National Express offers good links from many British places directly to Aintree. Racing fans can travel to The Grand National by Nat Exp coaches this weekend from destinations across Britain. The UK's largest coach operator has scheduled dedicated services from 16 towns and cities direct to Aintree. The most popular location is Manchester with over 500 people travelling from the Coach Station on Saturday alone. As well as being the highlight of the racing season The Grand National also boasts the most spectacular collection of fashion in the British sporting calenda...

You can watch some of the greatest events, at Wembley Stadium, and you can get there by coach. National Express is the official coach supplier to Wembley Stadium providing direct coach services to a host of events. They'll get you there in plenty of time for kick off and won't leave a minute before the final whistle has blown - extra time and penalties included. To find out more about our special events services - and about getting to events via the main National Express network Click here It is so simple by coach, so why bother with a car. Plus, with no driving or par...

Cheap, cheaper, cheapest... Eurolines! A £9 coach fare to Paris has proved so popular with budget travellers it has been extended to Amsterdam and Brussels. Over 1,000 bargain hunters have snapped up the £9 Eurolines coach fare since it launched on 2 March - generating a 24% surge in visitors to the coach company's website To meet demand Eurolines is extending the offer to other popular coach routes. The deal will allow holidaymakers to travel to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam for £9 each way from 16 April. The fares are available to book from today (26 March). John ...

Daylight saving time (DST) also called summer time starts each year on the last Sunday in March and ends on the last Sunday in October. On Sunday 25th of March the clocks will go forward, meaning we lose an hour. British Summer Time will end on 28th October at 2.00 am when the clocks go back to 1.00am. Daylight saving time (DST) is coming: Su 25 March 2012  - clocks are turned forward 1 hour. the good news: the evenings have more daylight and free time for sports and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours Note: some National Express, Megabus a...

Ester travel - Book a coach right to the airport door (using your Coachcard!) Catching a National Express coach to London airports and other UK airports couldn’t be easier and now seniors can use their coachcard to get up to 1/3 off! Unlike other coach operators, all our airport coach services take you right to the door, making getting to the airport completely hassle-free. With the Nat Ex coach to the airport 250,000 seats at £7 or less including booking fee now live! Great value fares across Britain this spring. Travel across Great Britain for £7...

Over the next 12 months they'll be improving their coach services across the UK; reducing journey times, increasing frequencies and launching new services. Look at the details below. From Bath New daily services to; Cheltenham, Gloucester, Nottingham, Doncaster, Scarborough, Hull Additional daily service to; Bristol From Blackpool New daily services to; Wolverhampton, Bristol, Bridgwater, Taunton, Plymouth Additional 2 daily services to Birmingham, as part of new 6 times a day service Additional daily services to; Preston, Bolton, Manchester, Manchester...

We all now know that Megabus has introduced new routes to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. It should also be borne in mind that the carrier also has coaches to Ireland. Details below: London to Ireland with megabus.com Megabus in cooperation with the ferry operator Irish Ferries, provides services between London and Ireland. Those arn’t direct coaches, such as pre-existing connections provided by Eurolines. The Megabus coaches run from London to Pembroke Dock, with stops in Bristol, Bristol UWE, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Carmarthen. Upon arrival in Pembroke Dock, pa...

National Express have announced the biggest shake up to Britain’s cross country coach network in 25 years – creating 230 new journeys, faster travel times and stronger transport links to key tourism regions such as Blackpool, West Wales and the South West. On 27 February Britain’s largest scheduled coach operator will relaunch its cross country network - which links around 500 destinations across England, Scotland and Wales -following a major ten month planning project to modernise coach travel. Britain’s cross country coach network had three million passenger j...