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Between London and Manchester, for example, the (hourly) National Express Coach service takes a minimum of 4 hours and 35 minutes, with most services taking 5 hours 20 minutes; the three-per-hour train service [50] takes just two hours and seven minutes (average). Thus a day trip for leisure or business by coach would either give a very short ...
A national network links more than 550 routes, including many of the UK mainland's cities, with 11,000 cross-country journeys every week as of 2022. [16]Plaxton Premiere bodied Volvo B10M at Manchester Airport in April 2003 Stagecoach Yorkshire Plaxton Panther bodied Volvo B12B in the 2003 livery at Southampton in 2008 Selwyns Travel's Plaxton Elite bodied Volvo B9R in Liverpool
In July 2009, National Express announced it planned to default on the franchise, having failed to renegotiate the contractual terms of operation, and would not provide any further funding. This meant NXEC would run out of cash by the end of 2009. [19] As a result, the DfT announced it would re-nationalise the franchise.
LNER / BR / Anglia / National Express East Anglia / Abellio Greater Anglia: London Liverpool Street – Norwich: 1937–present The Easterling [22] BR: London Liverpool Street – Lowestoft and Yarmouth South Town: 1950 – 1958 The Elizabethan [4] [5] [11] (summer only) BR: London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley (non-stop) [ii] 1953 ...
First ScotRail operate services to/from North Berwick on the line. Only a few services continue from Edinburgh to Glasgow Central from the coastal town. A similar service operates from Glasgow Central to North Berwick. First TransPennine Express took over the Manchester to Glasgow Central and Edinburgh services from December 2008 using Class 185.
The TransPennine Express service was often criticised. A satirical article in 2022 called it the "ironically named TransPennine Express. You'd hate to take the non-Express service. It might be quicker to walk." [41] The Guardian reported cancellations of 20-30% in October and November 2022 [42] and 23% for the four weeks of 5 February to 4 ...
Manchester Airport expects a record number of passengers on 25 December, handling 25,000 passengers. The most popular destinations are: Dubai. Amsterdam. Qatar. Abu Dhabi. Istanbul. Paris CDG. New ...
The Mergers & Monopolies Commission ruled this would give National Express a monopoly on long-distance services in Scotland and ordered the sale of Scottish Citylink. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] Scottish Citylink was subsequently sold to Metroline , the London-based subsidiary of ComfortDelGro , for £10.3 million in August 1998.