Is MEGABUS Long Distance any Good? (Edinburgh - Aberdeen)

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Would you like to see more bus travel videos? P.S was so tried filming this😅

[@iGenUINElycannotbelievethis]

Yes! Maybe try Nat Ex or Flixbus?

[@glenfowler1404]

Yes please

[@skkaur7397]

Yes please

[@TimTim-qn6bw]

FlixBus stops in Dundee, but not at the Bus station, on the street. Scottish Citylink and Megabus makes stop at the Station as usual.

[@simondavey7787]

Thank you for an excellent trip report; you have won another subscriber. In the wake of the train strikes I have been travelling more by bus and would love to see more videos of interesting bus routes.

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Thank you, I hope to keep improving the content for everyone that watches the channel & I will be doing more bus trips in more remotes places very soon.

[@GaryTurpie]

I'm like yourself and used trains and planes for transport, never really considered buses but due to the railstrikes I had to use companies like Stagecoach, citylink/megabus and national express. I had zero issues with them and will consider using them again in the future

[@joel5671]

love your stuff! keep it up!

[@SamuelTaylorAckroyd]

Great video mate! Great filming, editing & voice over! Keep it up!

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Thanks that means a lot I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@mikeysoft7]

Yes, superb video, even more so considering your lack of sleep. Seat looked comfortable, and not cramped, as some buses are. Extra height gave better views for sure. Music and commentary were just right too. Thanks 😊

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Not a problem Mike, I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😁 I was very pleasantly surprised with the seat, the views are a really big bonus & I’m considering doing a lot more bus journeys now. 😁

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Not a problem Mike, I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😁 I was very pleasantly surprised with the seat, the views are a really big bonus & I’m considering doing a lot more bus journeys now. 😁

[@callumkemp2648]

@@WorldWide_Dom it is megabus u were on but city link have a partnership with megabus so u was totally correct

[@LetsMakeaTrip]

Enjoyed that Dom, have a sub from me 👍. I must try those Citylink buses soon, they look very comfortable. Cheers.

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Thanks for the sub! I am a subscriber of you as well, you make great stuff yourself. I personally and not usually a bus guy but after the positive experience and response to this video I have a lot more planned. 😁

[@DaveMansbridge]

Thanks Dom . Usual high quality shots and interesting journey

[@john07973]

Typo towards end of description....8 hour journey? Nice video thanks

[@walterfillingham]

Ok I’ve always been a train person, but like yourself I’ve been forced to Citylink coaches, to be honest they are utterly superb and now struggle to go back to the trains. Even had to force myself to use the dreaded number 10 Stagecoach bus from Aberdeen to Inverness recently which despite taking over 4 hours was actually quite a pleasant journey. Although these journeys I have done through work it has opened a whole world for me, now wanting to try out the coach from Inverness to Uig on Skye. For information Scottish Citylink and Megabus were recently sold off by Stagecoach and now owned by one company. Flixbus have recently started up in Scotland having been all over most of Europe, they don’t use the main bus stations such as Aberdeen bus station instead using a bus stop on John Street, hopefully they will come to Inverness soon, although Citylink has been utterly superb

[@oliverrosik123]

Great video! You should try the Ultimate challenge, Edinburgh - London on Megabus.

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Oh now your getting me thinking 😁

[@me5425]

Some services aren't operated by megabus

[@gftyhify]

I took megabus from Glasgow to Aberdeen (my birth place) this time last year and back. It’s pretty good in my opinion. City link is also very good

[@voidwrld26]

Nono mate, you are correct with it being a Megabus service, it’s just most of the coaches are branded for the Citylink network. The M92 is the only proper Megabus service in Scotland (excluding the ones to London) :D

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Always confuses me when companies do that. 😅 I guess i just need to do more bus videos and get better acquainted with the business structures. 😁

[@me5425]

Megabus and Citylink owned by stagecoach

[@s125ish]

Megabus is just a brand . Stagecoach have less involvement, any operator can operate megabus services. Parks of Hamilton operate megabus services

[@nx181cc2]

Flixbus are the leading coach operator in Europe and aim to serve more UK destinations than national express by 2025 the service you saw was one of there Glasgow-london service wich goes by the east coast Newcastle-leeds-sheffield-leicester

[@joseferreyra7752]

In the Edinburgh Airport there is not sign where the Megabus Stop, and the people that work in the other buses, they have no idea where the Megabus stop is.😢

[@WorldWide_Dom]

I noticed that myself I believe the only bus that is properly marked is the airlink/skylink to the city.

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

Great video please do more bus videos and hopefully the strike will be over soon

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Here it hoping, haven’t been able to plan a lot of the rail videos I’ve been wanting to do Because of it. I’m not entirely sure the details but hopefully it resolves itself in a way that is amicable to all parties. 😁

[@DaveMansbridge]

What time and date will your live broadcast celebration be on please ?

[@robertofraser101]

Nice day for travel of course bus/ coach train Plane whatever its fine cheers Don

[@kellybearne]

I think you got lucky with the bus you were given - I've been on the Megabus branded ones before and they are much less comfortable!

[@truebrit3578]

While a big fan of rail your video does demonstrate the improvements there have been in bus travel. Rail gets huge investment in the UK and the cost of improvement is expensive. It does make you wonder if some of that investment had been directed towards bus infrastructure and connectivity what might have been achieved. Perhaps the coach industry has been lazy and not dealt with the image problem that it has. Part of that is the concept that bus is a cheaper (and therefore less pleasant) alternative to train. Governments are to blame as well. When rural railways were torn up there was only a half hearted, if that, approach to making buses a viable replacement. Perhaps there is an issue with the whole concept of bus stations as well. Stations are useful for connectivity, but how many bus passengers connect from one bus to another? What your video shows is that buses are an alternative although its also easy to find other videos with presenters carefully studying timetables, nervous that their bus is actually going to arrive.

[@WorldWide_Dom]

You’ve hit the nail on the head there, to be honest I think it was madness that they cut so many rail lines only to these days be wanting to re open them

[@cfcz10yt]

When I was heading back to Scotland the announcer said edinbara not you as well come on man

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Sorry my apologies, I find myself saying it wrong sometimes, it just slips out.

[@SeanMidlandstransporthub]

Great video. It's Flixbus not flexibus though!

[@brianmorrison9168]

Good video, but why do you not edit the title and change the thumbnail ... This was a City Link journey and not Megabus.

[@WorldWide_Dom]

I would & I think your right but I want to keep it as authentic as possible, I booked the ticket under megabus and got citylink as shown in the video, I want to keep it as such so others can know what to expect. 😁

[@brianmorrison9168]

@@WorldWide_Dom Yes, I see your point. However, City Link seems a more upmarket service. Sample prices Edinburgh to Aberdeen on 1st Dec are £19.20 (CL) and £12.20 (MB) Perhaps folk looking for the cheaper option might have high expectations, then when they get an actual Megabus they'll be a bit miffed. My wife actually took a Megabus once from Newcastle to London and it broke down. Luckily, our daughter lived quite near to the breakdown point, so she drove over, collected her mum and took her to Heathrow, her end destination. My wife even blamed me for booking the ticket .. but as I recall there were no planes available. Anyway .. regards from Whitley Bay

[@hypeconnor438]

citylink are owned by megabus who are owned by stagecoach

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Thanks for clearing that up😁 good to know it’s simple eh. 😅

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Thanks for clearing that up😁 good to know it’s simple eh. 😅

[@s125ish]

That’s actually incorrect. Citylink are owned by stagecoach and comfort del gro. Megabus is a brand which stagecoach has sold most of their stake in megabus recently.

[@stugill4513]

you never told us hpw much the fare was

[@WorldWide_Dom]

Apologies, Its Something i need to work on in including in my videos. The Fare was £14.50 one-way

[@me5425]

​@@WorldWide_Dom that's alot when Flixbus is £5

[@WorldWide_Dom]

@@me5425 I have done a video on flixBus since, I am no expert on coach transport.

[@timbounds7190]

FLIXbus not FLEXIbus - I know you were tired, but!!!

[@WorldWide_Dom]

haha Yes I realized after the fact, Don't worry I will be checking them out soon and promise I'll get the name right 😂

[@TheFarCobra]

I laugh at your idea of long distance … if Matrix was here, he would laugh too.