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Megabus (North America)

Megabus, branded as megabus.com, is an intercity bus service of Coach USA/Coach Canada operating in the eastern, southern and midwestern United States[1] and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is the North American service equivalent to the European Megabus.

Megabus
Van Hool TD925 coach at Penn Station in March 2009
ParentVariant Equity Advisors
FoundedApril 10, 2006
Headquarters
Service areaUnited States
Canada
Service typeIntercity coach service
Routes30
Hubs
FleetMotor Coach Industries single-deck coaches
Van Hool single-and double-deck coaches
OperatorCoach USA subsidiaries:
  • Megabus USA
  • Megabus Northeast
  • Megabus Southeast
  • Megabus Southwest
  • Megabus West
  • All West Coachlines
  • American Coach Lines of Atlanta
  • Kerville Bus Company
  • Lakefront Lines
  • Olympia Trails Bus Company
  • Pacific Coast Sightseeing Tours & Charters

Non-Coach USA companies:

Chief executiveLinda Burtwistle
Websiteus.megabus.com (USA)
ca.megabus.com (Canada)

Some tickets, if purchased well in advance, are priced as low as $1, with occasional free promotions, in addition to an online booking fee of $2.50 per transaction. Megabus follows the yield management model, typically used by airlines, where the lowest fares are offered to those who book early. Only one or two seats are sold for $0 or $1 per schedule, so the less popular schedules tend to be less expensive. Bus stops may be in public streets, bus stations, outside railroad stations or transportation centers in major cities, or on college campuses or at shopping centers in other cities.

Upon purchase of a ticket, passengers are given a reservation number to be shown to the bus operator upon boarding. In the United States, tickets are not available from the bus operator. In Canada, owing to franchise regulations, tickets are sold at stops but may be more expensive than those purchased online.

Reservations can be changed for a fee of $3-$7.50.[2]

History

On April 10, 2006, Stagecoach Group, operator of Megabus (Europe), introduced the Megabus brand in the United States through its Coach USA subsidiary with daily routes between Chicago and Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, St Louis, Ann Arbor, Columbus, Louisville, Toledo, Detroit, Kansas City, Minneapolis and State College.[3]

On August 8, 2007, Megabus introduced service to the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego and Tempe, Arizona, using Coach America as a contractor.[4][5][6] In its first foray into California, ridership was sluggish and Megabus started to discontinue services from Los Angeles in early 2008. Service to the Phoenix area was discontinued in January 2008, followed by services in San Diego and San Ysidro in March 2008. In May 2008, Megabus made the decision to shut down service to/from Los Angeles and discontinue all related services. The final day for services from Los Angeles was June 22, 2008.[7] Megabus re-entered the market in 2012 after reacquiring some of the assets of Coach America, which had been part of Coach USA prior to a major divestiture in 2003.

In late May 2008, Megabus began service to/from New York City, with service to/from Albany, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Toronto and Washington, D.C. Further expansions included service to Syracuse, Rochester, Hartford and Niagara Falls, Ontario. Niagara Falls and Hartford were later withdrawn although service to Hartford resumed in 2010.

Megabus returned to the West Coast on December 12, 2012 initially serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Reno, Riverside and Los Angeles. On its west coast routes, Megabus operates almost exclusively from either commuter rail stations or transfer stations for local transit buses.[8][9]

In April 2019, Stagecoach Group sold its North American operations, including Megabus, to Variant Equity Advisors.[10][11]

Destinations history

Atlanta

Megabus announced service to in Atlanta, its first destination in the Southeastern United States, on October 25, 2011. On November 16, 2011, Megabus began operations out of Atlanta from the Civic Center station in Downtown Atlanta.[12][13]

Initially, Megabus offered service from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville, Montgomery, Jacksonville, Gainesville, Orlando, Memphis, Birmingham, Charlotte, Durham, Mobile, Richmond and Washington, D.C.[14] Megabus now also serves Athens and New Orleans. In addition, passengers are able to link to northeastern US Megabus service through Knoxville and Charlotte, and link to Midwestern Megabus services through Memphis and Nashville.

Megabus also has a bus line linking Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville, started on March 14, 2012.[15]

Service between Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, Columbia, South Carolina, Fayetteville, North Carolina and Durham, North Carolina began February 18, 2014.[16]

Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge service was added September 9, 2013, with service to New Orleans and San Antonio.[17]

Chicago

Megabus began operations in the U.S. on April 10, 2006, with routes between Chicago and Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and St Louis, from a stop on the curb next to Chicago Union Station. Megabus passengers are prohibited from waiting in the station unless they are using other companies' services. Services also began between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. A service that was initially offered between Indianapolis and Columbus was later withdrawn due to low ridership.

On September 11, 2006, a stop in Toledo was added on the route operating between Chicago and Cleveland. Additional services were added on April 2, 2007: a stop in Ann Arbor along the Chicago-Detroit route for travel to and from Chicago, new service between Minneapolis and Milwaukee, an extension of the Chicago-Toledo-Cleveland route into Pittsburgh (since withdrawn on the Midwest network, but later re-entered on the Northeast network), an extension of the Chicago-St. Louis route into Kansas City, reactivation of the Chicago-Indianapolis-Columbus route, new service between Cincinnati and Columbus, and new service between Chicago and Louisville via Indianapolis (since withdrawn).

On March 13, 2008, a stop was added in Madison, Wisconsin, on the twice daily Chicago-Minneapolis route.[18]

Columbia, Missouri was added with one stop daily in each direction on the Chicago-St. Louis-Kansas City route; it was discontinued in September 2015.[19]

On March 27, 2008, a new route was added, Chicago-Champaign-Memphis, offering 2 daily trips in each direction. In early 2010, Champaign/Memphis route was cut to one daily round-trip due to poor ridership, but the second round trip has since been restored.

On May 4, 2010, a route from Chicago to Des Moines via Iowa City began operating. On August 17, 2011, Megabus started service to Omaha, via Des Moines and Iowa City; twice-daily departures and arrivals from Omaha and an increase to four daily departures and arrivals from Des Moines and Iowa City.[20]

On March 14, 2012, Megabus started service from Chicago to Nashville via Indianapolis and Louisville.[15] Service was later extended to Atlanta via Chattanooga. In June 2012, Megabus announced service from Chicago to Detroit via Grand Rapids and East Lansing beginning July 12.[21]

On February 2, 2015, Megabus discontinued service from Columbus, Ohio to Cleveland.[22]

On March 1, 2017, Megabus added service between Chicago and Lincoln, NE thru Moline, Coralville, Des Moines and Omaha.[23]

Dallas

On May 31, 2012, Megabus announced new service to be effective June 19, 2012 to/from Grand Prairie, near the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. From Dallas, passengers had options to travel to Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Little Rock, Memphis, Norman, Oklahoma City, Springfield and St Louis. Passengers also have the option to connect to other Megabus routes in Memphis, from Dallas; and to New Orleans, from Houston.[24][25] On November 18, 2012, it was announced that customers would also be able to be served in Dallas downtown area as well as the Grand Prairie location. Megabus received the necessary permissions to start on the following Monday.[26]

On April 4, 2013, service was discontinued for the Oklahoma state and Missouri state stops via Dallas.[27] Dallas-to-St. Louis is now only accessible via routing through Memphis.

Los Angeles

Service was extended to Anaheim on December 6, 2014. They have since discontinued it.[28]

New Orleans

Service between New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee began December 17, 2013.[29]

New York

 
Former station at Ninth Avenue in Manhattan
 
Dispatch desk at 34th Street in Manhattan
 
M21 traveling west on 23rd Street in Manhattan

On May 30, 2008, Megabus began East Coast operations with service to and from Atlantic City (operated by Academy Bus), Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo and Toronto.[30] Service to Baltimore was added after negotiations over the usage of the White Marsh Park & Ride were concluded. On June 6, a once-daily service was added to Binghamton for travel to and from Buffalo and Toronto. The company claims to service Baltimore, though the stop is actually well outside of Baltimore city limits.

As of November 2008, the company was running 14 daily New York City-Washington, DC trips.[31]

In December 2008, service to Binghamton, which had been operating only to Buffalo and Toronto, was dropped in favor of service to Syracuse, Rochester and Niagara Falls. A new route also began service to and from Albany. Both revised services offer four trips daily (up from two on the Toronto line), with a fifth Buffalo-Toronto express overnight trip also offered. All services were moved from the Royal York Hotel to the Toronto Coach terminal. Hartford was also added on the M22 route in December 2008, with service to Boston or New York available.

Service to/from Hartford was added December 4, 2008, but withdrawn on September 14, 2009.[32]

Eastern Bus[33] and Today's Bus[34] were acquired by Coach USA in late 2008 and early 2009 but were divested in 2009.

On May 4, 2010, service between New York and Pittsburgh via State College began operating; Pittsburgh had previously been served by a route to and from Chicago earlier.[35][36] In July 2010, Philadelphia and Boston were added as destinations.[37] In August 2010, Providence to New York was added as a route.[38]

On September 8, 2010, service was stopped between Philadelphia and Atlantic City due to low ridership. On December 15, 2010, service was added to Hartford and Amherst.[39] Service between New York and Amherst began on December 15, 2010; extended to Burlington and Montpelier in 2014.[40] A Brattleboro stop was added in September 2016.[41]

Beginning August 1, 2012, the New York stop moved to 34th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues, across the street from the Javits Center and the 34th Street - Hudson Yards subway station.[42]

In July 2018, Megabus restarted service between Cleveland and New York City.[43] The service was again halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has not resumed.[44]

Toronto

In June 2008, Coach Canada began offering tickets from C$1 on its route between Toronto and Montreal, using the same yield management model.[45] The route was later rebranded to a Megabus route.

Ottawa

On May 14, 2021, Megabus said that they would start routes between Toronto, Scarborough, Kingston and Ottawa. This was in response to Greyhound Canada's announcement that they would shut down all their operations in Canada.[46]

Pittsburgh

On March 29, 2011, Megabus announced service to/from Pittsburgh, operating service out of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center underpass. Megabus routes from Pittsburgh included Pittsburgh-State College-NYC, Pittsburgh-Washington, Pittsburgh-Harrisburg-Philadelphia-Camden, Pittsburgh-Erie-Buffalo-Toronto, Pittsburgh-Columbus-Cincinnati, Pittsburgh-Akron-Cleveland (a restoration of an earlier cut), and Pittsburgh-Toledo-Detroit.[47][48]

Megabus also announced a route between Pittsburgh and Ann Arbor, starting March 14, 2012.[49]

On March 13, 2012, Megabus removed under-performing services from Pittsburgh, including Pittsburgh-Erie-Buffalo-Toronto and Pittsburgh-Columbus-Cincinnati and Pittsburgh-Akron, leaving Pittsburgh-State College-NYC, Pittsburgh-Washington, Pittsburgh-Harrisburg-Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh-Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit-Ann Arbor as the remaining services. On May 6, 2014, Megabus also ended the Pittsburgh-Ann Arbor route due to poor ridership, leaving Pittsburgh customers with no direct connection to points west of the city.[50]

Philadelphia

Starting July 21, 2010, Megabus began operating service to/from 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Service operates to the Pennsylvania cities of Harrisburg, State College and Pittsburgh, as well as to Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, New York City, Toronto and Washington, D.C.[51][52]

In 2013, Megabus added service to and from Newark, Delaware from Philadelphia en route to Washington, D.C.[53]

Washington D.C.

Megabus began operating to/from Washington, D.C., on December 15, 2010.[54][55] Included was service to/from Toronto.[56] In November 2011, Megabus began operating from the bus deck in Union Station.[57] Service between Washington and Christiansburg, Virginia
Knoxville and Atlanta also started on December 15, 2010.[58]

In May 2011, Megabus added service to Frederick, Maryland.[59]

Service to/from Morgantown, West Virginia was added on January 12, 2012.[60]

In April 2017, the company began service between Washington D.C. and Virginia Beach.[61]

In October 2018, Megabus added express service between Washington D.C. and Charlottesville, Virginia.[62]

California/Nevada network

Megabus re-entered California on December 12, 2012, serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose Sacramento, Reno, Riverside and Los Angeles. Service runs on four routes (LA-San Jose-SF, LA-Oakland-SF, SF-Sacramento and LA-Riverside-Las Vegas).[63]

In California and Nevada, Megabus operates almost exclusively from either commuter rail stations or transfer stations for local transit buses. In Los Angeles, the buses utilize Union Station's Patsaouras Transit Plaza. In San Jose, Megabus stops at Diridon Station. In the Las Vegas Valley, buses utilize RTC's South Strip Transfer Terminal.[64]

A stop in Burbank was added on August 15, 2013,[65] and the route was extended down to Anaheim (serving Orange County) on December 6, 2014. California service has since been discontinued.[28]

Destinations served

United States

Midwest/Southeast

Fleet

The Megabus fleet has the megabus.com name on the front and sides in yellow against a blue base, and the Megabus logo on the left side of the coach (facing forward) and rear of the bus. The DATTCO fleet used for Megabus service also has Megabus logos, but with a DATTCO logo instead of a Coach USA logo for Megabus buses owned and operated by DATTCO. Buses on the M25 Megabus route operate with Academy Bus livery.

Megabus service began with used Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Renaissance coaches, often transferred from other Coach USA operations, with some services utilizing Chicago- and Wisconsin Coach Lines buses. In 2007, Coach USA updated its Chicago-based Megabus fleet with new MCI J4500 single-deck and Van Hool TD925 double-deck motorcoaches.

In May 2008, Megabus expanded to the Northeastern United States with a fleet of mostly brand-new Motor Coach Industries D4505 coaches, several new Van Hool TD925-double decker buses, and some buses purchased secondhand or transferred from the Chicago fleet. This expansion came as Megabus exited from the West Coast market.[7] Further expansion in the Northeast came in the fall and winter of 2008-2009, when additional double-decker buses were delivered, resulting in much of the single-deck buses being transferred to sister operation Eastern Shuttle, pushing many of the EL3s to retirement. The fleet transferred to Eastern Shuttle was eventually returned to mainline Coach USA duty following divestiture a few months later.

All Megabus coaches in the United States are equipped with Wi-Fi and electrical outlets.

In accordance with ADA regulations, wheelchair-accessible service is available on all lines (although most service is operated with true-low-floor double-deck coaches). This can now be done online or by phone.

The Canadian Megabus fleet consists of 15 2009 TD925 buses and are operated by Trentway-Wagar. All of the Canada fleet is equipped with electrical outlets and Wi-Fi. The Canadian buses are pooled with the US fleet for NYC-Toronto or Philadelphia-Toronto runs, with drivers swapping at Buffalo to stay within their certified country. On these runs the buses will typically only have Wi-Fi service available in the home country for the bus being used; i.e. Canadian buses will turn off their WiFi at the US border and American buses will turn off WiFi upon entering Canada. This is to avoid incurring roaming charges from the cellular carriers that provide the internet service.

Notable incidents

Megabus vehicles have been involved in a number of crashes. This list does not include Megabus vehicles operated by DATTCO or Concord Coach Lines on services to and from Boston, and services on the M25, which are operated separately).

  • On September 1, 2008, a Detroit-bound M1 coach was pulled over by Michigan State police after officers noticed the bus swaying and speeding outside Benton Township, Michigan. The bus's driver was arrested when he was found to have a blood alcohol level of .07, well above the .04 limit for commercial bus operators. It was the first drunk driving incident in Coach USA history. A replacement driver was brought in to bring the 30 passengers to their final destination.[67]
  • On September 11, 2010, around 2:30 a.m., a Toronto-bound M34 double-decker coach missed an exit to the William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center in Syracuse, NY, and hit a railway overpass carrying the St. Lawrence Subdivision along NY Route 370 2 miles (3.2 km) farther away. Four passengers were killed, all in the front of the upper deck, which was crushed into the lower deck in the crash, and 17 others were injured.[68][69] Megabus settled the resulting lawsuits, including one for $3.1 million.[70]
  • On August 2, 2012, a St. Louis-bound M5 service Megabus coach with 64 passengers slammed into a concrete bridge pillar on Interstate 55 near Litchfield, Illinois. At least one passenger was killed and 30 were hurt. Police attributed the crash to a blown tire.[71][72]
  • On February 21, 2016, a double-decker Megabus traveling from Chicago to Milwaukee turned around an hour into its trip citing a need to "change buses" to its passengers.[73][74] Shortly after turning around, the bus stopped on the side of U.S. Route 41 in Lake Forest with a flat tire and caught fire before exploding.[75] All passengers, including the driver, had evacuated the bus prior to the explosion and were unharmed, but all passenger belongings still stowed on the bus were destroyed.[73] The incident was liveblogged by then-The New York Times columnist Lucas Peterson.
  • On May 22, 2022, a Megabus carrying 47 passengers, traveling from New York City to Washington, DC rolled over on its right side on Interstate 95 northeast of Baltimore, injuring 27 people, 15 of whom went to the hospital.[76]
  • On August 9, 2022, a Megabus from New York City to Philadelphia hit a pickup truck on the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) and lost control, causing the double-decker bus to crash into barriers and roll over on its right side at the ramp for the Thomas Edison Service Area. The crash killed two passengers, and seriously injured two others and the bus driver.[77]

The safety of curbside bus services came under scrutiny in 2011 after the World Wide Tours bus crash caused 14 fatalities.[78] The National Transportation Safety Board conducted a six-month study and found that while bus travel was considerably safer than by car, curbside buses had seven times the fatality rates of traditional bus lines.[79][80]

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External links

  • us.megabus.com
  • ca.megabus.com

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Megabus branded as megabus com is an intercity bus service of Coach USA Coach Canada operating in the eastern southern and midwestern United States 1 and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec It is the North American service equivalent to the European Megabus MegabusVan Hool TD925 coach at Penn Station in March 2009ParentVariant Equity AdvisorsFoundedApril 10 2006HeadquartersUSA Elizabeth New Jersey Canada Peterborough OntarioService areaUnited StatesCanadaService typeIntercity coach serviceRoutes30HubsChicago near Union Station New York City Philadelphia 30th Street Station Pittsburgh Atlanta Dallas Washington Union StationFleetMotor Coach Industries single deck coachesVan Hool single and double deck coachesOperatorCoach USA subsidiaries Megabus USA Megabus Northeast Megabus Southeast Megabus Southwest Megabus West All West Coachlines American Coach Lines of Atlanta Kerville Bus Company Lakefront Lines Olympia Trails Bus Company Pacific Coast Sightseeing Tours amp ChartersNon Coach USA companies Concord Coach Lines DATTCO Windstar LinesChief executiveLinda BurtwistleWebsiteus wbr megabus wbr com USA ca wbr megabus wbr com Canada Some tickets if purchased well in advance are priced as low as 1 with occasional free promotions in addition to an online booking fee of 2 50 per transaction Megabus follows the yield management model typically used by airlines where the lowest fares are offered to those who book early Only one or two seats are sold for 0 or 1 per schedule so the less popular schedules tend to be less expensive Bus stops may be in public streets bus stations outside railroad stations or transportation centers in major cities or on college campuses or at shopping centers in other cities Upon purchase of a ticket passengers are given a reservation number to be shown to the bus operator upon boarding In the United States tickets are not available from the bus operator In Canada owing to franchise regulations tickets are sold at stops but may be more expensive than those purchased online Reservations can be changed for a fee of 3 7 50 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Destinations history 1 1 1 Atlanta 1 1 2 Baton Rouge 1 1 3 Chicago 1 1 4 Dallas 1 1 5 Los Angeles 1 1 6 New Orleans 1 1 7 New York 1 1 8 Toronto 1 1 9 Ottawa 1 1 10 Pittsburgh 1 1 11 Philadelphia 1 1 12 Washington D C 1 1 13 California Nevada network 2 Destinations served 2 1 United States 2 1 1 Midwest Southeast 2 1 2 Northeast 2 2 Canada 66 3 Fleet 4 Notable incidents 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditOn April 10 2006 Stagecoach Group operator of Megabus Europe introduced the Megabus brand in the United States through its Coach USA subsidiary with daily routes between Chicago and Milwaukee Indianapolis Cincinnati Cleveland St Louis Ann Arbor Columbus Louisville Toledo Detroit Kansas City Minneapolis and State College 3 On August 8 2007 Megabus introduced service to the San Francisco Bay Area Los Angeles San Diego and Tempe Arizona using Coach America as a contractor 4 5 6 In its first foray into California ridership was sluggish and Megabus started to discontinue services from Los Angeles in early 2008 Service to the Phoenix area was discontinued in January 2008 followed by services in San Diego and San Ysidro in March 2008 In May 2008 Megabus made the decision to shut down service to from Los Angeles and discontinue all related services The final day for services from Los Angeles was June 22 2008 7 Megabus re entered the market in 2012 after reacquiring some of the assets of Coach America which had been part of Coach USA prior to a major divestiture in 2003 In late May 2008 Megabus began service to from New York City with service to from Albany Atlantic City Baltimore Boston Buffalo Philadelphia Toronto and Washington D C Further expansions included service to Syracuse Rochester Hartford and Niagara Falls Ontario Niagara Falls and Hartford were later withdrawn although service to Hartford resumed in 2010 Megabus returned to the West Coast on December 12 2012 initially serving San Francisco Oakland San Jose Sacramento Reno Riverside and Los Angeles On its west coast routes Megabus operates almost exclusively from either commuter rail stations or transfer stations for local transit buses 8 9 In April 2019 Stagecoach Group sold its North American operations including Megabus to Variant Equity Advisors 10 11 Destinations history Edit Atlanta Edit Megabus announced service to in Atlanta its first destination in the Southeastern United States on October 25 2011 On November 16 2011 Megabus began operations out of Atlanta from the Civic Center station in Downtown Atlanta 12 13 Initially Megabus offered service from Atlanta to Chattanooga Nashville Knoxville Montgomery Jacksonville Gainesville Orlando Memphis Birmingham Charlotte Durham Mobile Richmond and Washington D C 14 Megabus now also serves Athens and New Orleans In addition passengers are able to link to northeastern US Megabus service through Knoxville and Charlotte and link to Midwestern Megabus services through Memphis and Nashville Megabus also has a bus line linking Memphis Nashville and Knoxville started on March 14 2012 15 Service between Atlanta and Athens Georgia Columbia South Carolina Fayetteville North Carolina and Durham North Carolina began February 18 2014 16 Baton Rouge Edit Baton Rouge service was added September 9 2013 with service to New Orleans and San Antonio 17 Chicago Edit Megabus began operations in the U S on April 10 2006 with routes between Chicago and Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit Indianapolis Milwaukee Minneapolis and St Louis from a stop on the curb next to Chicago Union Station Megabus passengers are prohibited from waiting in the station unless they are using other companies services Services also began between Indianapolis and Cincinnati A service that was initially offered between Indianapolis and Columbus was later withdrawn due to low ridership On September 11 2006 a stop in Toledo was added on the route operating between Chicago and Cleveland Additional services were added on April 2 2007 a stop in Ann Arbor along the Chicago Detroit route for travel to and from Chicago new service between Minneapolis and Milwaukee an extension of the Chicago Toledo Cleveland route into Pittsburgh since withdrawn on the Midwest network but later re entered on the Northeast network an extension of the Chicago St Louis route into Kansas City reactivation of the Chicago Indianapolis Columbus route new service between Cincinnati and Columbus and new service between Chicago and Louisville via Indianapolis since withdrawn On March 13 2008 a stop was added in Madison Wisconsin on the twice daily Chicago Minneapolis route 18 Columbia Missouri was added with one stop daily in each direction on the Chicago St Louis Kansas City route it was discontinued in September 2015 19 On March 27 2008 a new route was added Chicago Champaign Memphis offering 2 daily trips in each direction In early 2010 Champaign Memphis route was cut to one daily round trip due to poor ridership but the second round trip has since been restored On May 4 2010 a route from Chicago to Des Moines via Iowa City began operating On August 17 2011 Megabus started service to Omaha via Des Moines and Iowa City twice daily departures and arrivals from Omaha and an increase to four daily departures and arrivals from Des Moines and Iowa City 20 On March 14 2012 Megabus started service from Chicago to Nashville via Indianapolis and Louisville 15 Service was later extended to Atlanta via Chattanooga In June 2012 Megabus announced service from Chicago to Detroit via Grand Rapids and East Lansing beginning July 12 21 On February 2 2015 Megabus discontinued service from Columbus Ohio to Cleveland 22 On March 1 2017 Megabus added service between Chicago and Lincoln NE thru Moline Coralville Des Moines and Omaha 23 Dallas Edit On May 31 2012 Megabus announced new service to be effective June 19 2012 to from Grand Prairie near the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex From Dallas passengers had options to travel to Houston Austin San Antonio Little Rock Memphis Norman Oklahoma City Springfield and St Louis Passengers also have the option to connect to other Megabus routes in Memphis from Dallas and to New Orleans from Houston 24 25 On November 18 2012 it was announced that customers would also be able to be served in Dallas downtown area as well as the Grand Prairie location Megabus received the necessary permissions to start on the following Monday 26 On April 4 2013 service was discontinued for the Oklahoma state and Missouri state stops via Dallas 27 Dallas to St Louis is now only accessible via routing through Memphis Los Angeles Edit Service was extended to Anaheim on December 6 2014 They have since discontinued it 28 New Orleans Edit Service between New Orleans and Jackson Mississippi Oxford Mississippi and Memphis Tennessee began December 17 2013 29 New York Edit Former station at Ninth Avenue in Manhattan Dispatch desk at 34th Street in Manhattan M21 traveling west on 23rd Street in Manhattan On May 30 2008 Megabus began East Coast operations with service to and from Atlantic City operated by Academy Bus Washington D C Boston Philadelphia Buffalo and Toronto 30 Service to Baltimore was added after negotiations over the usage of the White Marsh Park amp Ride were concluded On June 6 a once daily service was added to Binghamton for travel to and from Buffalo and Toronto The company claims to service Baltimore though the stop is actually well outside of Baltimore city limits As of November 2008 the company was running 14 daily New York City Washington DC trips 31 In December 2008 service to Binghamton which had been operating only to Buffalo and Toronto was dropped in favor of service to Syracuse Rochester and Niagara Falls A new route also began service to and from Albany Both revised services offer four trips daily up from two on the Toronto line with a fifth Buffalo Toronto express overnight trip also offered All services were moved from the Royal York Hotel to the Toronto Coach terminal Hartford was also added on the M22 route in December 2008 with service to Boston or New York available Service to from Hartford was added December 4 2008 but withdrawn on September 14 2009 32 Eastern Bus 33 and Today s Bus 34 were acquired by Coach USA in late 2008 and early 2009 but were divested in 2009 On May 4 2010 service between New York and Pittsburgh via State College began operating Pittsburgh had previously been served by a route to and from Chicago earlier 35 36 In July 2010 Philadelphia and Boston were added as destinations 37 In August 2010 Providence to New York was added as a route 38 On September 8 2010 service was stopped between Philadelphia and Atlantic City due to low ridership On December 15 2010 service was added to Hartford and Amherst 39 Service between New York and Amherst began on December 15 2010 extended to Burlington and Montpelier in 2014 40 A Brattleboro stop was added in September 2016 41 Beginning August 1 2012 the New York stop moved to 34th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues across the street from the Javits Center and the 34th Street Hudson Yards subway station 42 In July 2018 Megabus restarted service between Cleveland and New York City 43 The service was again halted due to the COVID 19 pandemic and has not resumed 44 Toronto Edit In June 2008 Coach Canada began offering tickets from C 1 on its route between Toronto and Montreal using the same yield management model 45 The route was later rebranded to a Megabus route Ottawa Edit On May 14 2021 Megabus said that they would start routes between Toronto Scarborough Kingston and Ottawa This was in response to Greyhound Canada s announcement that they would shut down all their operations in Canada 46 Pittsburgh Edit On March 29 2011 Megabus announced service to from Pittsburgh operating service out of the David L Lawrence Convention Center underpass Megabus routes from Pittsburgh included Pittsburgh State College NYC Pittsburgh Washington Pittsburgh Harrisburg Philadelphia Camden Pittsburgh Erie Buffalo Toronto Pittsburgh Columbus Cincinnati Pittsburgh Akron Cleveland a restoration of an earlier cut and Pittsburgh Toledo Detroit 47 48 Megabus also announced a route between Pittsburgh and Ann Arbor starting March 14 2012 49 On March 13 2012 Megabus removed under performing services from Pittsburgh including Pittsburgh Erie Buffalo Toronto and Pittsburgh Columbus Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Akron leaving Pittsburgh State College NYC Pittsburgh Washington Pittsburgh Harrisburg Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Cleveland Toledo Detroit Ann Arbor as the remaining services On May 6 2014 Megabus also ended the Pittsburgh Ann Arbor route due to poor ridership leaving Pittsburgh customers with no direct connection to points west of the city 50 Philadelphia Edit Starting July 21 2010 Megabus began operating service to from 30th Street Station in Philadelphia Service operates to the Pennsylvania cities of Harrisburg State College and Pittsburgh as well as to Baltimore Boston Buffalo New York City Toronto and Washington D C 51 52 In 2013 Megabus added service to and from Newark Delaware from Philadelphia en route to Washington D C 53 Washington D C Edit Megabus began operating to from Washington D C on December 15 2010 54 55 Included was service to from Toronto 56 In November 2011 Megabus began operating from the bus deck in Union Station 57 Service between Washington and Christiansburg VirginiaKnoxville and Atlanta also started on December 15 2010 58 In May 2011 Megabus added service to Frederick Maryland 59 Service to from Morgantown West Virginia was added on January 12 2012 60 In April 2017 the company began service between Washington D C and Virginia Beach 61 In October 2018 Megabus added express service between Washington D C and Charlottesville Virginia 62 California Nevada network Edit Megabus re entered California on December 12 2012 serving San Francisco Oakland San Jose Sacramento Reno Riverside and Los Angeles Service runs on four routes LA San Jose SF LA Oakland SF SF Sacramento and LA Riverside Las Vegas 63 In California and Nevada Megabus operates almost exclusively from either commuter rail stations or transfer stations for local transit buses In Los Angeles the buses utilize Union Station s Patsaouras Transit Plaza In San Jose Megabus stops at Diridon Station In the Las Vegas Valley buses utilize RTC s South Strip Transfer Terminal 64 A stop in Burbank was added on August 15 2013 65 and the route was extended down to Anaheim serving Orange County on December 6 2014 California service has since been discontinued 28 Destinations served EditUnited States Edit Midwest Southeast Edit Bloomington Chattanooga No longer offering service Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland No longer offering service Columbia Detroit East Lansing Indianapolis Iowa City Kansas City Louisville Madison Memphis Milwaukee Moline Nashville Normal Omaha St Louis St Paul ToledoNortheast Albany Annapolis Atlanta Atlantic City No longer offering service Baltimore Boston Buffalo Burlington Cheektowaga Christiansburg Erie Harrisburg Hartford New York City Philadelphia Pittsburgh Providence Portland Maine Rensselaer Ridgewood Rochester State College Syracuse Washington D C Canada 66 Toronto Ottawa Montreal London St Catharines Belleville Brockville Cornwall Fort Erie Grimsby Kingston Kirkland Napanee Niagara Falls Oakville Port Hope Trenton WhitbyFleet EditThe Megabus fleet has the megabus com name on the front and sides in yellow against a blue base and the Megabus logo on the left side of the coach facing forward and rear of the bus The DATTCO fleet used for Megabus service also has Megabus logos but with a DATTCO logo instead of a Coach USA logo for Megabus buses owned and operated by DATTCO Buses on the M25 Megabus route operate with Academy Bus livery Megabus service began with used Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Renaissance coaches often transferred from other Coach USA operations with some services utilizing Chicago and Wisconsin Coach Lines buses In 2007 Coach USA updated its Chicago based Megabus fleet with new MCI J4500 single deck and Van Hool TD925 double deck motorcoaches In May 2008 Megabus expanded to the Northeastern United States with a fleet of mostly brand new Motor Coach Industries D4505 coaches several new Van Hool TD925 double decker buses and some buses purchased secondhand or transferred from the Chicago fleet This expansion came as Megabus exited from the West Coast market 7 Further expansion in the Northeast came in the fall and winter of 2008 2009 when additional double decker buses were delivered resulting in much of the single deck buses being transferred to sister operation Eastern Shuttle pushing many of the EL3s to retirement The fleet transferred to Eastern Shuttle was eventually returned to mainline Coach USA duty following divestiture a few months later All Megabus coaches in the United States are equipped with Wi Fi and electrical outlets In accordance with ADA regulations wheelchair accessible service is available on all lines although most service is operated with true low floor double deck coaches This can now be done online or by phone The Canadian Megabus fleet consists of 15 2009 TD925 buses and are operated by Trentway Wagar All of the Canada fleet is equipped with electrical outlets and Wi Fi The Canadian buses are pooled with the US fleet for NYC Toronto or Philadelphia Toronto runs with drivers swapping at Buffalo to stay within their certified country On these runs the buses will typically only have Wi Fi service available in the home country for the bus being used i e Canadian buses will turn off their WiFi at the US border and American buses will turn off WiFi upon entering Canada This is to avoid incurring roaming charges from the cellular carriers that provide the internet service Notable incidents EditMegabus vehicles have been involved in a number of crashes This list does not include Megabus vehicles operated by DATTCO or Concord Coach Lines on services to and from Boston and services on the M25 which are operated separately On September 1 2008 a Detroit bound M1 coach was pulled over by Michigan State police after officers noticed the bus swaying and speeding outside Benton Township Michigan The bus s driver was arrested when he was found to have a blood alcohol level of 07 well above the 04 limit for commercial bus operators It was the first drunk driving incident in Coach USA history A replacement driver was brought in to bring the 30 passengers to their final destination 67 On September 11 2010 around 2 30 a m a Toronto bound M34 double decker coach missed an exit to the William F Walsh Regional Transportation Center in Syracuse NY and hit a railway overpass carrying the St Lawrence Subdivision along NY Route 370 2 miles 3 2 km farther away Four passengers were killed all in the front of the upper deck which was crushed into the lower deck in the crash and 17 others were injured 68 69 Megabus settled the resulting lawsuits including one for 3 1 million 70 On August 2 2012 a St Louis bound M5 service Megabus coach with 64 passengers slammed into a concrete bridge pillar on Interstate 55 near Litchfield Illinois At least one passenger was killed and 30 were hurt Police attributed the crash to a blown tire 71 72 On February 21 2016 a double decker Megabus traveling from Chicago to Milwaukee turned around an hour into its trip citing a need to change buses to its passengers 73 74 Shortly after turning around the bus stopped on the side of U S Route 41 in Lake Forest with a flat tire and caught fire before exploding 75 All passengers including the driver had evacuated the bus prior to the explosion and were unharmed but all passenger belongings still stowed on the bus were destroyed 73 The incident was liveblogged by then The New York Times columnist Lucas Peterson On May 22 2022 a Megabus carrying 47 passengers traveling from New York City to Washington DC rolled over on its right side on Interstate 95 northeast of Baltimore injuring 27 people 15 of whom went to the hospital 76 On August 9 2022 a Megabus from New York City to Philadelphia hit a pickup truck on the New Jersey Turnpike Interstate 95 and lost control causing the double decker bus to crash into barriers and roll over on its right side at the ramp for the Thomas Edison Service Area The crash killed two passengers and seriously injured two others and the bus driver 77 The safety of curbside bus services came under scrutiny in 2011 after the World Wide Tours bus crash caused 14 fatalities 78 The National Transportation Safety Board conducted a six month study and found that while bus travel was considerably safer than by car curbside buses had seven times the fatality rates of traditional bus lines 79 80 References Edit Megabus Low cost bus tickets from 1 Changing Reservations Megabus Good morning America meet megabus com On Stage issue 62 April 2006 page 7 Raine George August 2 2007 Bargain bus company riding into Bay Area next week San Francisco Chronicle Megabus com launches 1 bus service on West Coast Press release Coach USA August 2 2007 Megabus drives ahead in States On Stage issue 68 October 2007 page 1 a b Chang Andrea May 17 2008 Megabus to halt service in L A Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on May 21 2008 Roberts Chris November 28 2012 1 Buses to Los Angeles Return KNTV Megabus com begins new service to from Los Angeles San Francisco and six cities Press release PR Newswire December 12 2012 Sale of North America Division for Estimated Enterprise Value of US 271M Press release Stagecoach Group December 19 2018 Stagecoach sells off North American division for 271m Coach amp Bus Week December 21 2018 Megabus to open Atlanta Hub American City Business Journals October 24 2011 Seventh USA hub for meagbus com On Stage issue 88 November 2011 page 7 Megabus com Expands Service to from Atlanta and 11 Cities Press release PR Newswire October 25 2011 a b Snyder Eric January 17 2012 Megabus com expands Nashville service American City Business Journals Megabus com expands service to from South Carolina Press release PR Newswire February 6 2014 Megabus com adds three daily arrivals departures to from Baton Rouge The Gonzales Weekly Citizen September 9 2013 BALOUSEK MARV February 28 2008 MEGABUS IS A NEW OPTION TO CHICAGO THE BUS SERVICE WILL LINK CHICAGO MADISON AND MINNEAPOLIS BEGINNING MARCH 13 Wisconsin State Journal Thorsen Leah September 15 2015 MegaBus ending service in Columbia Kansas City Mizzou senior petitioning to save it St Louis Post Dispatch Megabus com expands Chicago service to Omaha Facebook August 4 2011 McMillin Zane June 22 2012 All aboard Megabus unveils start date ticket sales for new Michigan route Booth Newspapers Glaser Susan February 2 2016 Megabus cuts service between Cleveland and Columbus Cincinnati cites declining gas prices as the reason why The Plain Dealer Davis Andy February 21 2017 Megabus Windstar Lines partnership brings bus service back to area Iowa City Press Citizen STAGECOACH EXPANDS MEGABUS COM NORTH AMERICAN NETWORK TO TEXAS Press release Stagecoach Group May 31 2012 Megabus begins express service in Dallas on June 19 Dallas Morning News May 31 2012 Megabus resumes service to Dallas wfaa com Dallas Fort Worth Wfaa com November 18 2012 Archived from the original on May 10 2013 Retrieved July 7 2013 Oklahoma business briefs for April 2 2013 The Oklahoman April 2 2013 a b Forgione Mary November 19 2014 Megabus to begin Anaheim San Francisco service in December Los Angeles Times Megabus com expands service to from Mississippi Press release PR Newswire December 6 2013 Megabus heads east in the USA On Stage issue 70 April 2008 page 2 HARMON SONIA November 13 2008 DC to NYC Which Bus Line Is Best Washingtonian New York to Boston is now express August 27 2009 via Facebook Stagecoach Group PLC and Coach USA Inc et al Acquisition of Control Eastern Travel amp Tour Inc 54202 54203 E8 21733 Justia September 18 2008 Novikoff Josh February 17 2009 Today s Bus Now Part of Eastern Coach Coach USA WAMU Archived from the original on February 22 2012 Retrieved September 10 2019 McNally Brendan April 15 2010 MegaBus service offers cheap routes Daily Collegian Megabus com Expands Service in Midwest and Northeast Press release PR Newswire April 13 2010 Megabus adds Philadelphia service The Boston Globe June 11 2010 Nickerson Jef August 4 2010 Megabus Coming to Providence Greater City Providence STACOM DON November 16 2010 Megabus Rolls Back Into Hartford Market Hartford Courant Megabus com Expands New York Service Metro November 19 2010 Letter Megabus not all it s cracked up to be Brattleboro Reformer October 4 2016 Swidler Kim Stuart July 23 2012 Megabus pickup location in NYC changing as of August 1st Times Union Glaser Susan July 23 2018 Megabus restarts Cleveland New York route with some 1 fares The Plain Dealer Glaser Susan clevel com August 4 2020 Lakefront Lines closure signals bus industry struggle Cleveland Megabus service remains on hold cleveland Retrieved December 29 2021 Coach Canada Offers 1 Tickets To Montreal CityNews January 2 2008 Archived from the original on June 26 2009 Megabus coming to Ottawa following Greyhound shutdown CTV News May 14 2021 Archived from the original on May 14 2021 MegaBus Names Pittsburgh As New Hub KDKA TV March 29 2011 Here comes Megabus Niagara Gazette Associated Press March 29 2011 Megabus com ending service to Cincinnati Columbus Pittsburgh Post Gazette February 29 2012 Novak Stephanie April 18 2014 Megabus cancels route from Pittsburgh to Cleveland Detroit American City Business Journals Megabus com Expands Philadelphia Service to and From Nine Northeast Cities Press release PR Newswire June 10 2010 NEW ROUTES FOR MEGABUS COM NETWORK IN NORTH AMERICA Press release Stagecoach Group June 11 2010 Shannon Josh September 6 2012 THE BUS STOPS HERE Megabus to run 1 trips from UD campus to D C N Y C Newark Post Megabus com Expands Washington D C Service To and From 10 Cities Press release PR Newswire November 16 2010 Miranda Kristen December 15 2010 Megabus rolls into Charlotte WBTV Megabus com Expands Toronto Service to from Washington D C Judi McLeod December 15 2010 Thomson Robert July 29 2011 Union Station to become intercity bus center The Washington Post MegaBus brings daily routes from Christiansburg to DC and Knoxville Montgomery County Virginia November 24 2010 Welsch Adrienne May 5 2011 Hop On the Megabus to Frederick WRC TV Megabus com Expands Service to Morgantown Facebook January 6 2012 Archived from the original on January 10 2015 HANKERSON MECHELLE April 19 2017 Megabus is coming to Virginia Beach and a Norfolk stop is in the works The Virginian Pilot Freedman Emmy October 8 2018 Megabus to Begin Express Service from Charlottesville to D C WVIR TV Archived from the original on April 26 2019 Retrieved September 10 2019 William Ross Lindsay November 28 2012 1 Express Bus Service From L A To Bay Area and Vegas is Back Gothamist Archived from the original on March 29 2013 Retrieved September 10 2019 Megabus returning with trips between Las Vegas and L A Las Vegas Sun November 28 2012 Megabus Begins Daily Service From Burbank To Northern Calif CBS News August 15 2013 Bus Stops megabus Skoller Jenna September 3 2008 MegaBus driver arrested on DUI charges in Southwest Mich The Michigan Daily Lisi Nicholas September 11 2010 Megabus passengers awake to crash blood and cries for help The Post Standard Chen Peter September 11 2010 Canadians not among 4 killed in bus crash The Globe and Mail Associated Press O Brien John July 9 2013 Megabus settles lawsuits over crash that killed 4 near Syracuse The Post Standard Police Blown tire likely caused Megabus crash CBS News Associated Press August 3 2012 Jaffe Matthew August 3 2012 Megabus Crash in Illinois At Least 1 Dead 30 Injured ABC News a b Peterson Lucas February 22 2016 The Day My Megabus Caught Fire The New York Times Peterson Lucas frugaltraveler February 21 2016 An hour into trip turning around to switch buses Currently learning that on megabus you get what you pay for Tweet via Twitter Megabus Catches Fire on Illinois Highway ABC News February 22 2016 Sims Barry May 23 2022 27 injured after Megabus crashes rolls onto its side on I 95 WBAL TV Mele Jillian Gallagher Bryanna August 11 2022 2 dead after Megabus traveling to Philadelphia crashes on New Jersey Turnpike 17 injured 6abc WPVI TV McFadden Robert D March 12 2011 Carnage on I 95 After Crash Rips Bus Apart The New York Times Grynbaum Michael M October 31 2011 High Fatality Rate Found for Low Cost Buses The New York Times Kille Leighton Walter February 27 2013 National Transportation Safety Board Report on Curbside Motorcoach Safety Journalist s Resource External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Megabus USA us wbr megabus wbr com ca wbr megabus wbr com 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