FACTOID # 171: Want to go to the United States? Try going to Albania first. Albania has more U.S visa lottery winners per capita than anywhere else in the world.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     
  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > National Express
National Express coach on route 561
National Express coach on route 561

National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. Most services are subcontracted to local bus and coach companies throughout the UK, as specified below. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (3648 × 2736 pixel, file size: 4. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (3648 × 2736 pixel, file size: 4. ... Image File history File links National_Express_Logo. ... Image File history File links National_Express_Logo. ... “Autobus” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Coach. ...


The brand and company are based in Birmingham and are owned by the National Express Group, a group of diverse transport interests also including passenger rail operators and local bus operators. This article is about the British city. ... National Express Group plc (LSE: NEX) is a UK-based transport group that operates airport, bus and rail services in the UK, the US and Canada, Australia, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and long-distance coach routes across Europe. ...

Contents

History

A Scania K124 EB Irizar of National Express pictured in Cambridge.

The National Express brand was created in 1972 by the state-owned National Bus Company (NBC) to bring together the express bus and coach services operated by companies within the NBC group. The National Express network was largely a branding and management exercise, with services continuing to be operated by the individual companies. Image File history File linksMetadata National_Express_Coach. ... Image File history File linksMetadata National_Express_Coach. ... A vintage Scania truck (L80 successor to the Scania-Vabis L56) Scania A1 1901 Scania Type A Tonneau 1903 Scania AB is a leading European manufacturer of heavy trucks (British English: lorries), buses, and diesel engines, based in Södertälje, Sweden. ... An Ikarus bodied Scania K124EB in Hong Kong, it became open-top in 2006. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Bus Company was a bus company in the United Kingdom. ...


With the privatisation of the NBC in the 1980s, National Express was subject to a management buy-out in 1988. In 1992, National Express Group plc was floated on the London Stock Exchange with a remit to acquire new businesses in the passenger transport market, with National Express as a subsidiary company. Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or — especially in India — disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ...


During 2001, National Express took a very unpopular decision to end the historic on-board steward/ess service, leaving many passengers on buses for up to six hours without food or drink. Phil White, their then MD had stated he felt they made the company look old fashioned and passengers did not need them. The ensuing campaign by the hundreds of sacked staff, and thousands of complaints from customers did not produce any result. It was after this, many ex-staff approached rival Stagecoach, for assistance in their fight against National Express. Stagecoach in Switzerland A stagecoach is a type of four-wheeled enclosed passenger and/or mail coach, strongly sprung and drawn by four horses, widely used before the introduction of railway transport. ...


For most of its existence National Express Coach Division had little, if any, competition in the long distance coach market. However, in 2003 Stagecoach Group introduced a "no-frills" service, Megabus, whose GBP £1 fares sparked a price war with National Express in autumn 2004. Passenger numbers on core routes have also suffered severely due to cut-price rail fares, such as Virgin Trains' value tickets and the Megatrain (Stagecoach & Virgin) web fares. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stagecoach Group plc (LSE: SGC) is a leading international transport group operating bus, train, tram, express coach and ferry operations. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Megabus logo Megabus is a no-frills intercity bus service run by the Scottish-based Stagecoach Group in the United Kingdom. ... “GBP” redirects here. ... Price war is a term used in business to indicate a state of intense competitive rivalry accompanied by a multi-lateral series of price reductions. ...


Accidents

  • On 3 January 2007, a National Express coach crashed near Heathrow Airport. The double-decker 77 seat vehicle overturned. Two passengers died shortly after and a third six months later. Several passengers were left with amputated limbs, either traumatically in the accident itself, or later surgically in hospital. The 67 passengers and the two drivers were all taken to hospital with injuries. The coach was operated by subcontractor Trathens Travel Services, an arm of Park’s of Hamilton. Early indications show the late-running coach failed to negotiate a slip road between the M4 and M25. [1] It is regarded as the worst crash in National Express' history. The coach driver, Philip Rooney, 47, of Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, was arrested, released on police bail and later charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Several of the passengers said the bus appeared to be going at 80mph when the accident occurred. However, by law, the vehicle was equipped with a device that restricts the bus' speed to 62mph.[2] All 12 of National Express' double deckers, which all belong to Trathens, were withdrawn for safety checks after the accident. They are now back in service from the 21 May 2007.
  • On September 3, 2007, a National Express coach on service 777 overturned on the southbound M1 as it turned into Newport Pagnell service areas. There were 30+ injuries, six of them serious, including the driver who had to be cut free. [3] Police arrested the coach driver on suspicion of drink driving and dangerous driving.[4]

is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... The 2007 National Express coach accident occured on 3 January 2007 at approximately a 23:45 (GMT)[1] on a slip road connecting the M25 motorway and the M4 motorway west of London, when a National Express coach travelling from London to Aberdeen overturned. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The M4 motorway is a motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... Newport Pagnell is a town in the Borough of Milton Keynes (traditional Buckinghamshire), England. ...

Service Brands

Network

Most domestic National Express services fall into this category, with the exception of:

Shuttle

Frequent services from London operate as National Express Shuttle services. Most of these services operate at least once an hour and operate over direct routes - some other services deviate to serve smaller destinations. The London - Birmingham and London - Bristol services are marketed as NXL (National Express London) services and operate with Irizar PB / Scania K124 coaches. Unusually, the London - Birmingham service is operated directly by National Express and is not franchised out. Also the 040 Bristol - London Shuttle defies National Express's norm by continuing to Burnham on Sea (a small westcountry seaside resort) once a day in each direction, usually early morning to London and late evening from, but still retains its NXL shuttle branding.


Shuttle services: From / To London

  • 010 - Cambridge
  • 025 - Gatwick Airport and Brighton (Accessible Coach Service)
  • 032 - Southampton
  • 035 - Bournemouth
  • 040 - Bristol (Burnham on Sea and W-S-M, 1 Journey per day) (NXL Shuttle)
  • 420 - Birmingham and Wolverhampton (NXL Shuttle)

Non-London Shuttle services

Airport

National Express Airport services operate to a variety of destinations from London Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted. The Airport brand was created in 2003 when the National Express image brand was updated - it merged the former Airlink, Flightlink and Jetlink brands, which were confusing, especially to passengers travelling between Heathrow and Gatwick airport. Most coaches on these services operate with the National Express Airport brand, the airport being in white inside a red box below the 'National Express' name on the side of the coach. The exception to this is the 210 service between Wolverhampton and Gatwick Airport, operated by National Express Group company Travel West Midlands, for which new vehicles purchased in early 2006 carry the standard National Express livery. It is not unusual to see 'Airport' coaches on other services. For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation). ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bradford (disambiguation). ... Travel West Midlands logo Travel West Midlands (formerly known as West Midlands Travel) is the largest bus operator in the West Midlands, including the cities of Birmingham, Coventry (trading as Travel Coventry) and Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall. ...


Selection of Airport services:

  • 200 Gatwick Airport - Heathrow Airport - Reading - Bristol
  • 201 Gatwick Airport - Heathrow Airport - Bristol - Newport - Cardiff - Swansea
  • 202 Heathrow Airport - Bristol - Newport - Cardiff - Swansea
  • 205 Gatwick Airport - Heathrow Airport - Southampton - Bournemouth - Portsmouth
  • 210 Gatwick Airport - Heathrow Airport - Banbury - Birmingham - Wolverhampton
  • 230 Gatwick Airport - Heathrow Airport - Milton Keynes - Leicester - Nottingham
  • 240 Bradford - Leeds - Sheffield - Chesterfield - Nottingham East Midlands Airport - Coventry - Warwick Parkway - Heathrow Airport - Gatwick Airport (Accessible Coach Service)
  • 707 Gatwick Airport - Heathrow Airport - Hemel Hempstead - Luton Airport - Luton Bus Station - Milton Keynes - Northampton
  • 777 Stansted Airport - Luton Airport - Birmingham

Nottingham East Midlands Airport (IATA: EMA, ICAO: EGNX) is an airport in the East Midlands of England, near Castle Donington in Leicestershire. ... Warwick Parkway railway station serves the outer area of Warwick in Warwickshire, England. ...

Accessible coach routes

National Express is introducing a new generation of coaches onto the UK network that feature a wheelchair lift incorporated into the passenger entrance.


The easy access coach features a wider entrance and a completely flat floor throughout the coach to aid mobility for all. A streamlined NX Magic Floor Lift is incorporated into the passenger entrance and when deployed, the wheelchair is locked in place and the customer safely and securely uses the same standard three-point seat belt as other customers. Other features include reclining leather seats, air conditioning and a large toilet.


A programme of routes is currently being planned to roll-out the accessible coach across the network, with the whole network being fully accessible by 2012. The routes currently operating with the wheelchair accessible coaches are:

  • MK1 Milton Keynes - Archway - Holloway - Islington - Morgate - Aldgate - London (Canary Wharf).
  • 022 London - Bluewater - Margate - Ramsgate,
  • 025 London - Gatwick - Brighton,
  • 027 London - Gatwick - Worthing - Littlehampton - Chichester,
  • 032 London - Heathrow - Basingstoke - Southampton - Sailsbury (Through journeys only)
  • 035 London - Bournemouth - Poole - Swanage/Weymouth
  • 033 London - Salisbury - Yeovil,
  • 060 Leeds - Manchester - Liverpool
  • 201/202 Gatwick - Heathrow - Calcot - Bristol - Newport - Cardiff - Swansea
  • 240 Bradford - Leeds - Sheffield - Coventry - Heathrow Airport - Gatwick Airport.
  • 314 Liverpool - Stoke - Birmingham - Coventry - Northampton - Bedford - Cambridge,
  • 333 Blackpool - Bolton - Manchester - Stoke - Bristol - Yeovil - W'mouth - Poole - B'mouth,
  • 337 Coventry - Leamington - Stratford - Cheltenham - Bristol - Exeter - Torquay - Paignton,
  • 341 Burnley - Blackburn - Bolton - Manchester - Birmingham - Weston-Super-Mare - Exeter - Torquay(not including night or seasonal services),
  • 370 Birmingham - Slough - Southall
  • 390 Hull(Docks) - Leeds - Manchester
  • 402 London - Heathrow - Frome (side-entry passenger lift),
  • 403 Bath - Chippenham - Swindon - Heathrow - London (side-entry passenger lift),
  • 413 London - Swindon - Gloucester - Hereford
  • 425 London - Leeds - Harrogate - Darlington - Newcastle
  • 426 London - York - Middlesbrough - Sunderland - South Shields
  • 455 London - Milton Keynes - Northampton
  • 509 London - Newport - Cardiff - Swansea/Aberdare
  • 538 Coventry - Birmingham - Manchester Airport - Manchester - Preston - Carlisle - Scotland,
  • 560 Barnsley - Sheffield - London (not including night or seasonal services),
  • 561 London - Leeds - Bradford - Skipton
  • 562 London - Doncaster - Hull - Beverley
  • 563 London - York - Bridlington - Scarbrough - Whitby
  • 591 Edinburgh - Newcastle - London (not including night or seasonal services),
  • 737 Oxford - High Wycombe - Luton Airport - Stansted Airport,
  • 747 Heathrow - Gatwick - Brighton
  • 767 Nottingham - Leicester - Luton Airport - Stansted Airport.

Franchise operators

For bus enthusiasts, transport manual publisher Transport Diversions Emporium publish a weekly fanzine/annual, entitled the National Express Handbook, which details the latest official franchisees, along with detailed, up-to-date fleet information, and associated commercial developments in the scheduled coach operating field. This yearly publication is available in most bookstores, plus the internet. Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ... An Arriva Midlands Dennis Dart in Leicester Arriva Midlands is a division of Arriva. ... , Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... Bebb Travel, part of the Connex Group, is a small Welsh bus and coach operator that operates local bus routes. ... Llantwit Fardre is a small town/village situated on the A473 near the Welsh town of Pontypridd. ... This article is about the British city. ... Haverhill is the name of a number of different places in the world: Haverhill, Suffolk in England Haverhill, Florida Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill, New Hampshire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lympne (pronounced limm) village is situated on the once sea cliffs above the Romney Marsh in Kent. ... Annfield Plain is a village in County Durham, in England. ... Veolia Transportation is a brand name of the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement before known as Connex. ... East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) operates a fleet of approximately 350 buses and coaches throughout Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire, the North Yorkshire coast and North York Moors. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... , Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... First Cymru Buses Ltd. ... Approximate extent of South East Wales. ... First Devon and Cornwall is a subsidiary of First Group which operates public transport throughout the UK. As the name suggests, the company operate bus services within Devon and Cornwall following the takeovers of Western National (in Cornwall and South Devon) and Red Bus (in North Devon). ... Bath is a city in Somerset, England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ... This article is about the British city. ... This article is about the town of Bury in North West England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Map sources for Mendlesham at grid reference TM104658 Mendlesham Suffolk is a small village 8 km north east of Stowmarket. ... Go North East, the founding company and part of the Go-Ahead Group, operates bus services in Tyne and Wear and County Durham in England. ... Chester-le-Street is a market town in County Durham, England with a history going back to Roman times. ... The Go West Midlands logo Go West Midlands is a bus company based in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. ... Tividale village, in the parish of St Michael named after the church built there, was created in 1878 as an extension of the town of Tipton in the county of Staffordshire, England. ... Wilts & Dorset Bus Company is a bus company based in Poole, Dorset in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Salisbury (disambiguation). ... , Burnage is a post-industrial suburb of the City of Manchester in North West England. ... Statistics Population: 52,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU3645 Administration District: Test Valley Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Hampshire Historic county: Hampshire Services Police force: Hampshire Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office and telephone Post town... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... , The county town of Lanarkshire, Hamilton is situated in west central Scotland and serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. ... This article is about the city in Scotland. ... This article is about the town in England. ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in the United Kingdom. ... Stagecoach South East is an operating division of the Stagecoach Group. ... , Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent. ... , For other uses, see Mansfield (disambiguation). ... Stagecoach South Midlands was the name given to Stagecoach Group bus operations in the counties of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England until March 2004. ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... Stagecoach Yorkshire is an operating division of Stagecoach UK Bus, comprising of two companies, Yorkshire Traction and Yorkshire Terrier. ... Curiositykc 15:34, 9 September 2007 (UTC) For other uses, see Barnsley (disambiguation). ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... Tellings-Golden Miller (TGM) was one of the many operators of bus services for London Buses. ... Fratton is a residential and formerly industrial area of Portsmouth, Hampshire. ... Chulmleigh is a remote, Saxon, hilltop town located in the heart of Devon. ... Part of the seafront of Torquay, south Devon, at high tide Devon is a large county in South West England, bordered by Cornwall to the west, and Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Transdev Yellow Buses is a bus operator in Bournemouth. ... , Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... , Plymouth (Cornish: ) is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the... Travel West Midlands logo Travel West Midlands (formerly known as West Midlands Travel) is the largest bus operator in the West Midlands, including the cities of Birmingham, Coventry (trading as Travel Coventry) and Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall. ... Carnforth is a small town near Lancaster in the north of Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay, by the River Keer. ... Truronian is a bus service and coaching holiday operator primarily located in mid-Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is a city in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ... , Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... , Hereford (pronounced or ) Welsh: (pronounced Henforth) is a city and civil parish in the West Midlands of England, close to the border with Wales and on the River Wye. ...


Discount Fare Brands

Coachcards

National Express offers a range of coachcards to customers which allows discounts on National Express tickets. At one point this consisted of a Student, Young Persons and Advantage 50 coachcards which allowed the holder up to 30% of the price of coach tickets. This has since been rationalised with the company only offering an NX2 card, offering the same discount to Students and Young Persons cards. Since the introduction in 2004 of half price fares for the over 60's the Advantage 50 card was scrapped, although cards are still valid until expiry. A Family coachcard is also offered and is cheaper than the NX2 card and allows the holder of the card to take one child free with them, in many cases the cost of the Family Coachcard is cheaper than the fare for a child.

Brit Xplorer

This is a card valid for a set period of time which allows non-UK residents (a passport of another country is needed to purchase this) travel as a standby passenger on all National Express services, the holder does however for a small fee have the option to reserve a seat.

Funfares

Launched as a result of severe competition from easyBus and Megabus, funfares are cheap single fares, some as low as £1, purchased only on the internet as an 'e-ticket', similar to low-fare airlines, thus reducing overheads. Further restrictions are put on these tickets such as the inability to change the time on the ticket or to travel on a different coach. Funfares were launched on Shuttle services but have since been rolled out across the network. A percentage of seats on off-peak services can be booked in this way. easyBus is intercity express coach operator in the United Kingdom. ... The Megabus logo Megabus is a no-frills intercity bus service run by the Scottish-based Stagecoach Group in the United Kingdom. ...

Multirides

For frequent travellers, packs of ten separate journeys can be bought for a saving of ten percent on regular fares. Tickets are valid for up to six months.


Major destinations

For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ... This article is about the British city. ... Digbeth Coach Station is a coach station in Birmingham, UK owned and operated by National Express. ... This article is about the town in England. ... , Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T 42072 at Bradford Exchange, 1966/7 Bradford Interchange railway station is one of two railway stations in Bradford, West Yorkshire. ... Brighton is located on the south coast of England, and together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton and Hove. ... This article is about the English city. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... Cardiff Central Bus Station serves as the main bus interchange for the Welsh capital, Cardiff. ... , Carlisle is a city in the far north-west of England, and is the largest urban area in Cumbria. ... This article is about the town of Cheltenham in England. ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Dundee (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in the southwest of England, also known as the West Country. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Buchanan Bus Station is the main bus terminus in Glasgow for journeys between the city and other towns in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the city in Scotland. ... For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation). ... Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Gatwick Airport (IATA Airport Code: LGW, ICAO Airport Code: EGKK) is Londons second airport and the second largest airport in the UK after Heathrow. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Terminal building, designed by Sir Norman Foster Stansted Airport is a medium-sized passenger airport with a single runway, located in the English county of Essex about thirty miles north of London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Victoria Coach Station is the largest and most significant coach station in London, and is operated by Victoria Coach Station Ltd. ... London Luton Airport (IATA: LTN, ICAO: EGGW) (previously called Luton International Airport)[3] is an international airport located on the edge of the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England approximately north of London. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... , Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles (75 km) north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Newport (disambiguation). ... , The town should not be confused with New Quay in Wales. ... For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... , Plymouth (Cornish: ) is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination in the traditional county of Dorset in southern England. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Southampton (disambiguation). ... Southend-on-Sea is a resort town in Essex, England. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... , The Wearmouth Bridge Sunderland (pronounced: , or ) is a city in North East England which was formerly a county borough, and is now part of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. ... it is in sunderland (north east england) and is currently the UKs second most used interchange after Victoria in London!! Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... The Quadrant Bus Station is the main bus public-transport hub for Swansea, south Wales. ... , For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... For the old stadium, see Wembley Stadium (1923). ...

Interesting Facts

National Express' longest service is the 336 from Penzance to Edinburgh. The entire journey takes an estimated 18 hours and 30 minutes. It stops at 41 destinations en route and is a journey mostly undertaken at night.


Other long journeys include the 539 service from Bournemouth to Edinburgh which takes and estimated 13 hours and 20 minutes.


Most destinations have easy access to London with nearly every town and city having a direct service to the heart of the English capital.


See also

Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd is a long distance express coach operator in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland (where it operates simply as Citylink.). The company was formed as a subsidiary of Scottish Transport Group in June 1985. ... Current ALSA logo and slogan ALSA bus station in Gijon; a rationalist work of the architect Juan Manuel del Busto in 1939 c. ... The 2007 National Express coach accident occured on 3 January 2007 at approximately a 23:45 (GMT)[1] on a slip road connecting the M25 motorway and the M4 motorway west of London, when a National Express coach travelling from London to Aberdeen overturned. ...

External links

References

  1. ^ Two dead after M-way coach crash, BBC News
  2. ^ National Express press release regarding safety standards
  3. ^ http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=4329
  4. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/6976710.stm
v • d • e
Bus Companies of Scotland Flag of Scotland

National: Magicbus · Megabus · National Express · Scottish Citylink
“Autobus” redirects here. ... This article is about the country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Magic Bus also refers to an independent travellers network or backpacker tour bus company in New Zealand. ... The Megabus logo Megabus is a no-frills intercity bus service run by the Scottish-based Stagecoach Group in the United Kingdom. ... Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd is a long distance express coach operator in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland (where it operates simply as Citylink.). The company was formed as a subsidiary of Scottish Transport Group in June 1985. ...


Regional: Arriva Scotland West · Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire · First Aberdeen · First Edinburgh · First Glasgow · First Stop Travel · Lothian Buses · McKindless · Stagecoach East Scotland · Stagecoach Strathtay · Stagecoach West Scotland · Travel Dundee Arriva Scotland West Ltd is a bus operating subsidiary of Arriva based in Inchinnan, near Paisley, Scotland, trading simply as Arriva. ... Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire also known as Law of Shotts, is a bus operator serving the area of Shotts in West Scotland, near Glasgow. ... FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... First Glasgow is the largest bus operator in Glasgow, UK. It is part of First Group, a major bus and train operator based in Aberdeen, UK. It operates 118 services in Greater Glasgow and has over 1,000 buses. ... First Stop Travel is a bus company that operates in mainly in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Govan in Glasgow as well as other parts of South West Glasgow. ... Lothian Buses Plc is the largest provider of bus services in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... McKindless is a Scottish bus operator, providing a number of routes throughout Glasgow and Lanarkshire. ... Stagecoach East Scotland is an operating region of Stagecoach UK Bus, with its regional base in Cowdenbeath, Fife and including the legal companies Bluebird Buses Ltd, Fife Scottish Buses Ltd and AA Buses Ltd. ... Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses Ltd, in Scotland, was formed as a bus operating subsidiary of the Scottish Transport Group in June 1985 from Walter Alexander & Sons (Midland) Ltd and Walter Alexander & Sons (Northern) Ltd. ... Stagecoach West Scotland is an operating region of Stagecoach UK Bus, comprising of Western Buses Ltd and Stagecoach Glasgow Ltd, based in Ayr, Scotland. ... Travel Dundee is a bus operator based in Dundee and operates services mainly within Dundee City. ...



 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.