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(U.S.){{URLweblink}} (Canada)}}Megabus is an intercity bus service of Coach USA/Coach Canada operating in the eastern, southern, midwestern, western, and Pacific United StatesWEB,weblink Megabus | Low cost bus tickets from $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.WEB,weblink Changing Reservations, Megabus, Independent to the price of ones ticket, passengers can reserve specific seats on the bus. WEB,weblink Reserved seats, Megabus,

History

On April 10, 2006, Stagecoach Group, operator of Megabus (Europe), introduced the Megabus brand in the United States through its Coach USA subsidiary with daily routes between Chicago and Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, St Louis, Ann Arbor, Columbus, Louisville, Toledo, Detroit, Kansas City, Minneapolis and State College.Good morning America...meet megabus.com On Stage issue 62 April 2006 page 7On August 8, 2007, Megabus introduced service to the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Tempe, Arizona, using Coach America as a contractor.NEWS,weblink Bargain bus company riding into Bay Area next week, George, Raine, San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 2007, PRESS RELEASE,weblink Megabus.com launches $1 bus service on West Coast, Coach USA, August 2, 2007, Megabus drives ahead in States On Stage issue 68 October 2007 page 1 In its first foray into California, ridership was sluggish and Megabus started to discontinue services from Los Angeles in early 2008. Service to the Phoenix area was discontinued in January 2008, followed by San Diego and San Ysidro services in March 2008. In May 2008, Megabus decided to shut down service to/from Los Angeles and discontinue all related services. The final day for services from Los Angeles was June 22, 2008.NEWS, Chang, Andrea, May 17, 2008, Megabus to halt service in L.A., Los Angeles Times,weblink live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080521004258weblink">weblink May 21, 2008, Megabus re-entered the market in 2012 after reacquiring some of the assets of Coach America, which had been part of Coach USA before a major divestiture in 2003.In late May 2008, Megabus began service to/from New York City, with service to/from Albany, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Toronto and Washington, D.C. Further expansions included service to Syracuse, Rochester, Hartford and Niagara Falls, Ontario. Niagara Falls and Hartford were later withdrawn, although service to Hartford resumed in 2010.Megabus returned to the West Coast on December 12, 2012, initially serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Reno, Riverside and Los Angeles. Megabus operates almost exclusively from commuter rail stations or transfer stations for local transit buses on its west coast routes.NEWS,weblink $1 Buses to Los Angeles Return, Chris, Roberts, KNTV, November 28, 2012, PRESS RELEASE,weblink Megabus.com begins new service to/from Los Angeles, San Francisco and six cities, PR Newswire, December 12, 2012, In April 2019, Stagecoach Group sold its North American operations, including Megabus, to Variant Equity Advisors.PRESS RELEASE,weblink Sale of North America Division for Estimated Enterprise Value of US$271M, Stagecoach Group, December 19, 2018, NEWS,weblink Stagecoach sells off North American division for $271m, Coach & Bus Week, December 21, 2018,

Destinations history

Atlanta

Megabus announced service in Atlanta, its first destination in the Southeastern United States, on October 25, 2011. On November 16, 2011, Megabus began operations out of Atlanta from the Civic Center station in Downtown Atlanta.NEWS, Megabus to open Atlanta Hub,weblink American City Business Journals, 24 October 2011, Seventh USA hub for meagbus.com On Stage issue 88 November 2011 page 7Initially, Megabus offered service from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville, Montgomery, Jacksonville, Gainesville, Orlando, Memphis, Birmingham, Charlotte, Durham, Mobile, Richmond and Washington, D.C.PRESS RELEASE,weblink Megabus.com Expands Service to/from Atlanta and 11 Cities, PR Newswire, October 25, 2011, Megabus now also serves Athens and New Orleans. In addition, passengers can link to the northeastern US Megabus service through Knoxville and Charlotte and to Midwestern Megabus services through Memphis and Nashville.Megabus also has a bus line linking Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville that started on March 14, 2012.NEWS,weblink Megabus.com expands Nashville service, Eric, Snyder, American City Business Journals, January 17, 2012, Service between Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, Columbia, South Carolina, Fayetteville, North Carolina and Durham, North Carolina began February 18, 2014.PRESS RELEASE,weblink Megabus.com expands service to/from South Carolina, PR Newswire, February 6, 2014,

Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge service was added on September 9, 2013, with service to New Orleans and San Antonio.NEWS,weblink Megabus.com adds three daily arrivals/departures to/from Baton Rouge, The Gonzales Weekly Citizen, September 9, 2013,

Chicago

Megabus began operations in the U.S. on April 10, 2006, with routes between Chicago and Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and St Louis, from a stop on the curb next to Chicago Union Station. Megabus passengers are only allowed to wait in the station if they are using other companies services. Services also began between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. A service initially offered between Indianapolis and Columbus was later withdrawn due to low ridership.On September 11, 2006, a stop in Toledo was added to the route between Chicago and Cleveland. Additional services were added on April 2, 2007: a stop in Ann Arbor along the Chicago-Detroit route for travel to and from Chicago, a new service between Minneapolis and Milwaukee, an extension of the Chicago-Toledo-Cleveland route into Pittsburgh (since withdrawn on the Midwest network, but later re-entered on the Northeast network), an extension of the Chicago-St. Louis route into Kansas City, reactivation of the Chicago-Indianapolis-Columbus route, new service between Cincinnati and Columbus, and new service between Chicago and Louisville via Indianapolis (since withdrawn).On March 13, 2008, a stop was added in Madison, Wisconsin, on the twice-daily Chicago-Minneapolis route.NEWS,weblink MEGABUS IS A NEW OPTION TO CHICAGO THE BUS SERVICE WILL LINK CHICAGO, MADISON AND MINNEAPOLIS BEGINNING MARCH 13., MARV, BALOUSEK, Wisconsin State Journal, February 28, 2008, Columbia, Missouri was added with one-stop daily in each direction on the Chicago-St. Louis-Kansas City route; was discontinued in September 2015.NEWS,weblink MegaBus ending service in Columbia, Kansas City; Mizzou senior petitioning to save it, Leah, Thorsen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 15, 2015, On March 27, 2008, a new route was added, Chicago-Champaign-Memphis, offering two daily trips in each direction. In early 2010, the Champaign/Memphis route was cut to one daily round-trip due to poor ridership, but the second round trip has since been restored.On May 4, 2010, a route from Chicago to Des Moines via Iowa City began operating. On August 17, 2011, Megabus started service to Omaha via Des Moines and Iowa City; twice-daily departures and arrivals from Omaha and an increase to four daily departures and arrivals from Des Moines and Iowa City.NEWS,weblink Megabus.com expands Chicago service to Omaha, Facebook, August 4, 2011, On March 14, 2012, Megabus started service from Chicago to Nashville via Indianapolis and Louisville. Service was extended to Atlanta via Chattanooga. In June 2012, Megabus announced service from Chicago to Detroit via Grand Rapids and East Lansing beginning July 12.NEWS,weblink All aboard: Megabus unveils start date, ticket sales for new Michigan route, Zane, McMillin, Booth Newspapers, June 22, 2012, On February 2, 2015, Megabus discontinued service from Columbus, Ohio, to Cleveland.NEWS,weblink Megabus cuts service between Cleveland and Columbus, Cincinnati, cites declining gas prices as the reason why, Susan, Glaser, The Plain Dealer, February 2, 2016, On March 1, 2017, Megabus added service between Chicago and Lincoln, Nebraska, thru Moline, Coralville, Des Moines, and Omaha.NEWS,weblink Megabus, Windstar Lines partnership brings bus service back to area, Andy, Davis, Iowa City Press-Citizen, February 21, 2017,

Dallas

On May 31, 2012, Megabus announced a new service to be effective June 19, 2012, to/from Grand Prairie, near the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. From Dallas, passengers had options to travel to Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Little Rock, Memphis, Norman, Oklahoma City, Springfield and St Louis. Passengers also have the option to connect to other Megabus routes in Memphis, from Dallas, and to New Orleans, from Houston.PRESS RELEASE,weblink STAGECOACH EXPANDS MEGABUS.COM NORTH AMERICAN NETWORK TO TEXAS, Stagecoach Group, 31 May 2012, NEWS,weblink Megabus begins express service in Dallas on June 19, Dallas Morning News, 31 May 2012, On November 18, 2012, it was announced that customers would also be able to be served in Dallas downtown area as well as the Grand Prairie location. Megabus received the necessary permissions to start on the following Monday.NEWS,weblink Megabus resumes service to Dallas | wfaa.com Dallas-Fort Worth, Wfaa.com, November 18, 2012, 2013-07-07, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130510002640weblink">weblink May 10, 2013, On April 4, 2013, service was discontinued for the Oklahoma and Missouri state stops via Dallas.NEWS,weblink Oklahoma business briefs for April 2, 2013, The Oklahoman, April 2, 2013, Dallas-to-St. Louis is now only accessible via routing through Memphis.

Los Angeles

Service was extended to Anaheim on December 6, 2014.WEB,weblink Megabus returns to California with stops in several major cities, May 22, 2023, NEWS,weblink Megabus to begin Anaheimâ€“San Francisco service in December, Forgione, Mary, Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2014, subscription,

New Orleans

Service between New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee began December 17, 2013.PRESS RELEASE,weblink Megabus.com expands service to/from Mississippi, PR Newswire, December 6, 2013,

New York

File:Megabus station 9th Av jeh.jpg|thumb|Former station at Ninth Avenue in Manhattan ManhattanFile:Megabus 34th St rain desk jeh.jpg|thumb|Dispatch desk at 34th Street in Manhattan]]File:M21 Megabus on 23rd Street.jpg|thumb|right|M21 traveling west on 23rd Street in Manhattan]]On May 30, 2008, Megabus began East Coast operations with service to and from Atlantic City (operated by Academy Bus), Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo and Toronto.Megabus heads east in the USA On Stage issue 70 April 2008 page 2 Service to Baltimore was added after negotiations over the usage of the White Marsh Park & Ride were concluded. On June 6, a once-daily service was added to Binghamton for travel to and from Buffalo and Toronto. The company claims to service Baltimore, though the stop is well outside Baltimore city limits.As of November 2008, the company ran 14 daily New York City-Washington, DC trips.NEWS,weblink DC to NYC: Which Bus Line Is Best?, SONIA, HARMON, Washingtonian (magazine), Washingtonian, November 13, 2008, In December 2008, service to Binghamton, which had been operating only to Buffalo and Toronto, was dropped in favor of service to Syracuse, Rochester, and Niagara Falls. A new route also began service to and from Albany. Both revised services offer four trips daily (up from two on the Toronto line), with a fifth Buffalo-Toronto express overnight trip also offered. All services were moved from the Royal York Hotel to the Toronto Coach terminal. Hartford was also added to the M22 route in December 2008, with service to Boston or New York available.Service to/from Hartford was added on December 4, 2008, but withdrawn on September 14, 2009.WEB,weblink New York to Boston is now express!, Facebook, August 27, 2009, Eastern BusWEB,weblink Stagecoach Group PLC and Coach USA, Inc., et al.-Acquisition of Control-Eastern Travel & Tour, Inc., 54202-54203 [E8-21733], Justia, September 18, 2008, and Today's BusNEWS, Josh, Novikoff,weblink Today's Bus Now Part of Eastern Coach/Coach USA, WAMU, February 17, 2009, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120222043659weblink">weblink February 22, 2012, September 10, 2019, were acquired by Coach USA in late 2008 and early 2009 but were divested in 2009.On May 4, 2010, service between New York and Pittsburgh via State College began operating; Pittsburgh had previously been served by a route to and from Chicago earlier.NEWS,weblink MegaBus service offers cheap routes, Brendan, McNally, Daily Collegian, April 15, 2010, PRESS RELEASE,weblink Megabus.com Expands Service in Midwest and Northeast, PR Newswire, April 13, 2010, In July 2010, Philadelphia and Boston were added as destinations.NEWS,weblink Megabus adds Philadelphia service, The Boston Globe, June 11, 2010, In August 2010, Providence to New York was added as a route.NEWS,weblink Megabus Coming to Providence, Jef, Nickerson, Greater City Providence, August 4, 2010, On September 8, 2010, service was stopped between Philadelphia and Atlantic City due to low ridership. On December 15, 2010, service was added to Hartford and Amherst.NEWS,weblink Megabus Rolls Back Into Hartford Market, DON, STACOM, Hartford Courant, November 16, 2010, subscription, Service between New York and Amherst began on December 15, 2010; extended to Burlington and Montpelier in 2014.WEB,weblink Megabus.com Expands New York Service, Metro, November 19, 2010, A Brattleboro stop was added in September 2016.NEWS,weblink Letter: Megabus not all it's cracked up to be, Brattleboro Reformer, October 4, 2016, Beginning August 1, 2012, the New York stop moved to 34th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues, across the street from the Javits Center and the 34th Street - Hudson Yards subway station.NEWS,weblink Megabus pickup location in NYC changing as of August 1st, Kim Stuart, Swidler, Times Union (Albany), Times Union, July 23, 2012, In July 2018, Megabus restarted service between Cleveland and New York City.NEWS,weblink Megabus restarts Cleveland-New York route with some $1 fares, Susan, Glaser, The Plain Dealer, July 23, 2018, The service was again halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has not resumed.WEB, Glaser, Susan, clevel, .com, 2020-08-04, Lakefront Lines closure signals bus industry struggle; Cleveland Megabus service remains on hold,weblink 2021-12-29, cleveland, en,

Toronto

In June 2008, Coach Canada began offering tickets from C$1 on its route between Toronto and Montreal, using the same yield management model.NEWS,weblink Coach Canada Offers $1 Tickets To Montreal, CityNews, January 2, 2008, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090626113717weblink">weblink June 26, 2009, The route was later rebranded to a Megabus route.In March 2023, Megabus announced a Toronto-Detroit route would begin operations in April. There will be four stops en route between the two cities.WEB,weblink New bus route launched between Ontario, U.S., March 6, 2023,

Ottawa

On May 14, 2021, Megabus said they would start routes between Toronto, Scarborough, Kingston, and Ottawa. This was in response to Greyhound Canada's announcement that they would shut down all their operations in Canada.NEWS,weblink Megabus coming to Ottawa following Greyhound shutdown, CTV News, May 14, 2021, live,weblink May 15, 2021,

Pittsburgh

On March 29, 2011, Megabus announced service to/from Pittsburgh, operating service out of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center underpass. Megabus routes from Pittsburgh included Pittsburgh-State College-NYC, Pittsburgh-Washington, Pittsburgh-Harrisburg-Philadelphia-Camden, Pittsburgh-Erie-Buffalo-Toronto, Pittsburgh-Columbus-Cincinnati, Pittsburgh-Akron-Cleveland (a restoration of an earlier cut), and Pittsburgh-Toledo-Detroit.NEWS,weblink MegaBus Names Pittsburgh As New Hub, KDKA-TV, March 29, 2011, NEWS,weblink Here comes Megabus, Associated Press, Niagara Gazette, March 29, 2011, Megabus also announced a route between Pittsburgh and Ann Arbor, starting March 14, 2012.NEWS,weblink Megabus.com ending service to Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 29, 2012, On March 13, 2012, Megabus removed under-performing services from Pittsburgh, including Pittsburgh-Erie-Buffalo-Toronto and Pittsburgh-Columbus-Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh-Akron, leaving Pittsburgh-State College-NYC, Pittsburgh-Washington, Pittsburgh-Harrisburg-Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh-Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit-Ann Arbor as the remaining services. On May 6, 2014, Megabus also ended the Pittsburgh-Ann Arbor route due to poor ridership, leaving Pittsburgh customers with no direct connection to points west of the city.NEWS,weblink Megabus cancels route from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, Detroit, Stephanie, Novak, American City Business Journals, April 18, 2014, Megabus routes operating from Pittsburgh will occasionally use an alternate stop on 10th Street and Penn Avenue, right outside of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, if the convention center is holding a large event. This alterative stop is visible from the David L. Lawrence Convention Center underpass.

Philadelphia

Starting July 21, 2010, Megabus began operating service to/from 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Service operates to the Pennsylvania cities of Harrisburg, State College and Pittsburgh, as well as to Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, New York City, Toronto and Washington, D.C.PRESS RELEASE,weblink Megabus.com Expands Philadelphia Service to and From Nine Northeast Cities, PR Newswire, June 10, 2010, PRESS RELEASE,weblink NEW ROUTES FOR MEGABUS.COM NETWORK IN NORTH AMERICA, Stagecoach Group, 11 June 2010, In 2013, Megabus added service to and from Newark, Delaware from Philadelphia en route to Washington, D.C.NEWS,weblink THE BUS STOPS HERE: Megabus to run $1 trips from UD campus to D.C., N.Y.C., Josh, Shannon, Newark Post, September 6, 2012,

Washington D.C.

Megabus began operating to/from Washington, D.C. on December 15, 2010.PRESS RELEASE,weblink Megabus.com Expands Washington D.C. Service To and From 10 Cities, PR Newswire, November 16, 2010, NEWS,weblink Megabus rolls into Charlotte, Kristen, Miranda, WBTV, December 15, 2010, Included was service to/from Toronto.NEWS,weblink Megabus.com Expands Toronto Service to/from Washington D.C., Judi McLeod, December 15, 2010, In November 2011, Megabus began operating from the bus deck in Union Station.NEWS,weblink Union Station to become intercity bus center, Robert, Thomson, The Washington Post, July 29, 2011, subscription, Service between Washington and Christiansburg, Virginia Knoxville and Atlanta also started on December 15, 2010.NEWS,weblink MegaBus brings daily routes from Christiansburg to DC and Knoxville, Montgomery County, Virginia, November 24, 2010, In May 2011, Megabus added service to Frederick, Maryland.NEWS,weblink Hop On the Megabus - to Frederick, Adrienne, Welsch, WRC-TV, May 5, 2011, Service to/from Morgantown, West Virginia was added on January 12, 2012.WEB,weblink Megabus.com Expands Service to Morgantown, Facebook, January 6, 2012, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150110201857weblink">weblink January 10, 2015, mdy-all, In April 2017, the company began service between Washington D.C. and Virginia Beach.NEWS,weblink Megabus is coming to Virginia Beach, and a Norfolk stop is in the works, MECHELLE, HANKERSON, The Virginian-Pilot, April 19, 2017, In October 2018, Megabus added express service between Washington D.C. and Charlottesville, Virginia.NEWS,weblink Megabus to Begin Express Service from Charlottesville to D.C., Emmy, Freedman, WVIR-TV, October 8, 2018, September 10, 2019,weblink April 26, 2019, dead,

California/Nevada network

Megabus re-entered California on December 12, 2012, serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose Sacramento, Reno, Riverside and Los Angeles. Service runs on four routes (LA-San Jose-SF, LA-Oakland-SF, SF-Sacramento and LA-Riverside-Las Vegas).NEWS, Lindsay, William-Ross,weblink $1 Express Bus Service From L.A. To Bay Area and Vegas is Back!, Gothamist, November 28, 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130329131655weblink">weblink March 29, 2013, September 10, 2019, Megabus operates almost exclusively in California and Nevada from commuter rail stations or transfer stations for local transit buses. In Los Angeles, the buses utilized Union Station's Patsaouras Transit Plaza. In San Jose, Megabus stops at Diridon Station. In the Las Vegas Valley, buses utilize RTC's South Strip Transfer Terminal.NEWS,weblink Megabus returning with trips between Las Vegas and L.A., Las Vegas Sun, November 28, 2012, A stop in Burbank was added on August 15, 2013,NEWS,weblink 'Megabus' Begins Daily Service From Burbank To Northern Calif., CBS News, August 15, 2013, and the route was extended to Anaheim (serving Orange County) on December 6, 2014.WEB,weblink Megabus returns to California with stops in several major cities, May 22, 2023, Megabus subsequently ceased serving California due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but resumed service on May 15, 2023 operating one route via Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Fresno, Bakersfield, Los Angeles (El Monte Station) and Anaheim.WEB, Dotson, Nijzel, 2023-05-15, Megabus returns to Sacramento and other major cities across California,weblink 2023-09-24, KCRA, en, Megabus also re-launched service from Las Vegas to Barstow, Riverside, El Monte, and Anaheim on June 1, 2023.WEB, 2023-05-22, Megabus launches L.A. to Las Vegas service,weblink 2023-09-24, KTLA, en-US, However, due to the closure of the Coach USA Anaheim yard, service terminated on September 28, 2023.

Destinations served

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Fleet

{{unreferenced section|date=December 2023}}The Megabus fleet has the megabus.com name on the front and sides in yellow against a blue base and the Megabus logo on the left side of the coach (facing forward) and rear of the bus. The DATTCO fleet used for Megabus service also has Megabus logos, but with a DATTCO logo instead of a Coach USA logo for Megabus buses owned and operated by DATTCO. Buses on the M25 Megabus route operate with Academy Bus livery.Megabus service began with used Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Renaissance coaches, often transferred from other Coach USA operations, with some services utilizing Chicago- and Wisconsin Coach Lines buses. In 2007, Coach USA updated its Chicago-based Megabus fleet with new MCI J4500 single-deck and Van Hool TD925 double-deck motorcoaches.In May 2008, Megabus expanded to the Northeastern United States with a fleet of primarily brand-new Motor Coach Industries D4505 coaches, several new Van Hool TD925-double decker buses, and some buses purchased secondhand or transferred from the Chicago fleet. This expansion came as Megabus exited from the West Coast market. Further expansion in the Northeast came in the fall and winter of 2008-2009, when additional double-decker buses were delivered, resulting in much of the single-deck buses being transferred to sister operation Eastern Shuttle, pushing many of the EL3s to retirement. The fleet transferred to Eastern Shuttle was eventually returned to mainline Coach USA duty following divestiture a few months later.All Megabus coaches in the United States are equipped with Wi-Fi and electrical outlets.In accordance with ADA regulations, wheelchair-accessible service is available on all lines (although most service is operated with true-low-floor double-deck coaches). This can now be done online or by phone.The Canadian Megabus fleet consists of 15 2009 TD925 buses operated by Trentway-Wagar. All of the Canadian fleet is equipped with electrical outlets and Wi-Fi. The Canadian buses are pooled with the US fleet for NYC-Toronto or Philadelphia-Toronto runs, with drivers swapping at Buffalo to stay within their certified country. On these runs, the buses will typically only have Wi-Fi service available in the home country for the bus being used; i.e., Canadian buses will turn off their WiFi at the US border, and American buses will turn off WiFi upon entering Canada. This is to avoid roaming charges from the cellular carriers that provide internet service.

Notable incidents

Megabus vehicles have been involved in several crashes. (This list does not include Megabus vehicles operated by DATTCO or Concord Coach Lines on services to and from Boston and services on the M25, which are operated separately).

On September 1, 2008, a Detroit-bound M1 coach was pulled over by Michigan State police after officers noticed the bus swaying and speeding outside Benton Township, Michigan. The bus's driver was arrested when he was found to have a blood alcohol level of .07, well above the .04 limit for commercial bus operators. It was the first drunk driving incident in Coach USA history. A replacement driver was brought in to bring the 30 passengers to their final destination.NEWS,weblink MegaBus driver arrested on DUI charges in Southwest Mich., Jenna, Skoller, The Michigan Daily, September 3, 2008,
On September 11, 2010, around 2:30 a.m., a Toronto-bound M34 double-decker coach missed an exit to the William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center in Syracuse, NY, and hit a railway overpass carrying the St. Lawrence Subdivision along NY Route 370 {{convert|2|mi}} farther away. Four passengers were killed, all in the front of the upper deck, crushed into the lower deck in the crash, and 17 others were injured.NEWS, Nicholas, Lisi,weblink Megabus passengers awake to crash, blood and cries for help, The Post-Standard, September 11, 2010, NEWS,weblink Canadians not among 4 killed in bus crash, Peter, Chen, Associated Press, The Globe and Mail, September 11, 2010, Megabus settled the resulting lawsuits, including one for $3.1 million.NEWS, John, O'Brien,weblink Megabus settles lawsuits over crash that killed 4 near Syracuse, The Post-Standard, July 9, 2013,
On August 2, 2012, a St. Louis-bound M5 service Megabus coach with 64 passengers slammed into a concrete bridge pillar on Interstate 55 near Litchfield, Illinois. At least one passenger was killed, and 30 were hurt. Police attributed the crash to a blown tire.NEWS,weblink Police: Blown tire likely caused Megabus crash, Associated Press, CBS News, August 3, 2012, NEWS,weblink Megabus Crash in Illinois: At Least 1 Dead, 30+ Injured, Matthew, Jaffe, ABC News, August 3, 2012,
On February 21, 2016, a double-decker Megabus traveling from Chicago to Milwaukee turned around an hour into its trip citing a need to "change buses" to its passengers.NEWS, Lucas, Peterson,weblink The Day My Megabus Caught Fire, The New York Times, February 22, 2016, TWEET, Lucas, Peterson, frugaltraveler, 701481358896590848, February 21, 2016, An hour into trip, turning around to "switch buses." Currently learning that on @megabus, you get what you pay for., Shortly after turning around, the bus stopped on the side of U.S. Route 41 in Lake Forest with a flat tire and caught fire before exploding.NEWS,weblink Megabus Catches Fire on Illinois Highway, ABC News, February 22, 2016, All passengers, including the driver, had evacuated the bus before the explosion and were unharmed, but all passenger belongings still stowed on the bus were destroyed. The incident was liveblogged by then-The New York Times columnist Lucas Peterson.
On May 22, 2022, a Megabus carrying 47 passengers traveling from New York City to Washington, DC rolled over on its right side on Interstate 95 northeast of Baltimore, injuring 27 people, 15 of whom went to the hospital.NEWS,weblink 27 injured after Megabus crashes, rolls onto its side on I-95, Barry, Sims, WBAL-TV, May 23, 2022,
On August 9, 2022, a Megabus from New York City to Philadelphia hit a pickup truck on the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95). They lost control, causing the double-decker bus to crash into barriers and roll over on its right side at the ramp for the Thomas Edison Service Area. The crash killed two passengers and seriously injured two others and the bus driver.NEWS,weblink 2 dead after Megabus traveling to Philadelphia crashes on New Jersey Turnpike; 17 injured, Jillian, Mele, Bryanna, Gallagher, 6abc/WPVI-TV, August 11, 2022,

The safety of curbside bus services came under scrutiny in 2011 after the World Wide Tours bus crash caused 14 fatalities.NEWS,weblink Carnage on I-95 After Crash Rips Bus Apart, Robert D., McFadden, The New York Times, March 12, 2011, subscription, The National Transportation Safety Board conducted a six-month study and found that while bus travel was considerably safer than by car, curbside buses had seven times the fatality rates of traditional bus lines.NEWS,weblink High Fatality Rate Found for Low-Cost Buses, Michael M., Grynbaum, The New York Times, October 31, 2011, subscription, NEWS,weblink National Transportation Safety Board: Report on Curbside Motorcoach Safety, Leighton Walter, Kille, Journalist's Resource, February 27, 2013,

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