The
only true National Bus Network in the UK is operated by National Express.
National Express Coaches operate a comprehensive network covering
over 120 towns and villages in the UK. Frequency is high on the main
routes.
Price is of course the main attraction. Most of the National Express
Coach routes run along Britain's motorway network, most are fairly
direct. Promotional fares tend to be aimed at the old and the young,
as ever the fare structure can be complex.
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timetables and tickets at :
National Express
Timetables / Tickets
The coach station in Manchester City Centre is at Chorlton Street,
Facilities are like a small airport. Chorlton Street is just south
of Piccadilly Gardens and Piccadilly Station. There is a free
city centre bus which stops outside the coach station and visits
rail stations and other main city centre points.
National Express do offer various pass options for visitors who want
to travel extensively around the UK.
National
Express Airport
National Express operate a specialist coach service called "National
Express Airport". These are special coaches which connect the
UK's principal airports with its principal airports. These connect
Manchester to most airports in the UK. The other way there is a good
network of coach
services from Manchester Airport
Interactive
timetables and tickets at :
National Express Timetables / Tickets
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If
you have to stay overnight before your next flight then it makes financial
sense to buy a package combining the hotel and coach transfers. There
is a wide choice of hotels.
Transfers are by National Express Coach whom have services form nearly
all towns and cities in England & Wales.
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Megabus
Coaches
Megabus
give National Express much needed competition. Megabus are quite a
recent startup but are backed by Stagecoach, a major UK bus and train
company. The Megabus network is centred on London and from here services
the main cities in the United Kingdom.
Magabus coaches have an accent is on providing the lowest fare possible.
Frequencies too are less than National Express and they make more
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From
Manchester the current routes are south to Manchester and north to
the major Scottish cities, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.
The terminal in Manchester is opposite the coach station at Chorlton
Street. Chorlton Street is just south of Piccadilly Gardens and Piccadilly
Station. There is a free
city centre bus which stops outside the coach station and visits
rail stations and other main city centre points.
Megabus
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