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Started by bwsau cymru, August 25, 2013, 09:10:55 PM

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Tony

Quote from: Cheese on January 16, 2015, 08:56:48 PM
Quote from: Tony on January 16, 2015, 06:11:19 PM
Quote from: Justin Tyme on January 16, 2015, 05:59:57 PM
Quote from: Matt on January 15, 2015, 11:46:17 PM
There have also been a few "interesting" choices of vehicles used on cross country services over recent years, including Enviro400s, Tridents and Darts!

Buses could appear alot on Megabus in the early years, but I haven't seen any for about 3 years or so.

Has anyone else seen a standard Stagecoach bus on Megabus in the past year?

Not on Megabus, but Oxford 15965 was on the Oxford Tube last Saturday

Stagecoach Oxford run a service from Carterton and Witney on a Saturday to London which seems to use Gold deckers, I wonder if this was on the SW1 service rather than the Tube?

Could have been, was just after 11am at Hyde Park Corner when I photographed it

Kiewii

Quote from: the trainbasher on January 16, 2015, 07:13:12 PM
Quote from: Kiewii on January 16, 2015, 06:42:40 PM
Not sure if this would count... https://www.flickr.com/photos/kiewii/14640750433

Sometimes you get Citylink coaches on Megabus, X25 coaches on Citylink and Megabus coaches on Citylink

The Citylink coaches on Megabus services are scheduled

Ex BC driver

Quote from: Justin Tyme on January 16, 2015, 05:59:57 PM
Quote from: Matt on January 15, 2015, 11:46:17 PM
There have also been a few "interesting" choices of vehicles used on cross country services over recent years, including Enviro400s, Tridents and Darts!

Buses could appear alot on Megabus in the early years, but I haven't seen any for about 3 years or so.

Has anyone else seen a standard Stagecoach bus on Megabus in the past year?

I remember when they first started, and sometimes would see a Routemaster parked up at Snow Hill Queensway

mikestone

Perhaps bringing a driver from Rugby?
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Niall

Just wondering if anyone knows how good Megabus are for arriving on time? Looking at a trip back to Brum from Cambridge the website reckons 2h20mins, arriving 2hrs before I have to be in uni for a lecture (an important one), plenty of time to walk over to Millennium Point if it arrives on time. I'm assuming this would be doable?
I'm on Flickr and Youtube

the trainbasher

#35
@N94 They do have delays Occasionally

The 1940 off Manchester which I am booked on today now won't be leaving til 2030 due to driver running out of hours

The 1005 off Birmingham to Manchester was late due to traffic. Departed Birmingham 1115.

The M37 Cambridge do start from Birmingham though so you may have a excellent chance of it leaving to time...


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the trainbasher

@Matt I think the most riskiest trip on megabus I've got is Southampton in a couple of weeks...

1.5 hours in Southampton. Not much scope for thinking about delays!


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the trainbasher

Well that was fun.

Some idiot decided to shut the M6 at Junction 10 so we had to do 75% of the Walsall ring road, head down the A34 to Junction 7 then come off for Birmingham at the Distressway.

Oh and we arrived in city 75 minutes down!


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midlandred2003

55011-55016 seen today at rugby garage have Belgium regs!

Chris2301

Booked a trip with Megabus next month to Leeds, is it a good service and how flexible are the tickets

James4368

52619 on hire to Megabus
at Birmingham Airport 0935
Local Bus Routes
58 - Yardley Swan - Solihull
60 - Birmingham - Cranes Park
99 - Lea Village - Acocks Green
S16 - Yardley Swan - Solihull
X1 - Birmingham - Coventry
X2 - Birmingham - Solihull

Tony

Former Megabus 50223 looks very nice in corporate livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/Stagecoach/50223.html

James4368

Megabus have
5 Scania K340 Caetano Levante's 59301-59305 (Rugby Based)
Due to Start Service 01/06/15

I be heading to Rugby Depot Tomorrow (31/05/15)
To Get Photos
Local Bus Routes
58 - Yardley Swan - Solihull
60 - Birmingham - Cranes Park
99 - Lea Village - Acocks Green
S16 - Yardley Swan - Solihull
X1 - Birmingham - Coventry
X2 - Birmingham - Solihull

Tony

Quote from: nxwmbusfan1999 on May 30, 2015, 05:46:38 PM
Megabus have
5 Scania K340 Caetano Levante's 59301-59305 (Rugby Based)
Due to Start Service 01/06/15

I be heading to Rugby Depot Tomorrow (31/05/15)
To Get Photos

I liked them in Stagecoach livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/Stagecoach/59303.html

James4368

Local Bus Routes
58 - Yardley Swan - Solihull
60 - Birmingham - Cranes Park
99 - Lea Village - Acocks Green
S16 - Yardley Swan - Solihull
X1 - Birmingham - Coventry
X2 - Birmingham - Solihull

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