Hot answers tagged buses
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It is still quite common, yes. In Sweden, long-distance buses are only staffed by the driver, and they only check for tickets on stops where people get on or off. On stops for bathroom break or when a longer stop is necessary for some reason, the bus driver will announce on the intercom how long the bus will be at the station, and when it will leave. As ...
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Like many other cities, the metros and regular buses stop at night (between midnight and 5am most nights). There is a different night bus network (NitBus) in Barcelona and its suburbs with 18 lines (N0 to N17). I believe that the fares and passes are the same as for the day buses.
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There are some claims (common but contested) that the lower air pressure (and humidity) in a plane's cabin increases the risk of thrombosis.
Another factor is that buses usually have toilet breaks every couple of hours, which gives everyone an opportunity to stretch their legs - and people are more likely to make use of these opportunities than to do it ...
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Normally you being there in plenty of time should ensure you are the first-came, and excess passengers would be put on after the rest of you. However, this is Greyhound we're talking about, and to further complicate, this is Thanksgiving, the day of the year rules just don't apply ;)
According to one source:
As the ticket policy suggests,
Greyhound ...
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First off all you don't have to take the TGV, you can still travel around on local trains, better known as TER. It requires some planning, but it can be quite charming. For example to get from Lille to Paris, you can take the quick TGV, or you take the local trains which will take you from Lille to Maubeuge and then to Paris.
But to answer your question ...
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City bus tours are commonly known/called Hop On Hop Off in London and the UK. There is no need to book the tickets in advance, you can find the tour company representatives near most of the tourist attractions. But on of the advantages of booking the tickets in advance is, you might get them cheaper. Couple of tour operators that I recommend - The Original ...
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Amtrak
Amtrak offers a series of USA Rail Passes:
8 segments within 15 days $429
12 segments within 30 days $649
18 segments within 45 days $829
To discourage commuters from buying a pass (as opposed to a multi-ride ticket), travel is restricted to four one-way trips between any two cities and the cities in between them on the same route.
As with rail ...
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update4: new bus companies and bus search engine
Meinfernbus, Flixbus, city2city, München-Stuttgart-Express and Aldi-Fernbuslinien are new to me, so I'll share this here.
bus search engine: busliniensuche
DeinBus.de is a another alternative. Bus transport is going to get bigger in Germany since there is no more monopoly to long-distance travel from ...
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The fastest route is the Thalys train that takes 1:22 hours and is a non stop train. If you compare that to the car, you need more than 3 hours according to Google. Consequently, buses can't be any faster than cars. Another option would be flying, but a flight takes around 1 hours, without including the time for getting to the airport, security check, ...
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Thalys is definitely the fastest way of getting from Brussels to Paris. You can buy tickets directly at the Thalys website. You can also buy them at the Belgian (SNCB) or French (SNCF) railway companies. The prices are in principle identical.
The trip by bus takes around 5 hours, to be compared to the 1h20 of the train trip. Apart from Eurolines you can use ...
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Web site of Istanbul city buses is IETT (in turkish). To the left, there is a form labelled "Hat Arama". Typing 83O in this form, then clicking on "Saat" button below gives timetable for this line. Copy/paste the (long) URL to Google translation gives first departure from Taksim at 6:50 AM.
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It depends what you define as Northern Ontario and how much you want to see. Some places (Moosonee and Moose Factory for example) are train only. Many are bus only. You can fly to Sudbury on a regularly scheduled commercial flight. Heck, some people might consider Peterborough or Barrie to be northern, and you can take Go Transit (commuter trains and buses) ...
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The end of most major bus lines from Santiago is in Puerto Montt, from there people usually take the Navimag ferry to go further south, for example to Puerto Natales where there is another road. This is not a short ferry, more a cruise ship and takes four days.
The other option is to go to Chiloé island which is south-west of Puerto Montt, There are several ...
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Some of the companies tend to advertise wifi connection onboard, but we encountered the first actually working one in Chile.
I would try to go through the desks of different bus companies in the bus station. If they say that they offer wifi in the bus then give them little bit hard time with questions about it and finally go with the one who sounds most ...
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When I have the time I always take the bus between Melbourne and Sydney, but some people say I'm crazy.
Usually, if you book in advance, and especially if you only have carry-on luggage, it will be cheaper to fly with one of the low-cost airlines, but when you include getting to and from the airport at each end it will always be more expensive and buses and ...
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Depending on your budget the service that would be the least hassle, and the most flexible would probably be bus. The train doesn't stop too many places up there unless your'e going into the interior on Ontario Northland (and that's only because you can choose where to stop), and VIA isn't the cheapest option out there.
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From Wikitravel:
Metro Turizm is a Turkish bus company that runs daily bus service to
and from Istanbul in Turkey. Busses going from Plovdiv to Istanbul
depart from Jug Station daily at 11:00, 14:00, 19:00, 22:30, and 1:00.
The trip costs 40 YTL (as of the summer of 2011) and takes roughly 7
hours, depending upon the vagaries of traffic and the ...
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Buses:You can go to the bus station and then get tickets.A lot of buses in India with travel time of 5-6 hrs operate without advance reservations but keep in mind that sometimes(especially during festive season,etc) they may be quite crowded and you really don't any part of that.
Also if you can plan 12-24 hrs in advance,you can be nearly sure that you'll ...
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The state run transport company, KSRTC has very good well maintained a/c buses to Goa from Bangalore. You can check the availability and book tickets online from their website. Make sure to select service class as 'Premium' to get a/c buses in your search results.
Since Goa being a well known tourist place and April-June is summer vacation, it is advisable ...
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As someone who's done it, I like the bus. Of course, there are pros and cons of each.
Bus
Pros: A bus is cheaper, you get to see more of the countryside, interact with more people. You get breaks, get good seats (they have business class buses!), and you can stop off at places on the way. We stopped in Arequipa to go to the Colca Canyon, and in Nazca for ...
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Buses
According the general conditions of eurolines (more or less the only paneuropean bus company bicycles are not allowed:
5.5 A maximum of 2 pieces of luggage (suitcases, bags, and packages 70x80x20 cm with a total maximum of 30 kilos) per passenger will be
accepted for carriage. Children and Infants are allowed to carry 1
piece of luggage. ...
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There are no objections to taking the train from Vienna airport to Brno. However, in your precise case, the bus has two advantages.
The bus is direct. You get in the bus at the airport and get out off the bus in Brno. No need to change. With the train you have to change at least once, sometimes even twice or three times. You have to carry your luggage ...
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While as you've mentioned, Budva has the main tourist areas with nice beaches and so on, the Bay of Kotor is considered one of the most beautiful bays in Europe, and has the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Perast and Kotor, plus other typically Mediterranean towns. Kotor especially looks spectacular with the deepest natural fjord in the entire Mediterranean. ...
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I can only answer this question for a small part of the countries you're interested in.
Liechtenstein does not have its own rail service, so the Austrian respectively the Swiss rules apply here. Nevertheless there are some railway stations in Liechtenstein that are mainly served by Austrian trains. In all Austrian and Swiss trains it is strictly forbidden ...
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There are two trains per day between Sydney and Melbourne, one during the day, and one at night, run by CountryLink. On the overnight train, you can book into a 2 berth sleeping car, or try and sleep in a regular seat.
One thing to be aware of with the sleeper is that there's only the 1 coach with sleeper berths in it, the rest of the train only has normal ...
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Mark's answer is good. Here's my personal experience with Greyhound.
Just to be clear, the time on the ticket is completely meaningless. You show up, find out which gate your route boards from, get in that line. When the bus comes they let however many people they have room for on, if there isn't room for you that means you wait for the next bus on ...
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In January 2011 we took a bus down to Puerto Montt. There was no continuous road to go south further due to a volcano that destroyed the road.
We continued the trip with a bus to Chiloe Island (over a ferry), spent a fews days on Chiloe, then took the ferry at Quellon to Puerto Aisen. About 24h on the boat. From there we were quickly at Coihaique in about 1 ...
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This doesn't exactly answer your question, but I don't think you'll find a single, centralised resource.
There's, of course, a reason behind why it's humanly possible to put together a resource like Seat 61. In many countries, trains are either nationalised (most countries) - either fully or like in the UK where the infrastructure is nationalised but the ...
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Update: I did the trip (August 2012) in the opposite direction. See below for details.
It seems it can be done, but it ain't no picknick. I'm yet undecided as to whether I'll do the trip, but the below seem to be the options.
Note that the Scandinavia group (though still running a website) hasn't operated at least since 2009.
Kampala to Lusaka by bus and ...
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It's actually longer than 24 hours. The most common route is from La Paz through to Iquique, and then down to Santiago.
The Santiago->Iquique leg alone takes 24 hours. I can recommend either Pullman (we used them for that) or Tur Bus (used them for other shorter trips). I blogged about it as well.
From Iquique to La Paz it took us 16 hours. However, ...
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