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Inter-city bus travel can be made from Perth's Leonard Street bus station, which provides connections to most major destinations in Scotland, including FlixBus's number 93 service to and from Glasgow and their 94 to and from Edinburgh. The budget Megabus service is centred on Broxden Junction, 2.25 mi (3.62 km) outside the city centre, and runs ...
Megabus is an operator of intercity bus service in the United Kingdom, primarily from/to Glasgow or Edinburgh. It is owned by Scottish Citylink and was founded by Stagecoach Group (through Stagecoach Midlands ) in August 2003.
Services from London to Oxford commenced on 4 August 2003, and routes from Edinburgh-Glasgow, Edinburgh-Perth and Glasgow-Dundee were added one month later. During November 2003 routes between Manchester-Liverpool and Manchester-Leeds were added, these ceased on 27 June 2004 and 3 October 2004 respectively.
Citylink service numbers, timetables and routes were also sacrificed in favour of Megabus where the two brands overlapped. In March 2006 the Competition Commission launched an investigation and ruled that the joint venture substantially reduced competition and that evidence suggested it led to higher fares on some routes. [ 16 ]
Scottish Citylink runs buses from Edinburgh to places such as Stirling, Perth and Glasgow (900 Edinburgh–Glasgow), and Megabus operates budget services between Edinburgh and Glasgow and London. Edinburgh Bus Station is located on St Andrew Square in the city, but is not used by local services.
Stagecoach in Perth, a trading name of Stagecoach (Scotland) Ltd, is used for services in and around Perth. Stagecoach in Fife is used for services throughout Fife and beyond to Dundee and Edinburgh , and is a trading name of Fife Scottish Omnibuses Ltd.
Megabus is a low cost, "no-frills" intercity coach service launched in the United Kingdom by Stagecoach in 2003, on 10 April 2006 in the United States, and in 2009 within Canada. Its main rival in the UK is National Express , who have had to lower their prices to compete with Megabus.
Major routes in Scotland include: ... A90 road between Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, Forfar ... Scottish Citylink and Megabus are the two principal long-distance coach ...