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|    John Levine to All    |
|    Re: new pa bus terminal    |
|    12 Nov 15 02:03:43    |
      From: johnl@iecc.com              >> Uh huh. Megabus has been running double deck intercity buses since 2009.       >>       >> Here's a picture of one near Penn Station.       >>       >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabus_(North_America)#/media/       ile:Coach_USA_Megabus_Van_Hool_TD925_DD415.jpg       >       >Is that a "Chinatown bus"? It couldn't afford $10 fares if it had to pay for       use of the terminal.              No, it's a Megabus. For the benefit of anyone else who's been living       under a rock for the past decade, Megabus is the same company as Coach       USA, a subsidiary of UK transportation conglomerate Stagecoach Group.       A lot of familiar commuter bus lines like Short Line, Hudson, and       Suburban Transit are now owned by Coach USA.              Megabus have airline style fares and online ticketing. Each bus has a       few very cheap seats that get snapped up the day they go on sale, and       fares that get progressively higher as you get closer to the departure       date. In NYC they use curbside stops, but in other cities like       Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland and Washington DC they use regular bus       terminals. The buses are comparable to Greyhound's (except that       they're double deck), and have toilets and wifi.              So anyway, if there were a bus terminal in NYC that could handle       double deck buses, there'd be buses that could use it.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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