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> Do National Express coaches take bikes if you arrange it beforehand? I saw two bikes being put on
> a Scottish City Link Coach I was getting on in Glasgow once. Actually it might have been a
> National Express coach...can't remember whether I was going North or South now.
>
Yes and no! Depends on the bike. They have different rules for normal bikes and for folding bikes
etc. When I was trying to transport my bike (either 'as a bike' or in a hard case) they could not
guarantee a space because it was larger than the allotted 2 pieces of luggage allowance. They were
willing to take my money but said the driver had a right to refuse my 'luggage' if the coach was
full and everyone has there full allowance. Yeah right,as if I was going to do that. At the time I
was trying to get to a race in Cologne Germany, I wouldn't have minded being refused at Victoria but
you can imagine being turned away from a coach at 11pm in the centre of Cologne? I offered to pay
double (it was an important race for me) to compensate for the 'extra luggage' but they would not
entertain it.
In the end I went across on the ferry and drove down to Cologne in a Hire car. Worked out really
well in the end.
Ring NE by all means but get it in writing if they say yes to taking your bike.
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