Delayed departure, roadworks, lane closures and only an hour to connect in Bristol. What could possibly go wrong!
Join me as I take my first trip on two coaches all the way from Birmingham to Tiverton, Devon. On this trip, I’ll tell you all about the coaches and coach stations I visit, showing you the facilities on offer and the service provided. We’ll have a look at how easy (or not) it is to connect your journey’s by coach and of course I’ll tell you how much it all cost. I think you’ll be surprised by the outcome!
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Mark
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๐Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
00:51 – Birmingham Coach Station
03:26 – Boarding Coach 1
05:12 – Birmingham to Bristol
08:00 – Arriving into Bristol
09:17 – Bristol Bus & Coach Station
09:50 – Boarding Coach 2
12:26 – Bristol to Tiverton
14:18 – Arriving into Tiverton
15:03 – Summary
Picture Credits:
Route Map: OpenStreetMap (route added)
https://www.openstreetmap.org/
36 Comments
Hello once again great vid
Ah, my neck of the woods! I've actually got that last coach from Taunton to Heathrow, couldn't fault it. Would definitely get it again. Cheers
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The second coach is a seriously impressive but of kit. Looked like a very pleasant place to spend the journey.
Thanks for the video.
useful video thanks
Thanks mate and stay safe.
Thanks for the video. Bus firms must be raking it in with all the rail strikes/disruption. LBC's Iain Dale hosted a show at 2000 tonight (Friday) with the theme "what's really working in the UK right now" and someone ought to have suggested bus firms like National Express.
Oh man, I had to visit Digbeth station once on an NE arrival – about 20 years ago and it was an utter toilet of a place. Thankfully it looks like they have rebuilt it since then.
A very good Friday evening Mark from Alan in Lowestoft buddy
I travelled on a 22 plate from Manchester to London and I think they are a bit roomier than the slightly older models. The extra space seats on Megabus are the best for leg room but overall National Express wins as their seats are much more comfy with decent legroom and the toilet is much more spacious.
Great video as always my favourite travel Vlogger ๐
Looks much different to when I used it back in 1999. When did it get an upgrade?
I have absolutely no interest in buses but there is something about your reviews that keep me hooked! The crapper the better like your overnight Megabus journey ๐
Birmingham coach station looks a bit like Darth Vader's helmet.
Amazing video like always! The nice thing with buses (opposed to planes) is that even if you only have 20 mins to connect you will make it easilyโฆ with time to get snacks!
A new model of coach will be hitting the roads soon! The levante 3a with cameras for mirrors plus a few more extra features. Look out for it
He's got a Terry Jones-ish vibe about him, don't you think? RIP Terry.
Nice video as always
Last time I travelled on National Express I did Leeds to Luton Airport via Milton Keynes Coachway and luckily nobody had reserved seat 2A, so I had extra leg room for the 3.5h journey to Milton Keynes.
It is one of the best options for coach travel in the UK and I have used it a few times already, and certainly will book with them next time. We also left late from Leeds as an idiot had parked his car on the way and held up the coach for 15 minutes while getting into Leeds, but we managed to get there earlier than scheduled
Gotta be a Premier Inn! I am quite a fan of National Express and have not got any complaints about the legroom. Not sure how it compares to other providers; what are your thoughts? Thanks for another great video.
Great coach video pal very good coaches they are that woman next to you was sleepy wasn't she ay on the first coach you went on keep up the good work pal ๐
The lavatorial facilities on those are much better than in, say, a VDL Futura (like the one you went to Scotland in) where they try to squeeze as many seats in as possible and they squeeze it under the floor where you can't stand up.
Very pleasant looking coaches indeed. National Express look a very decent outfit, youโll persuade me to travel with them yet!
I certainly prefer Right Side of any coach, if bored then I try to spot Eddy Stobart lorries or any fancy cars whizzing past
Fantastic video and thanks for adding subtitles
Anybody that knowingly goes to Tiverton deserves a thumbs up. The place is desolated all year round, nevermind a night in December. Great video.
6:15 on Sunday 27th November I did a similar journey from Birmingham back to Exeter (I did the opposite the day before). Unfortunately at about this junction there had been a vehicle fire and we got stuck in it for about an hourโฆ
Used to be just a big dark car park
National Express don't own or run quite a few routes ,
And the coaches are branded NX but staffed and run by an independent, and they get fines by NX if stuff doesn't work or coaches are dirty .
Love your videos! Top Guy!
Stress free! they don't even have a route up the east side of the country. gotta get a train.
Interesting journey that. I used to used NX a lot when I lived in London to Tivvy. Also Berry's are great, used them a lot from Hammersmith too. I used them that much,they started calling me by my name! I now live here so dont have do that anymore.
Boyfriend made this journey often.
I had to travel from Hull back to London on a rail strike day. Car hire was so expensive and tried National Express. Great staff and a top notch coach and on time made it a nice journey, would say if on a budget it`s a good way to travel.
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U should have been to the
" ๐๐ OLD DIGBETH ๐๐ "
BUS STATION ๐๐.
Small horrible place
In a built up
Housing area ๐๐๐๐ก.
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Plenty of SPACE
LOADS of INFORMATION SCREENS
shop
Toilets ๐ป ๐๐๐๐?
Nee problems with it what so ever .
๐๐๐a perfect experience with no bother no fuss
in any ๐ COACH CONECTIONS๐๐๐
4me to DEVON / SCOTLAND ๐๐๐๐