Engineering work, strikes and many other problems are going to lead to the suspension in some places the railway network this winter. The biggest problem in this situation is choosing the right means of transport. The best possible option of travelling during the holiday season can be National Express. Affected dates and routes include: 23 Dec to 31 Dec - Birmingham to/from Bristol, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Newcastle, Southampton or Stansted Airport. Cambridge to Stansted Airport 15 Dec to 29 Jan - Disruption on selected days for London to/from Live...

Rail disruption could grind your plans to a halt this Easter. Some trains won't be running - and the ones that are will likely be crammed. The planned engineering works over the Easter weekend on the West Coast Main Line and First Great Western lines are going to cause major disruption to train services, including those to and from the capital, with Network Rail advising people to check before they travel and some train operators asking people to travel on alternative dates if possible.  Works mean much longer journey times, multiple changes and replacement buses for rail...

If you're planning to travel by rail this December, there's a good chance that engineering works will, quite literally, put a spanner in your plans.A coach journey may be more reliable option this winter, National Express has started the campaign 'Avoid Rail Disruption this December' to promote coach transport as a better option than trains this winter. National Express is running frequent, affordable services to about a thousand places in Great Britain, so switch your journey to coach this December they say :)The carrier has created a special subpage on its website, where ...

Engineering work will begin on the West Coast Main Line to London in August. The work will proceed on the section between London Euston and Watford Junction. National Rail plans to carry out these repairs over three weekends between 9 and 26 August 2014, including the August Bank Holiday.The work will impact most of Virgin Trains, London Midland, London Overground and Southern Railways and will affect everyone using these services to travel to and from London from destinations including; Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Glasgow and Coventry.A good alternative f...

Megabus announced yesterday that they will be starting a new coach service to the south-west of France and Spain. The start date for the new megabus.com service has now been confirmed as the 7th of July from London and the 8th of July from Barcelona and Toulouse.The route will run via Boulogne, Paris, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Limoges and Brive-la-Gaillarde. It will run every day of the week and will provide a 120-minute brake in Paris.Stops will be located at Matabiau Gare Routiere in Toulouse and Estacion Del Norte in Barcelona. The new coach service offering fares from €...

National Express is reminding people there is a direct solution to engineering works impacting rail travel in the south west. Travellers using some rail routes are faced with replacement bus services as Network Rail carry out engineering work in Whiteball tunnel, between Taunton and Exeter from Saturday 18 January to Sunday 9 February. As a result, First Great Western services between London Paddington and the West of England are being re-scheduled and will operate to a reduced frequency with travellers facing up to 75 minutes extra on top of usual journey times. People ...

Now you can find cheap coach services to Lille from only £5 one-way. It is a limited time offer. Travellers can choose the cheapest coach links to Lille from a range of quality coach operators (including Eurolines, IDBUS and Megabus). Currently there are already three carriers on this route, so the competition between them is tightened. Now you can travel to Lille at very attractive prices. Check out the information below. Direct coaches to Lille from London will take approximately 5-6 hours. Unfortunately there are no direct services from other large British cities, so ...

Good news from Eurolines, the operator has restored its connections to Disneyland. Eurolines UK has launched daily services to Disneyland Paris in a move that will delight people seeking affordable transport to this world-famous attraction. You can see the details here: www.europebus.co.uk/london-to-disneyland-resort-paris Eurolines is running connecting services seven days a week to the heart of Disneyland, which drop passengers and families straight off at the resort's dedicated coach station. Handily, six of Disneyland's popular resort hotels are served too, taking pe...