Coach service offers journeys across the UK for knockdown price of £2 each way
Hundreds of cut-price, sustainable intercity journeys are on special offer this week for trips across England, Scotland and Wales
August 2023
The Audio Long Read
The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale – podcast
Across this fractured region, informal networks rule. So if you need to send something, ask someone who’s already going that way
July 2023
The long read
The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale
The long read: Across this fractured region, informal networks rule. So if you need to send something, ask someone who’s already going that way
May 2023
EU expected to delay fingerprinting and facial recognition checks at Dover
Exclusive: move predicted after fears extra checks could mar travel to 2024 Paris Olympics
April 2023
Britons delayed at Dover to miss out on compensation if EU law scrapped
Cheap flights, Brexit, now Dover chaos – is this the end of the road for continental coach tours?
December 2022
Planes, trains and automobiles: comparing cost, speed and emissions of Sydney-Melbourne travel
With fuel prices at record highs and carbon emissions more important than ever, we look at the ups and downs of ways of getting around locally
June 2022
Your problems, with Anna Tims
National Express wouldn’t refund my ‘flexible’ ticket
I paid £144 for extra luggage but after my trip was called off it wouldn’t give the money back
May 2021
The US government should buy the Greyhound bus company. Hear me out
Bhaskar Sunkara
Millions of Americans rely on motorcoaches, but the pandemic hit bus companies hard. I say: nationalize it
December 2020
Tier 4 and lockdown travel refunds: your questions answered
How the Covid restrictions in England, Scotland and Wales affect transport plans
August 2020
Shortage of 6,000 public buses puts UK’s school return at risk
With packed transport a thing of the past, ministers warn private coach operators will need to step in
May 2020
Without help 40,000 jobs could go, warn UK coach tour operators
Trade body says firms don’t receive coronavirus support because of business rating
April 2020
National Express coach services to be suspended on Sunday
No more journeys after midnight on 5 April as coronavirus lockdown takes its toll on passenger numbers
August 2019
10 of the UK’s best open-top bus rides
Offering more than your hop-on, hop-off city sightseeing bus, these affordable routes take in seafronts, woods, valleys, ruined abbeys and Unesco sites
June 2019
Brigid Delaney's diary
I caught the train and bus across Europe to impress a hot man – and to try to save the world
Brigid Delaney
Sure I could get to Rome in an hour, but what about the journey?
May 2019
10 classic UK trips by public transport
Trains in hidden valleys, scenic bus routes, fun ferry rides … many journeys are better by public transport. We plot exciting itineraries for the carefree and car-free
April 2019
How to see five UK national parks by public transport
For National Parks Fortnight we pick ways walkers can dodge the traffic and explore these areas in a more eco-friendly way
August 2017
Transport
Uber for coaches: can these startups revolutionise intercity travel?
New technology platforms are using crowdsourced buses to fill transport gaps and cut the cost of travel
February 2015
National Express optimistic about North America growth
National Express
December 2014
The Christmas shutdown just makes us drunker, fatter, lazier and lonelier
Ian Jack
Ian Jack: It might feel like the near-total lack of trains and tubes at Christmas was ever thus, but in fact it’s a fairly recent development. So what caused it?
