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?
#2Purely for the appropriateness of the lyric I give you Paul Kelly: "from St Kilda to Kings Cross is 13 hours on a bus" the kings Cross in question being in Sydney, not London.
I've done the London - Edinburgh night bus. and, the Melbourne - Sydney night bus. They both kinda suck. The Edinburgh London pulled in at the Victoria station coach terminal, not kings Cross station unfortunately
You should be able to get north of Aberdeen in the time limit on a regional.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#3Purely for the appropriateness of the lyric I give you Paul Kelly: "from St Kilda to Kings Cross is 13 hours on a bus" the kings Cross in question being in Sydney, not London. I've done the London - Edinburgh night bus. and, the Melbourne - Sydney night bus. They both kinda suck. The Edinburgh London pulled in at the Victoria station coach terminal, not kings Cross station unfortunately You should be able to get nort…
In the comments, there's a restriction - the rider is using an over-65s bus pass.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#4Technically you could probably get to Vienna, Austria in less than 24 hours by bus, and still have time to visit a Wiener Würstelstand and the opera, if your timing and access to a shower is good. London -> Paris: 2hrs 25 min, Paris-> Vienna: 17 hr 53 min.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#5Technically you could probably get to Vienna, Austria in less than 24 hours by bus, and still have time to visit a Wiener Würstelstand and the opera, if your timing and access to a shower is good. London -> Paris: 2hrs 25 min, Paris-> Vienna: 17 hr 53 min.
I was puzzled by the fact that this person seems to have remained in England and didn't even make it to Scotland. I guess they were taking only public transport service busses and not express long distance busses. Seems a bit arbitrary to me.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#6I think he means walk on bus rather than prebooked coach. Otherwise there is a coach to Berlin and in 24 hours I would guess about Poland.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#7Technically you could probably get to Vienna, Austria in less than 24 hours by bus, and still have time to visit a Wiener Würstelstand and the opera, if your timing and access to a shower is good. London -> Paris: 2hrs 25 min, Paris-> Vienna: 17 hr 53 min.
I was puzzled by the fact that this person seems to have remained in England and didn't even make it to Scotland. I guess they were taking only public transport service busses and not express long distance busses. Seems a bit arbitrary to me.
In the UK that kind of service is known as a "coach" rather than a "bus" generally.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#8I think he means walk on bus rather than prebooked coach. Otherwise there is a coach to Berlin and in 24 hours I would guess about Poland.
Yes, deliberately excluded coaches. Basically the rule was to only use routes that a older persons concessionary pass can be used on (I’m too young for one, but it’s a useful yardstick!), which excludes most express coach routes.
https://twitter.com/politic_animal/status/142901686896309453...
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#9Purely for the appropriateness of the lyric I give you Paul Kelly: "from St Kilda to Kings Cross is 13 hours on a bus" the kings Cross in question being in Sydney, not London. I've done the London - Edinburgh night bus. and, the Melbourne - Sydney night bus. They both kinda suck. The Edinburgh London pulled in at the Victoria station coach terminal, not kings Cross station unfortunately You should be able to get nort…
In the comments, there's a restriction - the rider is using an over-65s bus pass.
He is not, but he is following the rules of a over-65 bus pass, which exclude coaches.
As far as I can tell, he is paying every single ticket and he is going to provide the total at the end of his journey.
Re: Just how far can you travel by bus from London in 24 hours?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the comments, there's a restriction - the rider is using an over-65s bus pass.
He is not, but he is following the rules of a over-65 bus pass, which exclude coaches. As far as I can tell, he is paying every single ticket and he is going to provide the total at the end of his journey.
Total is £56.95, you can see the breakdown here:
https://twitter.com/politic_animal/status/142900671464129741...
Apparently a walk-up train fare would cost £73.50, but he managed to pre-book his return trip train for £40.90