Easier reading (and avoids the new auth-wall on Twitter) https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1428438081871433731.html
Thanks for this, I managed to follow the original thread to Leicester and then somehow got lost in the Twitter UI.
Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
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Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#72There 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…
Talking about free, catching the bus in Canada involved scanners and bag searches. Only place in the world I’ve seen that.
Canada had a decapitation on a inter-city bus a few years ago, people were pretty freaked out.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#73Earlier 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.
"Better" network is an interesting choice of words if you're listing it as a separate quality from speed. Better in what way? I doubt anywhere in Europe has a train network with denser routing or more stops than the bus system. There are many, many cities and villages that are only accessible by regional buses. I doubt the residents would consider the train networks to be "better".
I was talking about coaches now :)
...and my perspective may be both local and outdated. Intercity coaches were actually illegal here in Germany until 5 years ago or so, intended to protect the train services (and, I guess, roads and the environment).
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#74There 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…
Talking about free, catching the bus in Canada involved scanners and bag searches. Only place in the world I’ve seen that.
Where is that? Certainly not on city busses, and not on any of the coach busses I have seen.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#75As discussed elsewhere in this submission, if you want real mileage by road then it’s by coach you have to go. I used to be scared of flying (technically still am but I’ve since learned to manage that fear) so over the years I’ve travelled great distances by road and rail. I’ve used coaches a lot to travel the U.K. and Europe. 12 hours has taken me from London to Amsterdam. I’d wager another 12 hours would get you as…
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.
I’ve taken many trains in Europe. Ferries too.
Train is actually my preferred way to travel (that or driving. But it depends where I’m going and why).
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#76There 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…
Talking about free, catching the bus in Canada involved scanners and bag searches. Only place in the world I’ve seen that.
Is this your experience or something you read about? I take the bus all the time in Toronto and have never had a bag searched.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
That’s generally the terminology we use in the UK. Bus = something you just walk on Coach = longer distance and prebooked
Yup. While not an official definition the following site has a decent definition of the differences https://www.wyattcoaches.co.uk/news/what-is-the-difference-b...
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Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#78There 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…
Someone did this about ten years ago, going from LA to San Francisco in about three days https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfweekly.com/news/in-transi...
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
By coach maybe, not by bus
Good point but I have travelled from London to South Italy on a vehicle called bus by their operators :)
You should consider taking back your comment about it being misleading— the author is from the UK— vernacular is different for busses and coaches.
Misleading is a pretty negative thing to call someones story!
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Talking about free, catching the bus in Canada involved scanners and bag searches. Only place in the world I’ve seen that.
Canada had a decapitation on a inter-city bus a few years ago, people were pretty freaked out.
What's a little decapitation between friends?