Tagged With "buses"

It's great news for budget travelers. I took the Ouigo train from to Marseille in 2013 and loved it.

Greyhounds actual buses now are pretty good . i think its their bus stations that are in need of updating . I've also noticed if things go wrong ,it's very hard to get good customer service. Hopefully that will improve with MegaBus offering competition.

Frances train service, SNCF, is expanding its low cost TGV service, Ouigo and tripling it's fleet of coaches called Ouibus.   Ouigo was set up in 2013 to run TGV trains from Paris to the south of France, namely the cities of Lyon,...

Greyhound, still the largest intercity bus company in North America (and parent of BoltBus, one of its hot new competitors) just hit its 100th birthday, and is going on the road to celebrate. The company has turned two coaches into mobile museums, and...

If Google's self-driving cars seem a bit futuristic (even if one got pulled over by a cop for going too slow), consider this: starting next spring, Switzerland will actually put passengers on driverless buses for a two-year test.   The buses will...

London's new mayor starts his term with free bus transfers and a pledge to avoid fare increases for four years.

Strapped for cash and choked with rush-hour traffic, Cologne is considering a network of water-buses that would ply the Rhine river.

German rail operator DB is adding easy car rentals to its ticket options as part of its competition with long-distance buses, discount airlines and others.

Remember that you can't buy a ticket with cash on the bus and because of how they secure the drivers, hard to ask any directions at all.

This new plan has been running for 25 years in countries willing to make progress. Like Australia.