Megatrain
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| Franchise(s): | Integrated into Stagecoach Group franchises (East Midlands Trains and South West Trains) Integrated into Virgin CrossCountry March 2006 - November 2007 |
| Main Town(s): | Sheffield, Portsmouth, Southampton, Nottingham |
| Other Town(s): | London, Chesterfield, Leicester, Loughborough |
| Parent company: | Stagecoach Group |
| Website: | www.megatrain.com |
Megatrain sells low-cost intercity railway tickets in the United Kingdom via the Megabus website. The available routes are by rail operators associated with Stagecoach Group (owner of the co-branded Megabus). Ticket sales began on 1 November 2005.
Megatrain tickets are available on specific services operated by East Midlands Trains and South West Trains (both rail franchises wholly owned by Stagecoach Group). The available services are those that are otherwise not busy, and tickets are priced using the yield management model typical of low-cost airlines, where the lowest fares are offered to those who book early or on less popular journeys.
In addition to the point-to-point rail fares of Megatrain, Megabusplus provides combined coach and rail journeys between London and Yorkshire: buses link Huddersfield - Halifax - Bradford, Harrogate - York - Castleford and Hull - Scunthorpe to East Midlands Parkway railway station for travel by train to London.
Prices are advertised as starting at £1, with a 50p booking fee. Tickets must be purchased in advance, via the Megabus website or by telephone.
Megatrain tickets are available Monday to Saturday only, and not on Sundays or many public holidays.
East Midlands Parkway (with connecting coach services to Yorkshire) added 20 March 2009
Replacement for the M13 Megabus route.
Havant added 29 October 2007
Route extended to Bournemouth, Poole, and Weymouth 22 April 2006
Axminster and Honiton added 29 October 2007.
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