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LTIONAL EXPRESS is continuing to capitalise on the coaching om and has unveiled plans for stepped-up services from May 17.
rhe piece de resistance of
new service pattern, which Arms a trend directing most N business on to the wellabl ished state-run routes, is a 1f-hourly London-Birmingham vice with 28 departures a day. Elle single fare to Birmingham :2, in line with hourly services m London to Dover Docks
Southampton, and twourly services from London to ventry, Northampton, and terborough.
National is also offering urly services from Manchesto Leeds and Bradford for £3 gle, two-hourly London-Liverel departures for E4 single. ndon-Manchester operates urly for £3.50 single.
rhe company has joined with little Coaches on a three hourly Wolverhampton-London. express, and has co-ordinated the two operators' Bridgnorth/ Kidderminster routes. Both services now use National's Victoria coach station in London.
While independent/National co-operation is not new, this is the first example of such activity since Whittle took advantage of last autumn's relaxed operating climate.
National says the new services are a result of last year's Coach
MAP demand surveys which established the company's priorities, though it also points to the success of the Beeper cheap fares promotion and media advertising which have helped make coach travel more popular.