Article: London to Inverness for [pounds sterling]1...but is megabus.com as good as it sounds? The Crafty Traveller: How the latest budget operator fares against UK's biggest bus firm.

Byline: FRED MAWER

WHETHER you're a hard-up student, an OAP or simply someone who is fed up with paying exorbitant rail fares, you may want to investigate megabus.com.

It can get you from one end of the UK to the other - say from London to Inverness - for as little as [pounds sterling]1. The only additional cost is a 50p booking fee.

Megabus.com, operated by Stagecoach, began offering [pounds sterling]1 one-way fares on a trial basis last year between cities in Scotland. The service was expanded nationwide earlier this year and now fares from [pounds sterling]1 are available between London and 25 English, Welsh and Scottish cities, including ...

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