Megabus (North America)

Megabus

Van Hool TD925 coach at Penn Station in March 2009
Parent	Variant Equity Advisors
Founded	April 10, 2006
Headquarters	U.S.: Elizabeth, New Jersey Canada: Peterborough, Ontario
Service area	United States Canada
Service type	Intercity coach service
Routes	30
Hubs	Chicago near Union Station New York City Philadelphia 30th Street Station Pittsburgh Atlanta Dallas Washington Union Station
Fleet	Motor Coach Industries single-deck coaches Van Hool single-and double-deck coaches
Operator	Coach USA subsidiaries: Megabus USA Megabus Northeast Megabus Southeast Megabus Southwest Megabus West All West Coachlines American Coach Lines of Atlanta Kerville Bus Company Lakefront Lines Olympia Trails Bus Company Pacific Coast Sightseeing Tours & Charters Non-Coach USA companies: Concord Coach Lines DATTCO Windstar Lines
Chief executive	Linda Burtwistle
Website	us.megabus.com (U.S.) ca.megabus.com (Canada)

Megabus is an intercity bus service of Coach USA/Coach Canada operating in the eastern, southern, midwestern, western, and Pacific United States^[1] and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is the North American service equivalent to the European Megabus.

Some tickets, if purchased well in advance, are priced as low as $1, with occasional free promotions and an online booking fee of $2.50 per transaction. Megabus follows the yield management model, typically used by airlines, where the lowest fares are offered to those who book early. Only one or two seats are sold for $0 or $1 per schedule, so the less popular schedules tend to be less expensive. Bus stops may be in public streets, bus stations, outside railroad stations or transportation centers in major cities, or on college campuses or at shopping centers in other cities.

Upon ticket purchase, passengers are given a reservation number to be shown to the bus operator upon boarding. In the United States, tickets are not available from the bus operator. Due to franchise regulations, tickets are sold at stops but may be more expensive than those purchased online in Canada.

Reservations can be changed for a fee of $3-$7.50.^[2] Independent to the price of ones ticket, passengers can reserve specific seats on the bus. ^[3]