STAGECOACH Group is to buy and lease more than 520 new buses and coaches for operations across the UK in 2011-12. The company is investing £52million in 360 new buses and coaches for the coming financial year, to be introduced in Stagecoach’s regional bus networks across the UK.Stagecoach will also lease more than 160 new state-of-the-art vehicles for London, which were acquired in October 201...

London to Ireland with megabus.com! Megabus, in cooperation with the ferry operator - Irish Ferries, has just launched new route from London to Ireland. This is not a direct connection, such as pre-existing connections provided by Eurolines. The Megabus coaches will run from London to Pembroke Dock, with stops in Bristol, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Carmarthen. Upon arrival in Pembroke Do...

Brand new services added to megabus.com timetable Five new locations to be served by megabusplus.com Tickets available now for even more budget travel links across the UK Stagecoach Group confirmed that it is expanding its budget transport services to offer low-cost travel between even more locations across the UK. Stagecoach Group has announced a fantastic change in the timetables of its s...

Surprisingly, National Express has announced a great promotion. The carrier is offering a 25% discount on its coach services for travel any time this year.Unfortunately, it’s bookable until 31st May 2011 only (including May Bank Holiday travel). This great discount is available on coaches to/from 1000 towns and cities across the UK and to all of the UK’s major airports including Heathrow, Stan...

In Glasgow the tests are carried out with the amphibious bus, which is able to overcome a river. This will be the world's first such transport solution. Renfrew for 500 years has benefited from the ferry, which will however be closed as unprofitable. Renfrew (Rinn Friù in Scottish Gaelic) is a town located 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland, close to Glasg...

megaride game This is a very rare event that a transport operator, in this case Megabus, creates a promotional campaign to customers in the youngest age group. Now this simple game will be directly associated with the carrier. Any child playing in this game, will remember consciously or unconsciously the brand. But apart from the promotional techniques that Megabus has used, this game is gre...

There are many enthusiasts and lovers of the bus and coach transport. Each of them is passionate about this from various reasons. Some of them like the old buses, others can sense the excitement only to new vehicles. A lot of people are interested in planning schedules, launching new routes, and collaboration between different methods of transport. Some are interested in urban transport, and other...

German coach operator - Touring, a member of Eurolines, systematically increases the number of routes with higher standard - the so-called Eurolines Business Class. In the initial phase, the carrier has delegated these coaches to operate only between Berlin and Prague, but this idea was an instant hit. Some of the existing rail passengers, moved into the comfortable coaches, and also some individu...