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Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?

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Post by noahtallen »

poulsbohemian wrote: post #98
mmphosis wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've taken the Go bus from Toronto to Barrie, I think the transfer stop was in Bradford. From the Barrie bus stop you need to get on Ontario Northland to go further, but that is a regional bus and is significantly costlier. I paid over $90 each for the regional bus to Toronto - compared to some of the pre-pandemic flight deals: Abbostford BC to Hamilton ON for $17! Greyhound is no longer in Canada - you used to be ab…

Say that’s interesting as there (pre-pandemic) was a Bolt bus from Seattle to Vancouver- so I’m hearing you could theoretically get from Seattle to NYC via Canada… seems logical now that I type it, but guess I’d never really thought about it. Would be more that 24 hours I assume, but maybe not

I think you’re right, the current record for fastest coast-to-coast drive (NYC->LA) is around 27 hours. [1] And that’s going well above the speed limit the whole time without stopping!

1. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cannonball-coast-coast-...

Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?

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Post by gpvos »

JackFr wrote: post #53
IAmEveryone wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Europe, trains are far more comfortable, usually faster, and with better networks in most places. They are more expensive, but if you are in your early 20s (up to 25 or 27) the Interrail ticket is an all-summer (or several weeks, as you chose) pass to travel as much as you want, over most of Europe.

> In Europe, trains are far more comfortable, usually faster, and with better networks in most places. Hah! That’s what I thought until I wanted to go to Liechtenstein. You would think Vaduz as capital would have a rail station, but I had to take a bus.

Well, the station is called Schaan-Vaduz. At least the country has a railway; neither Andorra nor San Marino do.

Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?

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Post by danschuller »

Epenthesis wrote: post #99
louthy wrote: post #48

I felt ‘seen’ as I went through the tweets… - Starts is London, where I lived for 18 years. - Goes through Kibworth Beauchamp which is about a mile from where I live now (Beauchamp is pronounced like ‘Beecham’ btw) - Then to Derby, where I was born and grew up - Then through Belper, where my first job was Felt slightly surreal!

Is Derby pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with "car" or "her" (/dɑ:bi/ or /dɜ:bi/)?

The "car" one

Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?

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Post by jrockway »

School-Cotton wrote: post #42
thriftwy wrote: post #21

In Russia it was at some point possible to go from St. Petersburg (Atlantic coast) to Vladivostok (Pacific coast) using only regional trains ('electrichkas'). With some skill, paying for the ride could be avoided entirely, but it would take ~28 days. Whereas a proper sleeper train does that in "just" 7 days.

That’s impressive. AFAIK in the US, the only two major cities you can get between on regional trains (i.e., without using the national train operator Amtrak) is New York and Philadelphia (New Jersey Transit from NY to Trenton, then SEPTA from Trenton to Philly). NYC and Philly are so close that they could almost be considered the same metropolitan area, so it’s not very impressive! Edit: also Baltimore and Washington…

LA to San Diego is another one. Metrolink -> Coaster at Oceanside.

Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?

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Post by skykooler »

drstewart wrote: post #58
version_five wrote: post #47

There is something very romantic about this - obviously there are other ways to make the trips, but somehow is feels more free and a bit furtive, like if you had to sneak out of town for some reason it's a good thing to know. I'm in Canada and I can't think of any meaningful distance you could cover in this way. Maybe Toronto-Barrie. Our cities are all so far apart, they are mostly isolated hubs and spokes. Curious i…

My hunch is that the best odds to get about as far in the US by bus would be the NE corridor, specifically from Washington to NY (which is about 225 miles / 362 km). Most of these cities have transit authorities that cover their metro region, and they'll probably all have bus service into the adjacent one.

Think that would break down around Philadelphia - New York, unless you consider the NJ transit coaches "local" buses.

Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?

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Post by drstewart »

skykooler wrote: post #105
drstewart wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My hunch is that the best odds to get about as far in the US by bus would be the NE corridor, specifically from Washington to NY (which is about 225 miles / 362 km). Most of these cities have transit authorities that cover their metro region, and they'll probably all have bus service into the adjacent one.

Think that would break down around Philadelphia - New York, unless you consider the NJ transit coaches "local" buses.

I just looked out of curiosity, and it looks like it's doable (not sure about the time frame, just the route options). From Philadelphia city center:

SEPTA 4 to Cecil B Moore Av

SEPTA 3 to Frankford Transportation Center

SEPTA 14 to Oxford Valley Mall

SEPTA 127 to Trenton Transit Center

NJT 409 to High St & Broad St

NJT 413 to Camden

NJT 317 to Asbury Park

NJT 139 to NY Port Authority

Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?

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Post by mmphosis »

poulsbohemian wrote: post #98
mmphosis wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've taken the Go bus from Toronto to Barrie, I think the transfer stop was in Bradford. From the Barrie bus stop you need to get on Ontario Northland to go further, but that is a regional bus and is significantly costlier. I paid over $90 each for the regional bus to Toronto - compared to some of the pre-pandemic flight deals: Abbostford BC to Hamilton ON for $17! Greyhound is no longer in Canada - you used to be ab…

Say that’s interesting as there (pre-pandemic) was a Bolt bus from Seattle to Vancouver- so I’m hearing you could theoretically get from Seattle to NYC via Canada… seems logical now that I type it, but guess I’d never really thought about it. Would be more that 24 hours I assume, but maybe not

Except for that supercheap Abbotsford to Hamilton flight, it was almost always cheaper to take the bolt (or amtrak) bus from Vancouver to Seattle (or Bellingham), and fly quickly and cheaply to Newark, or other airport hubs in the US.

Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?

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Post by dylan604 »

sandworm101 wrote: post #89
version_five wrote: post #47

There is something very romantic about this - obviously there are other ways to make the trips, but somehow is feels more free and a bit furtive, like if you had to sneak out of town for some reason it's a good thing to know. I'm in Canada and I can't think of any meaningful distance you could cover in this way. Maybe Toronto-Barrie. Our cities are all so far apart, they are mostly isolated hubs and spokes. Curious i…

If i was trying to sneek put of london i'd be more interested in how far i could go in 24h without being spotted on a camera. Canada would probably win that race.

Could you go 10 feet? I think the best thing to do to sneak out would be to put on a few of the correct type of items to make facial recognition difficult, and have enough options you could pop into a shop and discreetly change outer layers while exiting different doors (where possible) to slow the tracking down.
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