National Express boosting London/south coast connections
From Friday 4 July National Express is boosting its daily coach services between London and the south coast.
The boost to services follows recent data from YouGov’s Destination Index, indicating that more than one in ten (14%) of Britons are most likely to visit UK destinations during the summer period – just behind Spain (16%) – with 53% of UK adults indicating that they are consistently pleased with their holidays in Britain.
The operator is to increase services between London, Poole, Bournemouth and Southampton with some of the fastest journeys taking two and a half hours.
Enhanced services from the 4th July include:
- London to/from Poole: increasing from 15 to 20 journeys a day with eight faster journeys
- London to/from Bournemouth: increasing from 16 to 22 journeys a day with ten faster journeys
- London to/from Southampton: increasing from 12 to 14 journeys a day with journeys as fast as two hours 35 minutes
In addition, National Express is boosting services between the South Coast and London airports:
- Poole to/from Heathrow: increasing from 15 to 20 journeys a day, with journeys up to an hour quicker at two hours 30 minutes
- Bournemouth to/from Heathrow: journeys will become faster with some as quick as two hours
- Southampton to/from Heathrow: faster journeys from one hour 40 minutes
- Portsmouth to/from Gatwick: introducing six journeys a day with journeys as quick as one hour 35 minutes
Bookings for journeys between Bournemouth and Heathrow are already up nearly 30% and bookings between Southampton and Heathrow up over 30%.