Travelling by coach is a great way to travel across most parts of the country at much cheaper prices than travelling by train. Coach services can be used to take you on business and leisure, and more people are finding coach travel, especially when commuting to work, a useful mode of transport.
National Express and it's associated companies provide the most comprehensive coach service across the UK, and times and fares for their services can be seen on the National Express web site.
This said there are far more coach services than National Express, below is a short list of useful ones.
Buy Coach Tickets Online:
 | National
Express - National coach operator |
Regular Coach services:
| AirLinks
- Provides connections to, from and between airports. |
| Armchair
- Provides commuter coach services from Reading and Maidenhead to London. |
| Berry's
Coaches - Services between London and the West Country. |
| EasyBus
- A potential coach service to keep your eye on, which is intending to offer
London to Birmingham for £1. |
| Green
Line - Provides connections across South East England. |
| MegaBus
- Amazingly cheap intercity bus travel across the UK |
| National
Express - Travel around Britain with National Express. |
| Oxford
Bus - Services between London and Oxford. |
| Scottish
Citylink - Travel around Scotland with ease. |
Leisure Coach Services:
| Battersby
Silver Grey - Excursions and tours from Morecambe. |
| Diamond
Holidays - Excursions from Cardiff. |
| Eagle
Coaches - Day trips from Bristol. |
| Jeffs
Coaches - Excursions from Brackley, Northants. |
| Kings
Ferry Coach Company - Excursions from North Kent and the Medway Towns. |
| Lakeland
Horizons - Excursions from Leicester. |
| M
R Travel - Excursions from Rochdale. |
| Marchants
Coaches - Excursions from Cheltenham |
| Mayne
- Excursions from Manchester and Warrington. |
| Milligans
Coach Travel - Excursions from Mauchline, Ayrshire. |
| Richards
Bros - Excursions from the Cardiff area. |
| Skills
Holidays - Excursions from Derby, Sheffield, Leicester, and Nottingham. |
| Tellings
Golden Miller - Excursions from Twickenham, Middlesex. |
| Wallace
Arnold - Provides holidays by coach. |
| Whyte's
Coach Tours - Excursions from Aberdeen. |
Hire a bus/coach:
| Arena
Travel - Hire a coach in the Surrey area. |
| Bakers
Coaches - Hire a coach. Based in Stoke-on-Trent. |
| Birmingham
Coach Company - Hire a coach. Based in Birmingham. |
| Buffalo
Travel - Hire a coach. Based in Bedford. |
| Carousel
Travel - Hire a mini-coach ranging from 8 to 16 seaters. Based in
Manchester. |
| Eastbond
Travel - Hire a coach. Based in Tamworth. |
| Henry
Hulley & Sons - Hire a coach. Based in Bakewell, Derbyshire. |
| London
Central - London Central have a number of different types of buses for
hire for most types of occasions. |
| M
R Travel - Hire a coach. Based in Rochdale. |
| Motts
Travel - Hire a coach in London, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. |
| Nu-Venture
- Hire a coach. Based in West Kent. |
| Sullivan
Buses - Hire a London Routemaster bus. Based in Potters Bar. |
| Telford's
Coaches - Hire a coach. Based in Newcastleton, Scottish Borders. |
| Terry's
Coach Hire - Hire a coach. Based in Coventry. |
| TimeBus
- Timebus Travel provides traditional, red London buses for hire within
London and the surrounding Home Counties |
| Travel
Rite - Hire a coach. Based in East Kent. |
| Travelsure
- Hire a coach. Based in Seahouses, Northumberland. |
| Truronian
- Hire a coach. Based in Cornwall. |
| Woottens
Luxury Travel - Hire a coach. Based in Buckinghamshire. |
