stevensontransit
Active Member
I don’t know. Never rode rider express yet. I’ve only rode Flixbus and badder bus (Megabus) to and from London.
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Bordercollie
Senior Member
How was badder? The issue with Megabus is that it drops you off at some gas station in the middle of nowhere. Who thought that would be a good idea.
stevensontransit
Active Member
its a nice coach and its nonstop between toronto and london
ShonTron
Moderator
Trailways is gone from the 401 corridor completely.
stevensontransit
Active Member
No I check and it continues after August 11th on Flixbus.
ssiguy2
Senior Member
GO should be running all these local services under different names ie GO London, GO Windsor. It would probably result in better and more direct service and very importantly would, like GTA services, allow for free transfers onto London/Windsor transit. Right now the local shuttle between St.Thomas & London goes from ST to White Oaks mall near the 401. These means you not only have to transfer to get downtown/hospitals/Western/Fanshawe but you also have to pay a completely separate fare. There are now no double fares in Toronto so London/Windsor etc should enjoy the same benefit.
stevensontransit
Active Member
Agreed with you.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Add passing tracks to the Dundas Sub at the stations. VIA could run express and save time by not stopping at intermediate stations.
Only London,, Brantford and Woodstock needs via. All other stops can be served by GO.
I'm sure Glencoe has more potential. Woodstock and Brantford could use additional stops.
The problem with busses is the traffic.
I left London at 3:00 and I didn't get home till 7:30 driving without stopping anywhere. 175km in 3 and a half hours. 90 minutes to get from the 410 to Yonge Street and this isn't getting any better.
This is why if you want to move people you need bus lanes. Trucks should be given a rebate to use the 407. If the bus is faster than driving people will use it.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Flixbus, now in 3 provinces, wants to connect Canada in the wake of Greyhound's demise
German company says mileage has doubled year-over-year since 2022
Bordercollie
Senior Member
The problem with this is that there are good and bad operators.
It's rolling the dice what you get.
stevensontransit
Active Member
Why hasn’t flixbus expanded from Toronto to Montreal and Quebec City? One staff says the Quebec corridor is heavily regulated that prevented flixbus from serving that corridor. Could Flixbus at least ask Quebec or file a permit to service Quebec?
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Megabus has that covered as well as Orleans.
stevensontransit
Active Member
In light of those regulations could flixbus at least just file a permit to make Quebec government allow Flixbus to serve Quebec?
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Is there enough demand for that many carriers?
The old Greyhound route from Peterborough to Pembroke and then to Ottawa might be good. Midland and Haliburton has no bus service.
stevensontransit
Active Member
There could or at least have a codeshare agreement between coaches if they want to travel from Toronto to Quebec City.