Coach Stations at Victoria London
A Visitors Guide To Victoria Coach Station & Green Line Coach Station Victoria
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| Victoria Coach Station |
There are 2 coach stations at London Victoria, plus a bus station for the local red London buses.
Victoria Coach Station itself is monopolised by National Express and Megabus services. The Green Line Coach Station has the Green Line and Terravision airport coaches among others. Long distance European services leave from both terminals, (though Eurolines go from Victoria Coach Station)
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Both Victoria Coach Station and the Green Line Coach Station are south of Victoria Rail and Underground Station, about a 5 minute walk.
The two dominant coach companies in England are National Express and Megabus. National Express are the largest operator with a network reaching just about every town and city in England of any consequence. Megabus are the young upstart that burst onto the scene offering dramatically low fares and competing directly with National Express on all the major routes out of London. On these routes fares are incredibly low.
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Both National Express and Megabus use comfortable, quite new coaches with air conditioning and washrooms onboard. They both stick to the motorway network wherever possible.
Victoria Coach Station
Victoria Coach Station is just a like a busy regional airport. Coaches leave every couple of minutes, there are airport style departure screens and departure gates where you board the coach.
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There is a full list of facilities including food, toilets a useful left luggage office that charges less than the nearby rail station.
Our Victoria hotel map, will give you a good perspective of the relative positions of the coach station, rail and underground stations all the major hotel accommodation in the Victoria district.
There are local red buses that go along the Buckingham Palace Road past the coach station and the rail station. The most frequent bus is the number 11 that continues on a mini-sightseeing seeing tour past Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and Trafalgar Square.
National Express
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| National Express Tickets & Timetables |
National Express are the benchmark national carrier offering services to nearly all towns and cities in England and Wales and to the main cities in Scotland.
Cheapest promotional fares are available online in advance. Normally a return fare is much, much cheaper than two single fares. Unlike the rail network there are senior's fares available to anyone over the age of 60. Unlike the railways tickets bought online are true etickets, visitors from overseas can pay by credit card and have their tickets delivered by email in a couple of minutes.
Formally the baggage allowance that goes into the hold is 2 cases, neither of which should be heavier than 20kg. Drivers load the bags and they are not weighed. There is an excess baggage charge if you do go over.
Things like bikes and other outsize luggage are carried subject to the discretion of the driver and them being properly packed so they do not damage other peoples luggage. (Check the National Express web site for a full list of banned items).
National Express Tickets & Timetables
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| Megabus Tickets & Timetables |
Megabus
Megabus are part of the Stagecoach group, a very large international bus and rail operator. Megabus operate similar vehicles to National Express but operate only to the major cities in direct competition with National Express.
Frequencies tend to be less than National Express but Megabus tend to take the lead on pricing. Megabus leave from and arrive in London at Victoria Coach Station, the same as National Express.
Major difference with National Express is that Megabus are much stricter than National Express with regards luggage, limiting carriage to one 20 kg maximum case and a small piece of hand luggage. Megabus also charge a small booking fee.
Eurolines
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| Eurolines Tickets & Timetables |
If you want to go further afield to Europe, Eurolines are a one stop solution that covers most of the key cities in Europe from London.
Most popular routes are probably the relatively short trips to Paris or Dublin, normally the cheapest way of making this journey. Because of the need to take a ferry even these trips will take up most of the day or night.
Eurolines is an umbrella brand for a network of bus companies across Europe that work together to offer an integrated system. They are associated with National Express in the UK and as a result you can get combined ticketing coupling Eurolines European journeys with National Express services through out England and Wales.
Eurolines Tickets & Timetables
Airport Buses - National Express, Terravision, easyBus/Green Line
There are dedicated airport buses from Victoria to all of London's four major airports, Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted.
National Express run services to Heathrow and Gatwick and a stopping service to Stansted Airport from Victoria Coach Station.
Across the road from Victoria Coach Station at the Green Line coach station easyBus run a 24x7 bus service to Luton Airport and Terravision run a direct service to Stansted Airport
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