Overnight megabus.com service with beds to run between Glasgow and London New service offers budget fares, free wi-fi, toilets and on-board refreshments Stagecoach Group is to trial the UK’s first budget sleeper coach service between Glasgow and London from next month.The new pilot service, operated by market-leading budget coach provider megabus.com, will offer passengers their own berth ...

Based on the information given on the National Express Group website, British National Express and Spanish Alsa have improved their performance.Pre-tax profits at National Express for the first half of 2011 were up 26 per cent on the same period last year, from £75.7million to £95.5million, supporting the company’s claims that its recovery plans have been a success. Revenue rose by 6 per cent ...

Last week we wrote about the new Scanias’ vehicles, which Eurolines has introduced into its fleet. So let's get familiar with the offer of this bus & coach manufacturer. In November last year, Scania presented their vehicles on the Bus Expo exhibition in Birmingham. Interest in products and technology was high. If you are interested in Scania’s range, which was presented at the show watch ...

Written evidence from Eurolines Eurolines is the largest regular coach network in Europe, with a service spanning across the European Union and the continent, carrying over 3.5 million passengers per year. The brand represents 31 independent coach companies in 33 countries, which all follow strict quality standards. Introduction Bus and coach travel combined accounts for more passenger kilome...

Two new vehicles belong to Excalibur Coaches and will be introduced on routes between Britain, France and Belgium, especially on the most busy express service London – Lille – Brussels. The new Irizar i6 body is liveried in full Eurolines colours. Scania's new vehicle for Eurolines UK Technical details: Both vehicles in this delivery are Scania K360 EB 4X2 chassis with Scania EGR Euro 5 ...

Eurolines’ passengers can now free and without interruption use the internet between London and Paris for the first time, thanks to free wifi installed on Eurolines coaches. Europe’s largest scheduled coach operator installed continuous wifi on the London to Paris route in June – and over 20,000 customers have already taken advantage of the free service. John Gilbert, Managing Director Eur...

Stagecoach South played an important role in the opening of one of the UK’s biggest civil engineering projects this century.The tunnel stretches to a length of 1.9 km and cost £371 million. The tunnel is located on the A3 at Hindhead in Surrey is now the UK’s longest under-land road tunnel.Stagecoach South provided 20 buses and coaches for this special event in which more than 7000 people wal...

Today I want to go back to yesterday's topic, namely the Eurolines’ newly opened national connections in France. Eurolines’ FR spokesman announced last Tuesday, the opening of the first six interregional coach services.The carrier has announced plans to launch more than 500 connections between the French provinces already on 10th February, but this was only possible after amending the Act on p...