National Express has today
highlighted the key travel trends for the Olympics, including the most
patriotic towns, busiest dates for Brits escaping to the airport and European
visitors arriving into London.
Key travel trends:
- Bristol, Birmingham and Bournemouth top the
patriotic list with the busiest services to London between 27 July - 12
August
- Saturday 28 July will be busiest day for people
escaping to UK airports
- National Express' European coach service
'Eurolines' reports the busiest dates for people arriving into Britain
will be 30 /31 July ahead of athletics
- Eurolines has increased capacity into Britain by
up to 45% per day to cope with demand for value travel
National Express has
today reported that Bristol and Birmingham will boast the
largest number of sports fans heading to London during the Olympic period.
This is closely followed by Bournemouth, Cardiff and Manchester.
The UK's largest coach
operator has analysed services across the UK to reveal the top routes and key
travel trends during the world's largest sporting event. National Express is
currently offering one million fares from £4 which are available during the
Olympics. They are also running services direct to Olympic Park from locations
nationwide.
In contrast, the busiest
day for people travelling to British airports to escape the Olympics will be
Saturday 28 July, closely followed by the 27 and 29 July. Eurolines reports
that the busiest day for European visitors arriving into London will be 30 and
31 July. The majority of continental coach passengers are travelling from
Paris,
Amsterdam and Brussels and the company has increased capacity by up to 45% per day to cope with demand.
Amsterdam and Brussels and the company has increased capacity by up to 45% per day to cope with demand.
Andrew Cleaves, Managing
Director, National Express coach comments: "It is great to see so
many towns and cities across Britain and Europe getting excited about the
Olympics by booking their travel in advance. We are currently offering fares
from £4 to London throughout July and August, so there's still time to secure a
bargain trip to watch the world's biggest sporting event."
He added: "Throughout
the Olympic period our 24 hour control centre and station staff will work
closely with the Highways Agency and Transport for London to keep our coaches
moving on Britain's busy roads."
For more information visit
www.nationalexpress.com and enter your journey details or call the National
Express call centre 24/7 on 08717 818181
Britain's patriotic
hotspots - according to advanced National Express bookings to London between 27
July and 10 August:
1. Bristol
2. Birmingham
3. Bournemouth
4. Cardiff
5. Manchester
6. Portsmouth
7. Leeds
8. Cheltenham
Notes to editors:
National Express provide
Britain's only scheduled national coach network, serving more than 1,000
destinations with 21 million passenger journeys each year across the UK.