Annual savings could pay household fuel bills for a year High fuel and parking costs taking their toll on car drivers Stagecoach survey shows financial benefits of bus travel Travelling by bus instead of commuting by car could save drivers around £150* a month, according to new research carried out by Stagecoach. A survey of transport corridors across the UK has revealed that consumers could save more than £1700* a year on average, just by switching from the car to Stagecoach bus travel. The annual saving is enough to pay household fuel bills for an entire year**...

The megabus.com Winter Sale has been extended until the 4th March 2012!  An extra week for your visitors to try and bag one of the thousands of FREE SEATS to maximise your commissions!  In addition to this megabus.com have announced a maximum fare offer for mid week travel. Pay no more than £8* for journeys Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and no more than £5* for Wednesday journeys until 4th March 2012!*Terms and Conditions apply*Offer ends 04/03/2012. Sale prices for seats start at £0.00 and are capped at £8.00 each way per person for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thu...

The MEGA travel giveaway from megabus.com 10,000 FREE seats available. Want to get from A to B for free? Try megabus.com! megabus.com are giving away a massive 10,000 FREE* seats for travel between the 9th January 2012 until 26th February 2012 on English and Welsh routes! To book your travel simply go online to www.megabus.com/wintersale and search for your travel destinations- there are a number of FREE* seats available on English and Welsh megabus routes.   FREE travel is available on journeys taken Monday - Thursday and your free seat will be valid for a single ...

Stagecoach Group co-founder and Chief Executive Sir Brian Souter today (18 November 2011) received his knighthood at an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Sir Brian (57) was awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in June 2011 for services to transport and the voluntary sector. One of the UK’s foremost entrepreneurs, Sir Brian is a significant supporter of charitable causes and the country’s leading public transport innovator. He co-founded Stagecoach with his sister, Ann Gloag, in 1980 with just two buses and has developed the company into...

Stagecoach Bluebird and East Scotland passengers are to benefit after the companies invested £3.4 million in 15 brand new vehicles.Bluebird and Strathtay recently unveiled an investment of £1.4 million in six new luxury coaches in a major boost for public transport in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus and Dundee.In addition, Bluebird has also spent a further £2 million on nine new coaches for Aberdeenshire. Andrew Jarvis, Managing Director of Stagecoach Bluebird, said: The new vehicles are fitted with the latest ‘green’ engines so offer a greener, smarter travel opt...

Polish equivalent of the British megabus.com turned out to be a large success on the Polish market for passenger transport. This led the Souter Holdings Poland (the owner of PolskiBus.com) to invest in 50 new Van Hool coaches, expanding the fleet to 68 vehicles. The company carried over 175,000 people in its first three months of operation. We wrote more about PolskiBus.com here Brian Souter said: We have been delighted with the success of PolskiBus.com since its launch four months ago. This major new investment reflects our commitment to expanding the PolskiBus.com bu...

Transport Group shortlisted as Low Carbon Vehicle Operator of the Year Stagecoach Group is in line for a top green honour after being named as a finalist at the 2011 Low Carbon Champions Awards.The Perth-based transport group has been shortlisted in the Low Carbon Vehicle Operator of the Year category at the awards ceremony to be held in London on 14 November.Stagecoach Group Director of Communications Steven Stewart said: We are delighted to have been shortlisted for this award in recognition of the steps we are taking to become a greener business and help our...

On the Citylink website, you can already find the new timetables for the period 2011/2012. The current "summer" timetable will apply exclusively to 2nd October 2011, after this period in life comes "winter" timetable of the carrier. All timetables are now available in a practical PDF format, please click here.For bookings please visit the Citylink website or megabus.com...