Stagecoach Group to expand megabus.com UK services

New locations to include Selkirk, Torquay and Carlisle.

Megabus.com has announced it will be extending its services to seven new UK destinations.

The new destinations include Selkirk, Hawick and Galashiels in the Scottish Borders as well as Paignton and Torquay in South Devon.

Carlisle will also be served for the first time and offer a variety of new services to and from Birmingham Airport.

The expansion means that megabus.com, which is part of the Stagecoach Group, now serves almost 60 locations across the UK.

Among the new return services are Carlisle, Selkirk, Hawick and Galashiels to Manchester and London, and Cornwall, Paignton and Torquay to Bristol.

Additional journeys will also be offered on the existing services of  Glasgow and Manchester to London, Manchester to London and between Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle due to increased demand.

The current service from Portsmouth and Southampton to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds is also being reduced by 45 minutes to offer a faster journey time of under seven hours.

Stagecoach Group Chief Executive Brian Souter said: "We know our passengers are looking for an affordable, reliable, greener travel option and the expansion of our megabus.com services will allow even more people, in even more places to access our fast, comfortable, inter-city coach services."

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