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Les Brechin
February 28, 2012, 1:21pm

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Has anyone travelled with this firm before?

I've just booked tickets for our away game v H&Y at Woking on 20th March. I'm staying over at my brothers who lives nearby. I've got a single train ticket there for £13 but couldn't find any cheap trains back on the Wednesday.

A mate suggested to try Megabus and I have booked a coach with them from London to Sheffield Meadowhall and then a single on the train from Meadowhall back to Grimsby. (£5)

The coach is unbelievably only £3 so I'm just wondering if anyone has used Megabus before either for away travel or just going on holiday. My mate who lives in York has also booked a seat from York to London (Coach to East Midlands Parkway and then a train to London St.Pancras) all for the princely sum of £1.

I'm just wondering how the hell they can do these tickets so bloody cheap. Is there something I should know?


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February 28, 2012, 1:25pm
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Fairly sure my niece, who's a student, uses them quite a bit and haven't heard her complain. Think it'll be no frills but at that price you wouldn't really expect any I guess.
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February 28, 2012, 1:25pm
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No, it does what it says on the tin. . . My mate came down to London from Hull (spit!) it only cost him a quid plus the booking fee, a lot of the trip was on the train as well!  If you book well in advance it is bargain-tastic!
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February 28, 2012, 1:28pm
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Do you remember The Flintstones method of transport Les?  


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February 28, 2012, 1:30pm

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No, it does what it says on the tin. . . My mate came down to London from Hull (spit!) it only cost him a quid plus the booking fee, a lot of the trip was on the train as well!  If you book well in advance it is bargain-tastic!


Yeah, my mate who is coming down from York gets a coach to East Midlands Parkway and then a train into St Pancras. It's £1 there and his ticket for the same journey back is a fiver. (£6 return York to London)

I've booked the coach from London Victoria to Meadowhall and it's a direct service. First stop is Meadowhall. Not sure where it carrys onto after that though.

The booking fee is a very reasonable 50p too and there no charge for paying by card either.

They also do trains from Sheffield into St.Pancras so I may look into using them in the future for away games.


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Used it a couple of times (London to Leeds for £1 each way) and my only real complaint was that it took a lot longer than the train. Riding on a coach is certainly not as nice as being on train as well.

Edit - oh yeah and no booze allowed on board coaches.




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I've used them to return to GY when delivering cars - very cheap, very clean and a toilet on board.


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I've used them a few times. They've got me from A to B with no problems in return for a couple of quid so they get my seal of approval.


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Les Brechin
February 28, 2012, 1:58pm

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How the hell do they manage to run these coaches and trains at such a cheap price.


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Yeah picks up at scunny tesco go either to London or east midlands parkway
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