Megabus

[jonathon890]

RE: Megabus
Very nice I like it a lot

[MX12EOC]

RE: Megabus
Well, anybody know what time you can catch an interdeck from shudehill? Really want to go on one :3

[jr93]

RE: Megabus
Taken from megabus website:
"From Monday 29th April all megabus.com services will pick up and drop off from John Dobson Street, in the coach layby outside Newcastle City Library, opposite the Laing Art Gallery."

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Megabus
Do Megabus normally the same type of Coach to each service?

[jon890]

RE: Megabus

(26/01/2017 19:22)T42 PVM Wrote:  Do Megabus normally the same type of Coach to each service?

yes 99% of the time its cause each type of coach have a different number of seats

[ant17612]

RE: Megabus

(27/01/2017 08:19)jon890 Wrote:  yes 99% of the time its cause each type of coach have a different number of seats

It depends on bookings. Quite often an Elite-I can be followed an hour or so later by an Astromega or even a Panther on the next journey. There is no specific allocation of a set of coaches (I.e solid 65 plate Elite-I's) to any route.

Also doesn't matter where on paper the coach is based. Routes M35/M36 have a selection of Rugby and Plymouth based coaches and the M11 can throw up Scottish or Rugby based coaches. Most coaches spend a lot of time at depots which they're not actually allocated to such as Manchester's Hyde Road & the Gold Spec Astromega's at London's West Ham garage despite actually being allocated to Glasgow there's usually 2 or 3 of these dumped in there daily.

[knutstransport]

RE: Megabus
Today I saw a Megabus liveried decker running M11 to London going along the A50 with a trailer on the back - presumably for luggage. Is this something they've been doing long?

[RedPanda]

RE: Megabus

(27/12/2017 14:51)knutstransport Wrote:  Today I saw a Megabus liveried decker running M11 to London going along the A50 with a trailer on the back - presumably for luggage. Is this something they've been doing long?

I have known them to tow trailers for a while. Maybe a couple of years or so. On what routes or with what coaches I couldn't tell you.

[Nicholas]

RE: Megabus

(27/12/2017 15:50)RedPanda Wrote:  I have known them to tow trailers for a while. Maybe a couple of years or so. On what routes or with what coaches I couldn't tell you.

At least four or five years (they were in use whilst I was still at Stagecoach Manchester, and that was over three years ago) - they tend to be used on routes operated with double deck coaches due to their reduced luggage capacity.