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April 4th, 2006, 04:35 AM
Stagecoach Expands Megatrain Budget Rail Service
3 April 2006
Edited Press Release
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Stagecoach Group said Monday that its budget rail service, megatrain.com, is being extended to new locations in the south and west of England.
megatrain.com, which is being piloted at South West Trains, the UK's biggest rail franchise, offers passengers tickets for as little as GBP1, Stagecoach said.
The cheap tickets will now be available on services linking London with Bournemouth, Weymouth, Exeter, Salisbury, Yeovil, Bath and Bristol.
Bookings for the new megatrain services are being accepted now for travel from April 20 for Bournemouth and Weymouth and from April 28 for the other new destinations.
More than 1,700 seats a week will be available on the new routes, Stagecoach said.
Ian Dobbs, Chief Executive of Stagecoach Group's rail division, said: "We believe there is significant potential to expand this innovative concept beyond South West Trains to other parts of the U.K. rail network."
The expansion of megatrain.com follows the success of the two initial trial routes from London to Southampton and Portsmouth - launched in October last year - which have now taken more than 26,000 bookings.
3 April 2006
Edited Press Release
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Stagecoach Group said Monday that its budget rail service, megatrain.com, is being extended to new locations in the south and west of England.
megatrain.com, which is being piloted at South West Trains, the UK's biggest rail franchise, offers passengers tickets for as little as GBP1, Stagecoach said.
The cheap tickets will now be available on services linking London with Bournemouth, Weymouth, Exeter, Salisbury, Yeovil, Bath and Bristol.
Bookings for the new megatrain services are being accepted now for travel from April 20 for Bournemouth and Weymouth and from April 28 for the other new destinations.
More than 1,700 seats a week will be available on the new routes, Stagecoach said.
Ian Dobbs, Chief Executive of Stagecoach Group's rail division, said: "We believe there is significant potential to expand this innovative concept beyond South West Trains to other parts of the U.K. rail network."
The expansion of megatrain.com follows the success of the two initial trial routes from London to Southampton and Portsmouth - launched in October last year - which have now taken more than 26,000 bookings.