The UK’s largest transport operator FirstGroup have launched a new inter city coach service featuring the Greyhound buses that have become an iconic part of American travel.
Onboard features of the new coach service include leather seating, free wi-fi, air conditioning, free newspapers and up to 20% extra leg room – with 41 seats rather than the 50 typically operated by rival coach companies. Fares will start from £1 each way if booked online. The services will have kerb-side pick ups at a number of locations with non-stop journeys between cities. This will provide a journey time advantage of up to 40% over rival coach operators, whose services typically stop a number of times at intermediate locations.
The new Greyhound UK service will initially operate out of London to south coast cities Portsmouth and Southampton.
Greyhound coaches offer the only countrywide network of coach services in the USA and Canada. The US company was set up in Minnesota in 1914 by Carl Wickman, a Swedish immigrant. The coaches’ grey livery led them to being nicknamed ‘greyhounds’ and the company took on the name in 1929.
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