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Unfortunately, another temporary difficulties to travellers travelling to France

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Unfortunately, another temporary difficulties to travellers travelling to FranceEurotunnel Industrial Action in FranceNational Express and Eurolines give worrying information about the possible difficulties, that are due to Eurotunnel industrial action in France. Latest travel information as at 5:00 on Thursday 22 September 2011Following threatened industrial action in France, all Eurolines servic...

The big success of Stagecoach's luxury Citylink Gold

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Scots motorists are ditching their cars to travel by citylink gold’s luxury express coach service, new research has revealed. The service operates six services a day on two routes linking Glasgow with Aberdeen and Inverness, attracting more than 130,000 passengers in just 12 months. And the latest Scottish Citylink research found more than a third of these used to travel by car, while another ...

Why taking the bus is good for your health

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First study of its kind reveals catching the bus achieves half the Government recommended daily exercise Daily bus users clock up annual equivalent of 11 marathons Regular bus travel beats car for health benefits Daily short walk to and from bus stop and destination can burn 22,630 calories a year. The simple act of taking a journey by bus can help achieve half the Government recommended 3...

VDL Futura proclaimed ‘International Coach of the Year 2012'

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  And the winner is .... VDL Bus & Coach beat the tough competition and has been awarded the prestigious title ‘International Coach of the Year 2012’. During the ‘Coach Euro Test 2011’, held in Norway, the Futura was chosen as the winner from a field of strong competitors. The members of the jury based their decision primarily on the total concept of the participating coaches, with ...

Cleaves is checking the quality of National Express services

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NatEx boss Cleaves is making long coach marathonThe managing director of the National Express coach business, Andrew Cleaves, is to spend next week travelling the country on his own coach services to experience life as a NatEx customer. Cleaves explains: I do spend a lot of time visiting National Express locations around the UK, but it’s for a few hours here and there. I want to dedicate some...

The Government is removing the coach concessionary discount scheme

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As a reminder, because we have already written about this on the EuropeBus's blog, on Monday 31 October 2011 the Government is removing the coach concessionary discount scheme. The scheme currently allows people over 60 or with a disability to travel by coach for up to half price. Customers can still use the scheme providing they book by midnight on 31 October 2011 and are travelling on or before...

Eurolines Bulgaria website works again

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From unknown reason, the Bulgarian branch of Eurolines, temporarily suspended the operation of its website for several months.During this time EuropeBus received lots of questions from travellers, why the carrier has decided to take such a step. Through this whole period in which the website did not work we tried to find out what are the reasons for doing so, unfortunately we haven’t get any ans...

New StreetLite – designed and specified for efficient and profitable operations

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The new Wrightbus StreetLite brings a whole new look and style to the small bus sector. Crucially, it also helps bus operators deliver enhanced productivity and profitability in their day-to-day operations. Capacity and Choice StreetLite is available in two main configurations, one with the door located behind the front axle (“Wheel Forward”) and one with the door ahead of the front wheel (...

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