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Post by rugbyref on Feb 27, 2018 19:48:52 GMT
I used the bus from Nice to Monaco a couple of years ago, and the fixed fare was only about €1.50
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Mar 3, 2018 14:22:12 GMT
There are "international" services from Lille in France across into Belgium. I know this because I checked them out before I visited Lille a few years ago. I believe De Lijn in Belgium also have a number of different international services depending on the specific region in Belgium. I imagine places like Luxembourg and Lichtenstein also have considerable cross border services. There are also a number of international tram services in existence - Basel in Switzerland is one such location I believe. There must also be some cross border bus services between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland although there are special arrangements for the Island of Ireland. Malc McDonald's rather excellent Random Streets blog has featured a few places with international bus services. randomstreets.blogspot.co.uk/Yes there are numerous local cross border routes between NI and ROI. If the Route is run by Ulsterbus then Sterling and Euros are valid and change given in what ever currency you pay with but if it’s Bus Eireann then and you pay in sterling, you get your change in euros!!! Bus Eireann goes from Dublin to Letterkenny, both in the Irish Republic, via Omagh in Northern Ireland.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2018 22:14:04 GMT
Thanks for the reference to my "holiday snaps" blog!
In Europe, with the downgrading and removal of customs and passport checkpoints, cross-border travel is becoming much easier and cross-border bus services are probably more common now than they were. Where you have reasonably dense populations close together, and no major natural barriers (e.g. mountain ranges), you may now find local bus routes running across the border.
Aachen in Germany is particularly interesting in this respect. The city lies very close to the borders with the Netherlands and Belgium. Aachen's city network has a number of routes which run to Vaals Grenze, at the border with the Netherlands. Although several of them terminate there, two of them continue into Vaals itself, thus crossing the border. In Vaals, there is a service to Eupen (Belgium), while there is also a half-hourly service from Aachen to Eupen. When I was there a few years ago, the Aachen<>Eupen service was jointly operated with two buses from Belgium and two from Germany. Meanwhile, Arriva's Dutch subsidiary runs a service every 15 minutes into Aachen from Maastricht, which crosses the border at Vaals.
As well as the route into Germany, Maastricht also has several services which arrive there from Belgium, provided by Belgian company DeLijn. You can even get a day ticket valid on buses and local trains covering the whole area - Aachen(D), Maastricht(NL), Eupen(B), Liege(B) and surrounding areas, so you can hop back and forth across the border at will. Meanwhile, back in Aachen itself, there are some private operators on the city network - including one based in Belgium. So on a city service in Germany, you could find a bus operating with a Belgian registration.
Liechtenstein has something more unusual - a bus route which operates into two other countries within one journey. Liechtenstein Bus route 11 operates half-hourly on the trunk north-south corridor through the principality. At its northern end, it extends to Feldkirch in Austria; at its southern end it crosses into Switzerland to terminate at Sargans. End-to-end journey time from Austria through Liechtenstein to Switzerland or vice versa is around 1h20m.
As far as I can remember, my first cross-border bus journey was in 1979, on a limited-stop service from Biarritz (France) to San Sebastian (Spain). Admittedly, not quite a "local" bus service, more like a traditional Green Line. But without an RMC or RCL!
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Post by jimod99 on Mar 12, 2018 1:26:26 GMT
There are many services operated TPG in Geneva which cross the border into France. Route Y actually starts in France, crosses the border back into Switzerland and then crosses again back into France to reach its terminal.
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Post by jimod99 on Mar 16, 2018 20:00:06 GMT
Windsor Transit in Canada run a frequent service between Windsor and Detroit www.citywindsor.ca/residents/transitwindsor/Routes-and-Schedules/Documents/fall-schedule/2015/tunnel.pdf The Basics Transit Windsor operates a cross-border service through the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel, seven days a week. Proof of citizenship is required when crossing the international Windsor-Detroit border. Buses leave from the Windsor International Transit Terminal at 300 Chatham Street West. The fare may be paid in either Canadian or American funds, however, no exchange is given. View detailed fare structure. Many parking options are available near the terminal. Municipal Lot #22 is located one block away at Bruce and University. A parking garage is located on the east side of the building. View parking rates for Municipal Lots or for street meters, or access a map of municipal lots and garages. You may bring luggage or any item that you can comfortably carry on the bus with you. The items must not impede the safety of other passengers. All items must be carried off the bus and taken through customs. Bike racks may be used on the tunnel bus route, including special events service to Comerica Park and Ford Field. You may disassemble your bike and board the bus with it in a bike bag. Note: If the bus is full, bringing the bike bag on board is allowed only at the discretion of the driver. Avoid the rush and purchase tickets in advance. For a list of locations, view our sales outlets. For passengers catching the bus in Detroit, you have the following options: Pay the cash fare when you board the bus Purchase Tunnel bus tickets when you arrive at the Windsor International Transit Terminal in Windsor at the Customer Service desk or view our sales outlets in Windsor. Purchase extra tickets for future travel.
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Post by wirewiper on Apr 23, 2018 8:12:04 GMT
There are some great contributions here - thanks for these, and if you know of more, please keep them coming It has just occurred to me that Istanbul has local bus services crossing the Bosphorus Bridge - whilst these operate in just one country (and indeed just one city), they do link two different continents! The city's Metro does the same.
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