Megabus - Cardiff to London

girl_withno_name

Hi!

I'm looking to book travel to and from London in mid-May using Megabus Gold and am seeing the following results:

• Cardiff to London shows dates to 3 May
• London to Cardiff shows dates to 16 May
• London to Cardiff only shows one 'Gold' option on the date I'm looking at (previously this has been 4)

Are they stopping / cutting down the Cardiff-London Gold service, does anyone know?

They also usually update daily, so if dates to 3 May are available today then dates to 4 May would be available tomorrow - but these haven't moved forwards for the Cardiff-London leg in about a week.

MeeNorr

I understand that there are Megabus network changes coming in May (probably including Megabus Gold too I'd expect) so wouldn't be surprised if tickets are made available nearer to travel dates than they would be normally. Bus companies don't tend to make the general public aware of their plans for routes/timetable changes on their websites too far in advance for some reason.

The Cardiff to Glasgow (and vice versa) overnight coach was recently cancelled so wouldn't be surprised to see changes to Cardiff to London also. Think it's just a case of checking the website regularly.

tight_scotsman

Bus companies are required to give 6 weeks notice to changes in services /register new services. You can find these on you local transport authority website. Usually called NOP notice of procedings.

girl_withno_name

They've finally posted some information on their website!!

** Daytime Gold Services from 4th May **
Posted: Tuesday, 14 April 2015

From 4th May daytime Gold services (London to Bristol / Cardiff / Cwmbran / Plymouth) will no longer be available. However an increased timetable on megabus.com will provide alternative services between the same points. Citylink Gold services in Scotland and Sleeper services linking Scotland and London are not affected.

Which is a shame, because I found the Gold service far more comfortable than your usual coach and coaches generally cheaper than trains...

wealdroam

tight_scotsman wrote: »

Bus companies are required to give 6 weeks notice to changes in services /register new services. You can find these on you local transport authority website. Usually called NOP notice of procedings.

Is that for all bus services?