Stagecoach launches integrated coach and rail intercity service

Souter denied that Megabusplus was designed to attack National Express’s troubled East Coast rail franchise

Souter denied that Megabusplus was designed to attack National Express’s troubled East Coast rail franchise

Stagecoach last week launched Megabusplus.com, a new integrated coach and rail service linking towns in the north of England with London.

The move will bring the service into direct competition with National Express’s troubled East Coast intercity rail franchise.

Three coach routes will connect nine towns in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, including Bradford, York and Hull, with the recently opened East Midlands Parkway station in Nottinghamshire, where passengers will board East Midlands...