Ispolkom
Engineer
This week I noticed a couple of articles on inexpensive bus lines.
I've taken Megabus four times (2 round trips from Minneapolis to Chicago). I really can't complain about the value for money (one round trip was free, the other was a dollar each way), or the clock time (it's faster than the Empire Builder). Nevertheless riding the Megabus certainly seemed longer than riding the train. Waiting for the bus was also less than wonderful, as you have absolutely no information (understandable, since there's no station), and in Chicago there was considerable pushing and shoving to get on the bus.
New York to Philadelphia or even Washington I could see doing, but 7 hours on the bus is a long, long time.
I've taken Megabus four times (2 round trips from Minneapolis to Chicago). I really can't complain about the value for money (one round trip was free, the other was a dollar each way), or the clock time (it's faster than the Empire Builder). Nevertheless riding the Megabus certainly seemed longer than riding the train. Waiting for the bus was also less than wonderful, as you have absolutely no information (understandable, since there's no station), and in Chicago there was considerable pushing and shoving to get on the bus.
New York to Philadelphia or even Washington I could see doing, but 7 hours on the bus is a long, long time.