DAVID JENKINS considers how Stagecoach’s budget fare long distance coach brand has developed since its launch 14 years ago and over the past few years he has been sampling some of its services — included two rides on the short-lived MegabusGold offering available on the M4 corridor into London
ON THE COACH ROADS OF BRITAIN
Stagecoach commissioned the Plaxton Elite-i inter-deck on tri-axle Volvo B11R chassis to provide a higher capacity vehicle for Megabus.com. This is Stagecoach Midlands 54280 (YX66 WNM) leaving London for Plymouth, Newquay and Falmouth.
MARK LYONS
Megabus.com has come a long way since it started with ex-Hong Kong Alexanderbodied Leyland Olympians between London and Oxford in 2003. Its name has become synonymous with cheap coach travel, both in Britain and the United States, although its recent withdrawal from Europe and the overnight London-Scotland sleeper market has dented its expansionist image.
