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Post by wirewiper on Aug 15, 2022 11:37:29 GMT
Flixbus are launching internal Scottish services. The initial routes will be operated by McGills, who already operate Anglo-Scottish services for Flixbus, and will link Glasgow, Stirling, Perth and Aberdeen.
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Post by imarkeh on Sept 14, 2022 0:10:14 GMT
I recently created a Flixbus timetable Google Sheets which people here may find useful. All times are for whatever is currently in the booking system. Secondly, please note that due to how the sheet is done, there is around a 5 second delay between you making the changes in the drop downs and it actually changing. No change to the data after 5 seconds means it's the same timetable. Any queries or want to fill in any gaps, please feel free to drop a comment. Hope this is helpful. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZGwhJjOBWVxUCND-_Z12VWZYtgM_qMPU3mxkXr_QH_c/edit?usp=sharing
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Sept 24, 2022 7:56:57 GMT
I shall be trying FlixBus in late October. I discovered that one of their Manchester - London routes goes via Leicester, albeit Fosse Park. It is pretty much as quick as the (awkward) train journey, and a help in the plausible scenario that the trains are on strike on the Saturday. Even reserving a seat makes it half the fare.
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Post by wirewiper on Sept 24, 2022 8:00:08 GMT
Ridley's has reportedly expressed some concerns about the Flixbus operation and is to end its Flixbus commitments at the end of this month (September 2022).
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Post by wirewiper on Mar 12, 2023 14:13:49 GMT
Flixbus is to start a new Manchester - Newcastle service at the end of April 2023, calling at Leeds, Middlesbrough and Sunderland. The service will run once a day initially and will be operated by Belle Vue of Stockport who are a new operator for Flixbus, the company will use a new MAN Neoplan Tourliner in Flixbus livery.
Existing operators Whippet of Cambridgeshire and McGill's of Greenock are to expand their operations and are investing in new coaches. Whippet will have fourteen new MAN Neoplan P20 to replace existing vehicles on Flixbus work and expand their services (two are already in use on the new Manchester-Paris service that started last Summer), whilst McGill's is to add eighteen new vehicles to add to the seven already in use on Flixbus work.
Berry's Coaches of Taunton started operating a daily Flixbus route from Plymouth to London Victoria last April, calling at Exeter and Taunton, and this service is growing slowly to meet demand with some coaches also stopping at Reading (Mereoak), Bristol or Bridgwater. Berry's Coachs of course operate the well-established "Superfast" routes from Hammersmith Bus Station to towns in Wiltshire and Somerset and these have been available to book via the Flixbus website since Summer 2021.
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 3, 2023 9:42:27 GMT
Newport Transport is the latest operator to sign up for Flixbus work. From early August the company will commence duties on a new Swansesa-Bristol-Heathrow & Gatwick Airports service, and will add more vehicles later in the year to expand Flixbus services between South Wales, South West England and London. During July, Flixbus will start two new services between the UK and Amsterdam. The Leeds-Amsterdam service will be operated by Whippet of Cambridgeshire and will call at Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester, Cambridge (Trumpington P&R), with London stops at Stratford City and North Greenwhich (the same stops as served by the Manchester-Paris service, also operated by Whippet). It will also serve Antwerpen and Utrecht. The Bristol-Amsterdam service will be operated by Turner's Coaches and will operate via London, Brugge and Rotterdam. Also in July, the existing London-Plymouth service operated by Berry's Coaches of Taunton will be extended to Newquay, Hayle and Penzance twice daily for the Summer Season. Finally, an overnight Aberdeen-London service is due to commence imminently (and may already be in operation). Controversially this is using an on-street terminal in Aberdeen (Littlejohn Street) as Stagecoach and Flixbus are "in dispute" about access to Union Square Bus station. www.route-one.net/news/newport-transport-to-begin-work-for-flixbus-in-august/www.route-one.net/news/flixbus-to-launch-bristol-and-leeds-to-amsterdam-routes/www.route-one.net/news/flixbus-and-stagecoach-row-in-aberdeen-intensifies/
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Post by greenboy on Nov 6, 2023 14:58:50 GMT
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Post by smiler52 on Feb 8, 2024 18:25:11 GMT
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Post by edvid on Feb 26, 2024 14:58:43 GMT
Flixbus UK (with Newport Transport) are launching their first zero-emission coach service on a three-month trial, starting 21 March. It'll also be the first battery-electric long-distance coach service in England and Wales. A Yutong TCe12 from the NT fleet will be used on the London-Bristol-Newport route, with charging planned to take place at NT's base/depot and Transport UK London's Battersea depot. www.route-one.net/coach/flixbus-to-launch-first-zero-emission-coach-service-with-newport-transport/
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