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Post by TNL33036 on May 10, 2023 16:39:33 GMT
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Post by WH241 on May 10, 2023 16:46:21 GMT
Good news existing brands like National Express will be retained! |
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Post by twobellstogo on May 10, 2023 18:12:13 GMT
Good news existing brands like National Express will be retained! Am I the only person here who really dislikes weird made up words for bus groups? Yes, Arriva, I am also looking at you. |
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Post by bustavane on May 10, 2023 19:48:03 GMT
Good news existing brands like National Express will be retained! Am I the only person here who really dislikes weird made up words for bus groups? Yes, Arriva, I am also looking at you. No, there are at least two of us. |
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Post by vjaska on May 10, 2023 22:52:33 GMT
Good news existing brands like National Express will be retained! Am I the only person here who really dislikes weird made up words for bus groups? Yes, Arriva, I am also looking at you. I agree although in defence of Arriva, it at least is remotely connected to buses even if it's not Arrive and I think it's has a nice ring to it  |
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Post by bustavane on May 11, 2023 7:02:21 GMT
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 11, 2023 8:29:40 GMT
I agree with them, stupid name imo. Just as bad as Optare now Switch Mobility; absolutely pathetic. Always some clowns in the boardroom trying to re-invent the wheel. |
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Post by twobellstogo on May 12, 2023 17:53:36 GMT
Am I the only person here who really dislikes weird made up words for bus groups? Yes, Arriva, I am also looking at you. I agree although in defence of Arriva, it at least is remotely connected to buses even if it's not Arrive and I think it's has a nice ring to it Problem with that is if Arriva is connected to the word ‘arrive’, then really it should be pronounced ‘ar-RYE-va’ whereas most people go for pronouncing it ‘ar-REE-va’ of course. Words that are ambiguous in their pronunciation are never good names to give a company. |
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Post by BE37054 (quoll662) on May 12, 2023 18:20:19 GMT
I agree although in defence of Arriva, it at least is remotely connected to buses even if it's not Arrive and I think it's has a nice ring to it Problem with that is if Arriva is connected to the word ‘arrive’, then really it should be pronounced ‘ar-RYE-va’ whereas most people go for pronouncing it ‘ar-REE-va’ of course. Words that are ambiguous in their pronunciation are never good names to give a company. I would 100% agree with the final sentence. It just causes confusion, if you said 'ar-RYE-va' to me I wouldn't understand you were talking about Arriva! Returning to Mobico, it could be pronounced 'mo-BEE-co' or 'MOH-bi-co' or 'mo-BI-co' or 'MO-bi-co' and you'll then run into misunderstandings when people don't know they're talking about the same company! You can't really go wrong with National Express. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 14, 2023 14:28:55 GMT
I agree although in defence of Arriva, it at least is remotely connected to buses even if it's not Arrive and I think it's has a nice ring to it Problem with that is if Arriva is connected to the word ‘arrive’, then really it should be pronounced ‘ar-RYE-va’ whereas most people go for pronouncing it ‘ar-REE-va’ of course. Words that are ambiguous in their pronunciation are never good names to give a company. A lot of people who read it first pronounce it Ar-rye-va. I used to pronounce it like that, until I heard people saying it with Ree instead of RYE. |
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Post by martynbooth79 on May 22, 2023 1:42:32 GMT
Hi guys,
May I ask something about National express.....why national express withdrew in wigan few year ago? it is due with coronavirus right?
Thank you
Martyn
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 27, 2023 6:30:12 GMT
Hi guys, May I ask something about National express.....why national express withdrew in wigan few year ago? it is due with coronavirus right? Thank you Martyn I know that operations were suspended during lockdown but that services only progressively returned, not covering every route or every stop. Even quite a few services now have different route numbers than they had before. |
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Post by martynbooth79 on May 28, 2023 20:43:44 GMT
Metroline GA,
thank you for explain about the wigan for suspend from NX. thanks it is shame.
Thanks,
Martyn
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 3, 2023 17:14:17 GMT
National Express continues its bounce back after Covid, with further uplifts in service levels in March and July. National Express is planning to add 130 new coaches to the network in 2023 and is expecting 21 million passenger journeys, up from 16 million in 2022. This is despite stiff competition from a rapidly-expanding Flixbus. This seems to be harming neither operator, indeed both are benefiting from a surge in demand for coach travel which is being driven by modal shift caused by rail strikes and the increased cost of motoring. www.route-one.net/news/natex-service-uplift-as-scheduled-coach-grows-again/ |
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 25, 2023 18:16:34 GMT
National Express is offering free travel to people who are being repatriated from Greece and have landed at a different airport to the one they were originally booked to. Passengers should present their boarding passes, and proof of the original flight booking.
National Express will also allow passengers to change existing bookings without charge if their flight plans have been disrupted and they have had to return on a different day or at a different time.
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