries related to regulated industries under competition law in the United Kingdom...
started an investigation into the merger of Megabus and Scottish Citylink.
In October 2006, the company placed an order for 45 new 63-seat double-decker coaches which have a toilet and a lift for wheelchair passengers. The cost of the new vehicles was given as £11m. The chief-executive, Brian Souter
Brian Souter
Sir Brian Souter , is a Scottish businessman. He is the co-founder of the Stagecoach Group, along with his sister, Ann Gloag. He is also widely known for his controversial public statements and for his attempt to keep Section 28 in law, which led to widespread accusations of homophobia...
claimed that “Bus and coach travel is the greener way to travel and far less damaging than airlines" highlighting the CO2 emissions for a London-Glasgow trip by megabus were 7 times lower than by easyjet
EasyJet
EasyJet Airline Company Limited is a British airline headquartered at London Luton Airport. It carries more passengers than any other United Kingdom-based airline, operating domestic and international scheduled services on 500 routes between 118 European, North African, and West Asian airports...
.
In October 2006, the competition commission published its report on the merger with Scottish Citylink. They concluded the merger was anti-competitive on the "Saltire Cross" routes in Scotland and required the joint venture to sell certain services. Various services were subsequently sold to Parks of Hamilton
Parks Motor Group
Park's Motor Group is a large company based in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire in Central Scotland. It is one of the most well-known and recognisable brands in Scotland. The company is wholly owned by Douglas Park who founded the business in 1971 as a coach and bus operation with three vehicles...
, an unaffiliated operator, in early 2008.
In May 2009, the company started services with the University of the West of England
University of the West of England
The University of the West of England is a university based in the English city of Bristol. Its main campus is at Frenchay, about five miles north of the city centre...
in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
from their Frenchay Campus.
in May 2011 Megabus expands UK budget travel network and offers Irish Ferries Boat Travel to and from Rosslare.
•A new twice daily service between Norwich and Thetford to London
•Improved frequency between Plymouth, Exeter and London
•A new service between London and Swansea and Pembroke Dock with through ferry fares to Rosslare in Ireland.
•A through ferry fare to Rosslare in Ireland also available from Bristol, Newport and Cardiff.
•New once daily connections from Carmarthen to Pembroke Dock (& Rosslare), Swansea, Cardiff, Newport, Bristol and London.
Additional journeys from Perth and Edinburgh to Newcastle, Sheffield and London
•An additional daily journey from Aberdeen to London
•A new link between Edinburgh and Leeds
Stop locations
Megabus serves many towns and cities. For service efficiency they sometimes use coachway interchanges rather than urban bus stations (for example using Meadowhall InterchangeMeadowhall Interchange
Meadowhall Interchange to the north of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England is a railway station on the Midland Main Line, a Sheffield Supertram stop, and bus station. It is close to junction 34 on the M1, and serves Meadowhall Shopping Centre...
on the edge of the city rather than the more central Sheffield Interchange).
| City/town | Stop location | Routes at these stops |
| Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of .... |
Union Square Bus Station, stands 1 and 2 | |
| Aviemore Aviemore Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm... |
Railway station Aviemore railway station Aviemore railway station serves the town and tourist resort of Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland. The station, which is owned by Network Rail and managed by First ScotRail, is located on the Highland Main Line between Perth and Inverness, and is also the southern terminus of the Strathspey... |
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| Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
The Priory Queensway, Stop PC | |
| Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth... |
Bournemouth University Bournemouth University Bournemouth University is a university in and around the large south coast town of Bournemouth, UK... / The Triangle (Bournemouth town centre) |
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| Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... |
Colston Hall Colston Hall The Colston Hall is a concert hall and grade II listed building situated on Colston Street, Bristol, England. A popular venue catering for a variety of different entertainers, it seats approximately 2,075 and provides licensed bars, a café and restaurant.... |
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| Cambridge Cambridge The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the... |
Parkside, Bay 16 | X5 |
| Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for... |
Kingsway (Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian architecture Gothic revival mansion, transformed from a Norman keep erected over a Roman fort in the Castle Quarter of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The Castle is a Grade I Listed Building.-The Roman fort:... ) opposite Hilton Hotel |
M7; M35 |
| Castleford Castleford Castleford is the largest of the "five towns" district in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near Pontefract, and has a population of 37,525 according to the 2001 Census, but has seen a rise in recent years and is now around 45-50,000. To the north... |
Xscape/Junction 32 Retail Outlet | |
| Cheltenham Cheltenham Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held... |
Promenade | M14 |
| Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... |
Cannon Park Cannon Park Cannon Park is a suburb in the southwest of the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England. It can be accessed via the major roads Kenpas Highway or Kenilworth Road. The area has a sizable shopping centre of the same name which features food stores, shops and eateries... (Shopping Centre) |
M1 |
| Cwmbran Cwmbran Cwmbrân is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow... |
Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Shopping Centre is the second largest shopping centre in Wales. It is located in Cwmbran, Torfaen. Unlike some large shopping centres on the outskirts of towns and cities, Cwmbran Town Shopping Centre is in its own designated area in the centre of all the districts and neighbourhoods... |
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| Darlington Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001... |
Scotch Corner Services | |
| Dundee Dundee Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea... |
Seagate Bus Station Seagate Bus Station Seagate bus station serves the city of Dundee, Scotland.Located five minutes' walk from the city centre, it has bus links to many Scottish towns and cities as well as links to London and other major English cities.... |
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| Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area... |
St. Andrew Square Bus Station Edinburgh Bus Station Edinburgh Bus Station is the bus station serving central Edinburgh which opened in its present form in February 2003.... |
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| Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Airport is located at Turnhouse in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2010, handling just under 8.6 million passengers in that year. It was also the sixth busiest airport in the UK by passengers and the fifth busiest by aircraft movements... |
Jubilee Road | |
| Exeter Exeter Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the... |
Paris Street Coach & Bus Station | |
| Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
Buchanan Bus Station Buchanan bus station Buchanan Bus Station is the main bus terminus in Glasgow, Scotland.The bus station is the terminus for journeys between the city and other towns in United Kingdom and international journeys. It was originally built in 1977, close to the former site of Buchanan Street railway station which was... |
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| Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham.... |
Station Road | M14 |
| Halifax Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece... |
Bus Station Halifax bus station Halifax bus station serves the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by Metro . The bus station was opened in 1989 and is made of up 4 large islands with 20 stands in total. The bus station is situated in the Halifax Town Centre and could be accessed from... |
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| Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city.... |
Bus Station Huddersfield bus station Huddersfield bus station serves the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.The bus station was opened on Sunday 1 December 1974 and is owned and managed by the Metro . The bus station is situated in Huddersfield town centre, underneath the Multi-storey car park... |
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| Inverness Inverness Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland... |
Farraline Park Bus Station Inverness bus station Inverness bus station serves and is in the city of Inverness, Scotland. The bus station is managed by the Highland Council.The bus station is situated at Farraline Park and can be accessed from Academy Street and Margaret Street. It is a short walk away from the Inverness railway station and the... |
M90 |
| Kinross Kinross Kinross is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was formerly the county town of Kinross-shire.Kinross is a fairly small town, with some attractive buildings... |
Park & Ride (Station Road) | |
| Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... |
Brownlow Hill, by the 051 Club | |
| Leeds Leeds Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial... |
Kirkgate, stop K14 | M12, M34 |
| London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
Victoria Coach Station Victoria Coach Station Victoria Coach Station is the largest and most significant coach station in London. It serves long distance coach services and is also the departure point for many countryside coach tours originating from London. It should not be confused with the nearby Green Line Coach Station serving Green Line... , gates 18-20 |
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| Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
Shudehill Interchange Shudehill Interchange Shudehill Interchange, known locally as just Shudehill, is a transport interchange located between Manchester Victoria station and the Northern Quarter in Manchester.It comprises a Manchester Metrolink station and a bus station.-Bus station:... |
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| Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire... |
Bus Station Middlesbrough bus station Middlesbrough bus station serves the town of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.The bus station is situated in Middlesbrough Town Centre off Newport Road.... |
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| Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne... |
Neville Street, stop NC96 | |
| Newquay Newquay Newquay is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port in Cornwall, England. It is situated on the North Atlantic coast of Cornwall approximately west of Bodmin and north of Truro.... |
Manor Road Bus Station | M6 |
| Norwich Norwich Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom... |
Norwich Bus Station, Surrey Street | |
| Oxford Oxford The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through... |
Gloucester Green Gloucester Green Gloucester Green is a square in central Oxford, England, and the site of the city's bus station. It lies between George Street to the south and Beaumont Street to the north. To the west is Worcester Street and to the east is Gloucester Street.... or Water Eaton Park and Ride Water Eaton, Oxfordshire Water Eaton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gosford and Water Eaton, between Oxford and Kidlington in Oxfordshire.-History:The toponym Eaton is Anglo-Saxon, and "Water Eaton" means "farm by a river", referring to the manor's site beside the River Cherwell. Water Eaton manor house was built for... |
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| Penzance Penzance Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London... |
Bus Station | M6 |
| Pitlochry Pitlochry Pitlochry , is a burgh in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. Its population according to the 2001 census was 2,564.... |
Bank of Scotland branch | |
| Perth Perth, Scotland Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire... |
Broxden Services (Park & Ride) (some trips use the Perth Bus Station) |
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| Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island... |
Continental Ferry Port The Hard Interchange The Hard Interchange The Hard Interchange is a transport interchange in Portsmouth, southern England. It is located about a mile south-west from the city centre. It offers bus and coach transport, and the neighbouring Portsmouth Harbour Station provides trains to London, Cardiff and Brighton... , Stop A |
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| Preston | Bus Station Preston bus station Preston Bus Station is the central bus terminus in the city of Preston in Lancashire, England.- Design :Built in the Brutalist architectural style between 1968 and 1969, designed by Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson of Building Design Partnership with E. H. Stazicker, it has a capacity of 80... |
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| Reading Reading, Berkshire Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London.... |
Reading Coachway Reading Coachway The Reading Coachway is a Coachway interchange situated close to Junction 12 of the M4 motorway in Calcot, west of Reading in the English county of Berkshire... |
M14 |
| Redruth Redruth Redruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of... |
Railway Station Redruth railway station Redruth Station serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The station is operated by First Great Western as is every other station in Cornwall.-First station:Located at ... |
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| Ringwood Ringwood Ringwood is a historic market town and civil parish in Hampshire, England, located on the River Avon, close to the New Forest and north of Bournemouth. It has a history dating back to Anglo-Saxon times, and has held a weekly market since the Middle Ages.... |
Meeting House Lane | |
| Rugby Rugby, Warwickshire Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, located on the River Avon. The town has a population of 61,988 making it the second largest town in the county... |
Bus Depot | |
| Scunthorpe Scunthorpe Scunthorpe is a town within North Lincolnshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the North Lincolnshire unitary authority, and had an estimated total resident population of 72,514 in 2010. A predominantly industrial town, Scunthorpe, the United Kingdom's largest steel processing centre,... |
Tesco, Doncaster Road | |
| Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely... |
Meadowhall Interchange Meadowhall Interchange Meadowhall Interchange to the north of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England is a railway station on the Midland Main Line, a Sheffield Supertram stop, and bus station. It is close to junction 34 on the M1, and serves Meadowhall Shopping Centre... , stop A2 |
M12, M20 |
| Southampton Southampton Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest... |
Town Quay Solent University Southampton Solent University Southampton Solent University is a university of 17,000 students based in Southampton, United Kingdom. Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near the city centre.... , East Park Terrace University of Southampton University of Southampton The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed... , Burgess Road |
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| Sunderland | Park Lane Interchange Park Lane Interchange Park Lane Interchange is a busy transport interchange on the south-western fringe of the city centre of Sunderland, North East England. It offers Tyne and Wear Metro services, long distance coach services and also local bus services. It is on the site of the Park Lane Bus Station that was built in... |
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| Swindon Swindon Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east... |
Stratton Park | M14 |
| Winchester Winchester Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of... |
St Catherine's Park and Ride | |
| York York York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence... |
Leeman road (Near York railway station, Royal Mail Collection Depot & Esplanade car park) |
List of routes
All services are operated by Stagecoach Group subsidiaries unless otherwise noted. Accessible services are noted in the table. Services for special events (such as the British Grand PrixBritish Grand Prix
The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire...
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| M1 | Wolverhampton - Birmingham - Birmingham International Airport - Coventry - London | 1 March 2004 | M6 motorway, M1 motorway | Wolverhampton and Coventry added from 5 December 2005, when M16 line was folded into this line. Wolverhampton service withdrawn on 14 May 2006. Birmingham International Airport added May 2010. | ||
| M2 | Bournemouth - Ringwood - Winchester - London | 1 March 2004 | M3 motorway | Winchester added from 18 April 2005. Change of vehicle required at Winchester for Oxford, Coventry, Birmingham Airport, and Birmingham. Stops in Ringwood for travel to and from Winchester and London only. Alternative weekday and Saturday travel (excluding national holidays) travel available on South West Trains South West Trains South West Trains is a British train operating company providing, under franchise, passenger rail services, mostly out of Waterloo station, to the southwest of London in the suburbs and in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, and Wiltshire and on the Isle of Wight... via Megatrain. |
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| M4 | Portsmouth - Southampton - Winchester | 1 March 2004 | Express service from Portsmouth to London until 27 March 2006, when service truncated to Winchester. Change of vehicles to M2 required in Winchester for service to London. Connections also available to the M34. Alternative express service from Portsmouth to London available weekdays & Saturdays (excluding national holidays) on South West Trains South West Trains South West Trains is a British train operating company providing, under franchise, passenger rail services, mostly out of Waterloo station, to the southwest of London in the suburbs and in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire, and Wiltshire and on the Isle of Wight... via Megatrain. |
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Oxford - Cambridge | 31 January 2005 | A34 to Bicester, A4421/A421 to St Neots, A428 to Cambridge | Service operated by Stagecoach East as a Stagecoach Express service, but seats can be booked through Megabus. | |
| M6 | Penzance - Camborne - Redruth - Newquay - Plymouth - Paignton - Torquay - Exeter - London | 1 March 2004 | M5 north then M4 east to London | Extension from Newquay to Penzance added during 2008. Paignton, Torquay, Camborne and Redruth added May 2010 | ||
| M7 | Cardiff - Newport - UWE - London | 1 March 2004 | M4 motorway | Swansea served until 12 June 2005. UWE added 2008 | ||
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Dundee - Perth - Glasgow | Dundee - Glasgow service as the M8 is a joint service with Scottish Citylink Scottish Citylink Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd is a long distance express coach operator in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland . The company was formed as a subsidiary of Scottish Transport Group in June 1985... from 16 February 2006 |
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Aberdeen- Dundee - Perth - Glasgow | A90 | |||
| M10 | Cwmbran - Newport - Bristol - London | 1 March 2004 | M4 motorway, A4 | Cwmbran added from 27 March 2006. | ||
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Aberdeen - Dundee - Perth - Glasgow - Preston - Manchester or Birmingham - London | 28 June 2004 | M6 motorway, M1 motorway to Staples Corner Staples Corner Staples Corner is a major road junction in London, United Kingdom.It has two linked roundabouts and flyovers, which connect the A406 North Circular Road with the A5 Edgware Road and the start of the M1 motorway... , A41, Park Lane |
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| M12 | Newcastle - Sunderland - Middlesbrough - Leeds - Sheffield - London | 28 June 2004 | A1, M1 motorway, A41 | Addition dates:
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| Stops in Sunderland for service to and from southern points only. In addition, alternate service between Sheffield and London is available weekdays and Saturdays (excluding national holidays) on East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London... via Megatrain. This route has had several direct and shuttle services from time to time. It is currently one continuous trip. Tibshelf services Tibshelf services Tibshelf services is a motorway service station between junctions 28 and 29 of the M1 motorway in Derbyshire, England. It lies about a kilometre southeast of the village of Tibshelf. It is known as Tibshelf services despite being geographically closer to the villages of Newton and Blackwell. The... was used as a transfer station for service for two shuttles: |
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| M14 | Cheltenham - Gloucester - Swindon - Reading - London | 5 September 2004 | M4 motorway | Swindon added from 6 December 2004. Reading added from 20 November 2006. Stops in Gloucester for travel to and from southern points only. | ||
| M15 | Liverpool - Chester - Birmingham International Airport - London | 10 October 2004 | Chester added from 13 June 2005, Birmingham International Airport added from may 2010 | |||
| M17 | Edinburgh - Galashiels - Hawick - Preston - Manchester - London | 2010 | Once a day service introduce in 2010. | |||
| M20 | |
Inverness - Perth - Kinross - Ferrytoll - Edinburgh - Newcastle - Scotch Corner - Sheffield - London | 27 March 2006 | Park Lane, A41 to Staples Corner Staples Corner Staples Corner is a major road junction in London, United Kingdom.It has two linked roundabouts and flyovers, which connect the A406 North Circular Road with the A5 Edgware Road and the start of the M1 motorway... , M1 motorway to junction 34 |
At busy times, the M20 is split into two services, the main service runs directly between London and Edinburgh, with the 'Service Bus' running to the stops in between as required.
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| M34 | Bradford-Leeds - Manchester - Birmingham - Coventry - Oxford - Winchester -Southampton - Portsmouth | 28 April 2008 | Northbound service under M4 to Winchester. Change of vehicle required in Winchester for Ringwood and Bournemouth. Leeds added on 19 May 2008. Bradford added to the route during 2010. | |||
| M35 | Cardiff - Cwmbran - Birmingham - Coventry - Manchester - Leeds - Middlesbrough - Sunderland - Newcastle | October 2009 | ||||
| M36 | Paignton - Exeter - Bristol - Birmingham - Birmingham International Airport - Manchester - Leeds - Newcastle | May 2010 | ||||
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Inverness - Perth - Edinburgh | Extended to Inverness from 23 August 2004. | |||
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Edinburgh - Glasgow | Joint service with Citylink. Numbered M8 until 5 September 2004, and a joint service with Motorvator until 20 November 2005, when the Motorvator brand was withdrawn. | |||
| Oxford Tube Oxford to London coach route The Oxford to London coach route is an express coach route between Oxford and London along the M40 motorway. The Oxford Tube, which is operated by Stagecoach runs 5 coaches an hour via Lewknor, Hillingdon in west London, Shepherd's Bush and terminates in Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria... |
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Oxford - London | 4 August 2003 | Service operated by Stagecoach Oxford as Oxford Tube, but seats can be booked through Megabus. Formerly the M40 until 14 November 2004. | ||
Fleet
The Megabus fleet is normally easily identifiable, with the megabus.com name on the front and sides in yellow against a blue base and the Megabus logo on the left side of the coach (facing forward) and rear of the bus.Currently, accessible coaches are operated on Megabus routes between England and Wales, the M9 and M90 in Scotland, and the M20.
Vehicles are owned and maintained by various Stagecoach subsidiaries that lie within the route network. When branded vehicles are unavailable then other Stagecoach service vehicles can be used or coaches sub hired in with the case of Coaches from Coachmasters of Rochdale run on Manchester routes, Stagecoach service vehicles can range from standard double deck types such as the Volvo Olympian
Volvo Olympian
The Volvo Olympian was a rear-engine double decker bus built by Volvo at Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It was first built in 1992 and entered production in March 1993, replacing the Leyland Olympian....
and Dennis Trident
Dennis Trident 2
Dennis Trident 2 is a 2-axle low-floor double-decker bus chassis originally built by Dennis in the United Kingdom, which was unveiled in 1997 and replaced the Dennis Arrow...
, through to Volvo B10M single deckers or even Dennis Dart SLF midibuses. Red Stagecoach London
Stagecoach London
Stagecoach London , is a bus company which principally operates services in the UK capital city of London, under contract to the London Buses arm of Transport for London. It was formed in 1989 as a subsidiary of London Buses. The company privatised in 1994 and acquired by the Stagecoach Group, but...
double deckers from Leyton
Leyton
Leyton is an area of north-east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, located north east of Charing Cross. It borders Walthamstow and Leytonstone; Stratford in Newham; and Homerton and Lower Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney....
were often seconded to Megabus motorway work until the sale of that company to Macquarie Bank.But when this is the case theres no on board tolets so rest stops are given on route.
Fleet history
Initially, most of the routes used buses designed for short local public transport journeys that had neither toiletToilet
A toilet is a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human excrement, often found in a small room referred to as a toilet/bathroom/lavatory...
nor luggage space, and each passenger was allowed only one bag.
Leyland Olympian
Leyland Olympian
The Leyland Olympian was a double-decker bus built by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. It was the last Leyland bus model in production before the demise of Leyland Bus.-Construction:...
94-seat double decker tri-axle buses with toilets were used later on. These had been built for service with Hong Kong Citybus
Citybus (Hong Kong)
Citybus Limited is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. It provides both franchised and non-franchised bus service. The franchised route network serves mainly Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes , Ocean Park, North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport...
in 1990/1991, which Stagecoach purchased in 1999, but sold again in 2003. The vehicles were retained however, and were used on Megabus routes. A number of mid-life Volvo B10M
Volvo B10M
The Volvo B10M is a popular mid-engined bus and coach chassis built by Volvo between 1978 and 2001. It was built as the successor of the B58 and was equipped with a 9.6-litre horizontally-mounted Volvo THD100/THD101/THD102/THD103/THD104/DH10A diesel engine mounted under the floor, near the middle...
coaches temporarily operated various routes, mainly in the South of England, until sufficient Olympians had been prepared for service. Gradually, most of these coaches were taken off Megabus work and used by Stagecoach elsewhere. However, the type made a reappearance at the end of 2005, when they became the mainstays on the services from London to Birmingham and London to Nottingham/Chesterfield.
Newer 'high-frills' bendy coaches, with both toilets and reclining seats, were used for the longer journeys between London and Scotland, but these were replaced early in 2005.
In Summer 2004, Stagecoach received a batch of Neoplan Skyliner
Neoplan Skyliner
The NEOPLAN Skyliner is a double-deck multi-axle luxury touring coach built by the German coach manufacturer and MAN SE subsidiary NEOPLAN Bus GmbH.-History:...
s for use on the Oxford Tube
Stagecoach South Midlands
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire is the name given to Stagecoach Group bus operations in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It used to be part of Stagecoach South Midlands along with Stagecoach in Warwickshire until March 2004.-History:...
service. This displaced a number of 68 seat five-year-old double-deck Jonckheere
Jonckheere
Jonckheere is a motor coach and bus builder, founded in 1881 by Henri Jonckheere in Roeselare, Belgium. Presently, the company is known as VDL Jonckheere.-History:...
-bodied MAN coaches, some of which went into service with Megabus on cross-border services and on services wholly within Scotland.
Stagecoach ordered another batch of Neoplan Skyliners in 2004, which went into service on Megabus in early 2005. These replaced the articulated coaches used on services between London and Scotland, and also Olympians on some of the other longer distance services.
In October 2006, Stagecoach announced an £11m order for 45 Volvo B12B
Volvo B12B
The Volvo B12B was a rear-engined coach and intercity bus chassis built by Volvo. It is built as a direct replacement of Volvo B12 in the European market and the Volvo B10B....
T 15-metre coaches with Plaxton Panther coachwork for their UK Megabus operation. The tri-axle coaches were the longest rigid vehicles in the UK on their introduction to service in February 2007, and the first of their kind to be built in Britain. The 63-seat vehicles were fully accessible, with wheelchair lifts fitted.
In September 2009, Megabus took delivery of 4 brand new Van Hool
Van Hool
Van Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium. In the early years, the company introduced serial production and exported their products all over Europe...
Astromega double deck coaches which are currently used between London and Scotland, via Manchester
See also
- Coach transport in the United Kingdom
- National Express Coaches
- Megabus (United States)Megabus (United States)Megabus, branded on buses as megabus.com, is an intercity bus service of Coach USA/Coach Canada and DATTCO providing discount travel services since 2006, operating throughout the Northeast, parts of the Southeast, and Midwestern United States, and in southern Canada...
- MegatrainMegatrainMegatrain offers low cost intercity train travel via the megabus.com website, using yield management pricing, on East Midlands Trains and South West Trains which are rail franchises in the United Kingdom operated by Scottish-based Stagecoach Group...
- EasyBusEasyBusEasyBus provides UK express coach services to and from London and its main airports. It was founded by entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 2003, and is part of the EasyGroup...