MEGABUS.COM, claimed to be the UK”s first low cost inter-city bus service, is to launch ”1 ”with frills” travel between Scotland and London later this month in direct competition with the budget airlines. Recent research by megabus.com has found that that the low cost concept is already attracting passengers from the rail network, with 35% of customers saying they had switched from the train. Two services a day will link Dundee, Perth and Glasgow to London and take in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Leicester and Milton Keynes. The Scotland ” London route will use ”with frills” 70-seat bendy buses, featuring reclining seats, toilets and dedicated luggage space. Standard megabus.com 94-seat double-decker vehicles ” equipped with new coach-style seats and toilets ” will run on the routes in England. Booking for the new services, which will go live on 28 June, are being accepted from today at
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