TheBox Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 (edited) It doesn’t sound too great Greyhound as just moved out of Downtown, closing the Downtown bus station, much like many other Downtown Greyhound bus stations lately (it should be lucky to have a whole other bus station built in Harrisburg, which is more than I can say for many other Greyhound) Megabus/Coach USA also have their bus stop moved out of Downtown, but this time moved to Hilcroft P&R (also is it just me, or have the blue Van Hool double-deckers have retired and sold since the pandemic? Plus, they just never bothered buying new ones, making it no longer “Megabus” in all but name) FlixBus also bought Greyhound to give it a helping hand. Don’t know if they also moved their downtown bus stop to Greyhound’s after the buyout Leaving Vonlane and the new RedCoach Luxury Transportation to be the only downtown intercity bus options left Turimex (for you Hispanics out there) is now dependent on Omnibus Express in the U.S., as it lost many bus stops and bus stations across Texas Everything else is more or less the same It also doesn’t help that none of the local, state, nor federal governments are doing anything to help the intercity bus industry at all, AFAIK Edited June 1 by TheBox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.33 Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Megabus no longer has the double decker buses for their Texas routes, but I do think they're still operating on some routes in the Northeast. Flixbus still operates from the Gray lot (Gray at Smith) and also has some trips from the Harrisburg Station. From my experience, Redcoach and Vonlane are still the best. Megabus is consistent and affordable. Stay away from Flixbus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 I used Flixbus a decent amount in Europe with no issues. Never used it in the states Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay123 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Cant metro buy the old sams club building next to fannin south and convert it to a multimodal facility closer to downtown the nrg and next to the highways than having greyhound tucked away over there by harrisburg. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Megabus routes in Texas, including those to and from Houston, have been discontinuedas of Friday, the bus service announced. Megabus officials said routes were halted between Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston. Customers who booked for those routes will get refunds, according to the company’s online announcement. “Unfortunately, Megabus had to make the difficult business decision to discontinue our service to/from Texas,” V.P. of Commercial for Megabus Colin Emberson said in a statement. Emberson said the company is still offering trips to more than 500 cities in North America and searching for more opportunities for new routes in the future. Houston initially had a travel route to Dallas. Some riders could travel from Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Austin to Houston. The move has prompted some former Megabus customers to seek out alternative affordable bus services. Some Reddit users mentioned different options such as FlixBus, RedCoach and Greyhound. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/megabus-houston-routes-19664935.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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