Stagecoach to keep passengers connected with festive coach services
• megabus.com to serve more than 30 towns and cities on Christmas Day across UK and mainland Europe
• Scottish Citylink to run special Hogmanay services in Scotland
• Oxford Tube services to operate on Christmas Day
Stagecoach will keep passengers connected this Christmas by running
coach services throughout the festive season across the UK and mainland
Europe.
The Perth-based transport group will run its megabus.com,
megabusGold.com, Scottish Citylink and Oxford Tube coach services during
the festive period, helping people travel across the country to enjoy
seasonal festivities.
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Market-leading budget coach service megabus.com will again run
services on Christmas Day this year, serving 17 locations across England
and Wales including London, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester,
Leicester, Loughborough and Sheffield.
megabus.com will serve a further 14 locations on mainland Europe on
Christmas Day, including Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Cologne and
Brussels.
On all other days throughout Christmas and New Year, including New
Year’s Day, megabus.com will operate a near-normal service on most
routes across the UK. Passengers are, however, advised to double check
the times of their specific journeys as there may be slight changes to
some routes or timetables compared to other times of the year.
The company’s megabus.com Europe services will serve all locations
each day throughout the festive season, including on Christmas Day and
New Year’s Day, although there may be a reduced service on some routes.
A full service on all routes will operate from the company’s new
Brussels base throughout the whole festive season, including on
Christmas Day.
megabusGold.com overnight sleepercoach services will also continue to
run throughout the majority of the festive season with the exception of
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve.
In Scotland, Scottish Citylink services will continue to operate, on a
reduced number of routes, every day over Christmas and New Year with
the exception of Christmas Day when there will be no services.
Scottish Citylink has also announced that it will once again run
special coach services for people travelling home from the Edinburgh
Hogmanay celebrations.
The coach operator, which is a joint venture between Stagecoach and
international transport group ComfortDelGro, will run coaches from the
Scottish capital to 11 locations across Scotland – Glasgow, Kinross,
Perth, Dundee, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes, St Andrews,
Livingston, Falkirk and Stirling - after the official New Year
celebrations have ended in Edinburgh.
On 1 January 2015, Scottish Citylink will operate a limited service
to a number of towns and cities across Scotland including Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Perth, Kinross, Dundee, Forfar, Aberdeen, Aviemore, Inverness,
Stirling and Falkirk.
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Europe’s most frequent express coach service The Oxford Tube – also
part of Stagecoach Group – will operate its services between Oxford and
London throughout the festive period, including on Christmas Day.
And on New Year’s Eve, a special Oxford Tube timetable will operate
for people attending New Year celebrations in London, with additional
coaches operating where possible throughout the evening on New Year’s
Eve as well as services running after midnight.
Edward Hodgson, Managing Director of megabus.com and Scottish
Citylink, said: “Christmas and New Year can be a hectic and expensive
time of year for many people. We are pleased to be playing our part to
help keep costs down by offering great value coach travel throughout the
festive period. We hope our festive services will make it easier for
people to visit family and friends, whether they are in the UK or
mainland Europe.”
For further information on megabus.com visit www.megabus.com
To find out more about Scottish Citylink visit www.citylink.co.uk
For more on the Oxford Tube visit www.oxfordtube.com
THE GOLD STAGECOACH HEADS FOR LONDON
For more on the Oxford Tube visit www.oxfordtube.com
THE GOLD STAGECOACH HEADS FOR LONDON
CARTERTON AND WITNEY TO LONDON
From 8th November 2014, Stagecoach in Oxfordshire introduce a new Gold Service
The SW1
Planning your Christmas shopping or some festive sightseeing?
The new SW1 weekend service departs twice a day linking Carterton and Witney to London.
Times
| TO LONDON | Leaving At | |
| Carterton Stanmore Crescent | 0755 | 0855 |
| Carterton Crossroads | 0800 | 0900 |
| Witney Market Place Stop C | 0820 | 0920 |
| Thornhill Park & Ride Stop A | 0900 | 1000 |
| Marylebone Road Stop N | 1010 | 1110 |
| Marble Arch Coach Stop | 1020 | 1120 |
| Victoria, Victoria Street Stop N | 1030 | 1130 |
| Westminster Coach drop off | 1035 | 1135 |
| Embankment Station Stop U | 1038 | 1138 |
| Temple Station Stop N | 1040 | 1140 |
| Tower of London Stop TB | 1050 | 1150 |
Route - Leaving Carterton
From
the Stanmore Crescent stop in Carterton buses will pick up at all stops
on route in Carterton on Upavon Way, Burford Road, Brize Norton Road,
Upavon Way (Bovingdon Road stop) and Monahan Way then at the A40 slip
road (Minster Lovell) then all stops on Ducklington Lane, Corn Street,
High Street, Newland and Oxford Hill in Witney, then at Eynsham (The
Evenlode), Cassington (A40) and Thornhill Park & Ride.
| FROM LONDON | Leaving At | |
| Tower of London Stop TA | 1710 | 1810 |
| Temple Station Stop O | 1725 | 1825 |
| Embankment Station Stop Y | 1727 | 1827 |
| Westminster Pier (Tourist Stop) | 1732 | 1832 |
| Victoria, Stop 10 Buckingham Palace Road | 1745 | 1845 |
| Victoria (Station), Grosvenor Gardens Stop 10 | 1749 | 1849 |
| Gloucester Place/Portman Square Coach Stop 15 (for Marble Arch) | 1758 | 1858 |
| Marylebone Road Stop P | 1805 | 1905 |
| Thornhill Park & Ride | 1905 | 2005 |
| Witney Market Place | 1935 | 2035 |
| Carterton Crossroads | 1955 | 2055 |
Route - Towards Carterton
Towards
Carterton buses will serve the same stops as the London bound journeys,
with buses doing an anti-clockwise loop of Carterton at the end.
Get inspired!
Catch the bus to Marylebone for shopping in Oxford Street or a trip to Madame Tussauds with our 2for1 offers.
Services
to the heart of London will take you direct to world famous attractions
from Buckingham Palace to the London Eye, all within walking distance.
Take
the scenic route into the capital along London's Embankment and get
right to the doorstep of some of London's best sights including:
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Attractions
| MARYLEBONE ROAD | For Madame Tussauds, Planetarium & London Zoo |
| MARBLE ARCH | For Oxford Street, Hyde Park & Winter Wonderland |
| VICTORIA STREET | For Buckingham Palace, Changing of the Guard & Westminster Cathedral |
| WESTMINSTER PIER | For Parliament, Big Ben, Whitehall, The London Eye, Westminster Abbey & River Cruises |
| EMBANKMENT STATION | For Trafalgar Square, Horse Guards, Nelson’s Column & the National Gallery |
| TEMPLE STATION | For London Transport Museum, Covent Garden & St Martin-in-the-Fields |
| TOWER OF LONDON | For Tower, Tower Bridge & HMS Belfast |
Fares
Simply pay the driver when you get on the bus (cash only)
Kids travel free*, even on Saturdays!
* up to 2 children (aged 5 - 15) can travel for free when accompanied by a fare-paying adult
| Adult fare | Discounted fare** | Child fare | |
| Same day return | £18.00 | £13.00 | £9.00 |
| Single | £15.00 | £11.00 | £7.50 |
**Discounted
fares available for passengers over the age of 60, students with
photographic ID and young persons aged between 16 and 26 years old.
2for1 deals on this service.
Our Oxford Tube 2for1 deals are available to SW1 passengers too.
View our full range of 2 for 1 deals and download your voucher.
If you want to stay later in London you can use your SW1 tickets to come back on the Oxford Tube, simply catch the Oxford Tube from Victoria or Marble Arch (stop 14) and change in Oxford to catch the S1 or S2 home (please check the S1 and S2 timetable before travelling).
THE SMALL PRINT
Local travel at either end of the route is not permitted. Tickets must be purchased from the driver in cash. For local journeys in West Oxfordshire please use services S1 or S2 instead.
Seat-belt
fitted Stagecoach Gold buses are used on the SW1. Please wear the
seatbelts for your comfort and safety. Stagecoach Gold buses are not
equipped with toilets.
We're sorry but as the SW1 is not a local bus service we are unable to carry mobility scooters even if you have a permit.
Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
SW1 runs every Saturday and Sunday and Bank Holidays, except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
Ticket validity
Note that some Oxford Tube tickets will be accepted on the SW1 service:
To London
Oxford
Tube singles and returns bought from a Thornhill Park & Ride ticket
seller, Tube 12, Tube passes 1 week or more and Tube Connector tickets
are accepted on the SW1 to London.
Nightrider and Group tickets will not be accepted on journeys towards London on the SW1.
Prepaid vouchers and online tickets will not be accepted on the SW1.
From London
Oxford
Tube passes 1 week or more, Tube 12, Connector, Group, Nightrider and
return tickets will be accepted on the SW1 service from London.
Prepaid vouchers and online tickets will not be accepted on the SW1.
TALKING OF STAGECOACH.....................................
SEE THE LATEST ON THE FOCUS FLICKR SITE
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A recent visit to the City of Oxford and a selection of images are now on the Focus Flickr site from around the 'dreaming spires'. Buses and coaches operated by Stagecoach and Arriva can be viewed here, whilst buses and coaches from the Oxford Bus Company are here. Finally a selection of other operators are now here.
TALKING OF STAGECOACH.....................................
SEE THE LATEST ON THE FOCUS FLICKR SITE
.jpg)
A recent visit to the City of Oxford and a selection of images are now on the Focus Flickr site from around the 'dreaming spires'. Buses and coaches operated by Stagecoach and Arriva can be viewed here, whilst buses and coaches from the Oxford Bus Company are here. Finally a selection of other operators are now here.
