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Travelling to Birmingham by coach

Posted in Vacation planning

British long-distance buses and coaches terminate at the newly rebuilt and modernised Digbeth Coach Station in Birmingham. The City Centre isn’t far away from the station, it’s around a 5 minute walk from the station along Digbeth High Street.Digbeth Coach station has a ticket shop, cafés, small shop and other basic facilities. Toilets are available (30 pence per visit), vending machines (available 24/7), and an information desk.There are half-hourly (or more frequent) services from London (service 420), and services from most major cities (including Bristol, Cambridge...

Eurolines champion better facilities for Europe's coach passengers

Posted in Industry news

The Eurolines Organisation is urging key transport leaders across Europe to support the long distance coach network and the need for greater investment in infrastructure and passenger facilities. At an event hosted by Michael Cashman MEP in the European Parliament, John Gilbert, President of Eurolines, outlined the vital role of coach travel across Europe and the often unnecessary barriers operators and passengers face in many locations. Eurolines is calling for policy-makers to recognize the role and contribution of coaches to safe, environmentally friendly and affordabl...

Commuters can save around £150* a month by switching from car to bus - survey

Annual savings could pay household fuel bills for a year High fuel and parking costs taking their toll on car drivers Stagecoach survey shows financial benefits of bus travel Travelling by bus instead of commuting by car could save drivers around £150* a month, according to new research carried out by Stagecoach. A survey of transport corridors across the UK has revealed that consumers could save more than £1700* a year on average, just by switching from the car to Stagecoach bus travel. The annual saving is enough to pay household fuel bills for an entire year**...

The megabus Winter Sale has been extended

Posted in Budget travel

The megabus.com Winter Sale has been extended until the 4th March 2012!  An extra week for your visitors to try and bag one of the thousands of FREE SEATS to maximise your commissions!  In addition to this megabus.com have announced a maximum fare offer for mid week travel. Pay no more than £8* for journeys Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and no more than £5* for Wednesday journeys until 4th March 2012!*Terms and Conditions apply*Offer ends 04/03/2012. Sale prices for seats start at £0.00 and are capped at £8.00 each way per person for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thu...

1 million Funfares for £9 or less!

Posted in Budget travel

National Express is releasing 1million cheap seats for £9 or less this Friday, 6th January for travel throughout the UK.Offer available to book between 6 - 31 January 2012 for travel between 6 January – 25 March 2012. Please note that there will be limited availability between 11 – 19 February 2012.The price includes the booking fee and is only available to book online.Offer not valid in conjunction with any other discount including discount Coachcards, or any other promotion.Offer not valid on National Express airport, event or third party operated services.Please not...

50p National Express coach & o2 mobile network

Posted in Budget travel

National Express is doing a “free coach journey”, but you still have to pay a 50p booking fee and it doesn't cover all of the routes, and its limited to a few dates, but it still might be useful, and you only have 50p to lose if you change your mind about travelling. You have to be an o2 customer, so you can redeem one of its moments through the below link. O2 & NATIONAL EXPRESS 50p FARES...

Megabus helps keep Britain moving throughout the festive season

Only national transport operator to provide services on Christmas Day Megabus.com services to run throughout entire festive period Near-normal service to operate in England and Wales on New Year’s Day as well as more than a dozen cross-border journeys Market-leading budget coach provider megabus.com will again help keep Britain moving this Christmas by offering low-cost travel through the entire festive period. For the third consecutive year, the budget travel operator, which offers fares from £1+50p booking fee, will be the only intercity coach or rail o...

Stagecoach invests £44m in new vehicles for budget coach networks in North America and UK

Posted in Industry news

More than 100 state-of-the-art coaches ordered from Belgian manufacturer 95 double-decker vehicles for United States/Canada and 11 for UK network Coaches feature greener engines, toilets, wi-fi, power sockets, CCTV Stagecoach Group announced today on 7th December 2011 that it is investing around £44million in a fleet of new double-decker coaches for its expanding megabus.com operations in North America and the UK. More than 100 state-of-the-art coaches have been ordered from Belgian manufacturer Van Hool for the market-leading budget travel service. megabus....

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