OVERNIGHT MEGABUS London to Scotland! My first time on an overnight bus. 

Oh thank god you took this journey for us and we could watch it in the comfort of home! The things you do for us Scott! Thanks so much!!!

The only time I ever did an overnight bus I went from Brighton to Amsterdam with 'Eurolines'. I thought it would be a good idea to buy a bottle of Archer's Peach Schnapps from Threshers near Victoria Coach station as it offered the optimal price to alcohol ratio in that particular off-licence. I drank the entire bottle and then settled down for the journey from London to the Dover ferry then onto France, Belgium and then finally Amsterdam. I woke up at 12.30am with my head resting on the shoulder of a worried looking Belgian scoutmaster. I'd been drooling an Archer's infused slime on him and myself while I'd been unconscious. At this point I realised I was going to be violently sick and the coach had no toilet on it. After vomiting into a plastic bag (actually mostly the side stairwell) I took a well earned rest away from the scouts and fell asleep next to an annoyed looking woman. I was eventually kicked off the bus at the Olympic stadium in the south of Amsterdam along with a number of other confused and sad people at 5am.After walking for half an hour I ended up in the Vondel park where I realised I was surrounded by drug addicts and thieves. They somehow sensed I wasn't worth robbing and left me alone with the worst hangover I've ever had. Since that experience I don't take coaches and don't drink Peach Schnapps, Archer's or otherwise.

When I was a kid we used to travel to Hartlepool from Victoria to see my Nans Sister. We used to leave Victoria about 8 o clock at night and get to Hartlepool about 6 o clock in the morning. Roads are much better now. Happy memories of trying to sleep sitting up, flasks of coffee and spam sandwiches.

Well done! A hero. As a child i travelled more than once overnight between London and Glasgow using Western SMT. This was long before there were motorways. We stopped at St Ives and Lockerbie. these were the most uncomfortable nights I can ever remember.

I'm glad you made it home. I don't think I could take wearing a mask all that time and catching a nap too. I agree I don't think I will be taking a bus to London anytime soon. Thank you for your time and sacrifice for showing us how it's done! Now catch up on some good rest!🥰

I travelled on the megabus from Glasgow to London regularly back around 2016 , I did it quite a few times when I started working as a film extra ,it took around 8 hours , it was okay at first cos they had bunkbeds fitted in the coaches ,so you could strap yourself into the bed and it was comfy , but after a few years they stopped it and if you had a two seats to yourself , you had to give one of the seats up to the on coming passenger , it was very uncomfortable to try and sleep , by the time I had arrived in Victoria Station, I was absolutely shattered, as they say you only get what you pay for , I'm so glad I no longer do those long journeys on the megabus, as I live in the south so , closer to London or better still pay the extra tenner or twenty an get the train , end of the day you want comfort

Thank you so much for taking us along I will never get to see all of these wonderful places in person means world to me 💟💟💟💟💟😁

Thanks for your video. I once took a $52 rdtp megabus from Washington, DC to Toronto, Canada and it was grueling. I was 63 years old at the time. There was just no way to get comfortable in the seat so i never really got any shuteye. The buses need to be a little more comfortable for such long trips in my humble opinion.

I have also travelled both ways on the Western SMT overnight service between London and Glasgow. Before motorways the journey took about 14 hours as I remember, departure from Victoria Coach Station was 20.00, and arrival at Buchanan St in Glasgow was about 10.00 am but my memory fades, (it was nearly 70 years ago). The route was A1, A66, A74. We had travelled on the Starlight Special, a train that was run by BR with cheaper fares to compete with the coach, but it never did, so was taken off. Rail fares were expensive, so most people of little means took the coach. Of course once at Glasgow, we had to get another bus to Greenock where my mother's parents lived.

In my younger years, and not so younger, I've done this journey many, many times by National Express and only once by Megabus. I think that previous statement says it all.

Love the videos. It's amazing how these forms of transport have almost been forgotten but are now becoming more popular since higher air fares. I used to take the overnight bus from London to Glasgow frequently during the 90s. It was usually hell as the buses back then we're just cramped local coaches. Used to feel sorry for family's with children as the long journey would be hard to get them to settle. The engine heat would make the bus a sauna in the summer months and the toilets would break down frequently due to the high engine heat evaporating the water in the tank. The drivers would be hesitant to stop anywhere other than scotch corner or southwaite in fear of the cab breaking down or the bus injectors clogging with carbon. Then the late 90s saw the rise of cheap flights, and I coul fly with KLM from STD to GLW In an hour for less than £40 return with an on flight meal. But now Glasgow seem like a very hard place to get to via air, unless you go via Dublin or belfast. So looks like It will be the coach for me now. Your videos have helped me make some choices. Thank you. Can't wait to try the NE now, it looks way more comfortable.

I used to do this journey regularly around 35 years ago when I worked in London. I was young then, with a girlfriend back home in Scotland. Once did the bus to London followed by 9 hours pottering about the city, then a bus trip to Cologne to see the band Queen. Straight after the concert it was the same journey back. Wouldnt even consider putting myself through that now at 57 years old.

I’m about to go to Scotland on coach tomorrow! Thankyou so much for this! It’s 15:45 to 6:45am Swansea to Glasgow! So helpful !!

Impressive indeed! Good to know the bus is a viable option to flying or the train. Bang on time !

'Tonight's torture' made me LOL

Very enjoyable thanks

Beyond the call of duty there mate , a gentleman of your standing deserves a bit of comfort , leave the bus to the students !

I did the same journey. I fell asleep soon after getting on and woke up just as the journey finished. Excellent service and amazingly cheap. 😚😊

That must be really nice even for the rain it will give you a nice cozy feeling.

Love your videos, so real and honest. Especially when say at the end, I don’t think I would do it again, lol./ hope your sponsors don’t get mad at u, lol.

Love your honesty, thank you!

Good vid keep em coming

Thanks for this fantastic video!

Ahh the ashford intl service via maidstone east - where I will live for the next few months before moving :-) Good video as well!

Thanks so much for your information

Good for you!

I was planning to try it later on, thanks for the review, it gave me some insights on what I would experience

You were dreading the experience, but you gave it a go. Good man yourself - !

Superb

Thank you for your effort in making good video clips for us. Enjoyed it very much.

Reminds of some decades ago with MagicBus 🚌

I remember this music from End to End. Love it!

my sister just mentioned this ...... thanks for the upload

Enjoying your travels, wish they were mine. Take comfort, I took the Caledonian Sleeper in 2004 and spent the night trying not to slip off the narrow plastic "cot", with bedding that was shorter than the bed. (That may have all been fixed since then.) Lost power outside of Carlisle, so no ventilation, nothing to mask the sounds of the neighbors... only good thing was unlimited breakfast was provided due to the delay, and we got to see Carlisle to Glasgow in beautiful sunny daylight. A newspaper crew tried to interview me, until I said I was fine with the delay, and the woman said "Oh, I'm sorry. We are looking for people who are upset." LOL!

I used to do these overnight coach trips to Inverness on Megabus and the National express 588 service I actually quite enjoyed them and if I get a chance will love to resume doing these again.👍

Thanks for doing the journey but I had hoped you would cover more of the interior of the coach and route. Did the seats recline? Head rests for sleeping comfort? Toilet on board? Baggage storage inside? Toilet/refreshment stop on route? I think you might have to do the trip again to let us all see.

Been over 20 years since I last got a night bus to Glasgow from London and after that trip I also said never again. Train is so much better at least you can get up and walk around and of course it be under 5 hours. Then the plane but so much hassle getting to airport getting through security. Then get on and of the plane then the trip from Glasgow airport to the city. It will be the train for me. Great videos

I used to do Western SMT to Glasgow and Eastern Scottish to Ediburgh. 1970s.

Just found your channel. Subscribed. Loving your content. 👍

I remember travelling overnight back in the 50,s, I think it was Northern Roadways something like that, I was just a kid so It was quite an adventure for me, we had food supplied on the coach, & one of stops was at Lockerbie.

I did Belfast to London and return by coach many times, 12 hour journey a real test of endurance.

I remember doing this journey in 1982 with the Scottish leyland penine ,it was the luxury coach at the time but the megabus looks way more comfortable

Thank you .

I have a challenge for you mate. In 1990 I worked on a summer camp in America. At the end of the summer I travelled from Worcester Mass. to Santa Monica Ca. on a Greyhound bus. The journey was absolutely amazing but it took four days and nights from Friday till Monday and covered more or less three and a half thousand miles. The Arizona desert at 3am takes some beating!! How about you try it............

The word was comfortable not comparable! Lol

Excellent 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾

The view of Harros was great, despite the rain.

I've done it a couple of times. It's not so bad if you're prepared. It's always run a bit early when I've been on it, although I'm pretty sure it went direct, only stopping for a driver swap. They used to run a proper sleeper service with bunks which I used too, it was actually really good. Especially if you were travelling with someone and could share a double bunk with dividers. All in all, if the price is right I'd say it's worth it. The sleeper train is a plaything for those with too much money.

Feels a bit like a transatlantic overnight plane - perfectly alright if you know what to brace yourself for.

Worth that wee bit extra for a train all day long, done London vic to Dundee on mega bus a few times years back , my spine by the time I arrived felt like a soggy noodle, brutal experience.

awesome

I took the Aberdeen-London overnight National Express a few times in the nineties. I was getting on at Stirling so that cut about a few miles! Once was for a job interview, the next time I was on my holidays. The first time there was an hostess on the bus who served teas and coffees. A few years later that service had ceased. I was gutted because I hadn't taken a flask...😆

Used to catch the national express quite a lot years ago. 6 hours up to Scotland. Discovered viz comics one time. That was a new experience

I once took the overnight London to Glasgow Mega Bus back in the day when some to of them had beds. Quite strange but also quite memorable.

When I saw the lights of Harrods it made me think of Mr. Bean. LOL

Quick question. Do you know why at Victoria station the bus was numbered M20 (Glasgow) and on arrival at Buchanan Street bus station on arrival the reflection shows M11 (Glasgow).

This was a really entertaining video. Thanks for sharing and i cant wait for the next one. How. long have you been uploading for?

I've traveled many a time from Edinburgh to London (and back) in the late 60s/early 70s, it took about 13 hours, nothing luxurious about it.

Keen to hear - do you have any recommendations for good budget options when you visit London for accomodation?

Hi great video ive never been on a megabus in fairness but always wanted to do the sleeper train would you ever do that and do a video as it be worth watching, anyways great video as always take care and stay safe Gaz

I traveled Glas-Lon a few times in the late '80's early '90's. Bloody awful, horrible, never to be repeated experience. Got stuck once with a crazy family, at night, singing, smoking and passing round litres of Vodka and Whisky. Hellish. I vowed never to bus it to London ever again. Thanks for you informative video.

I travelled from Perth to London by Megabus a number of years ago for my mates Dad's Birthday. Headed down on the Friday morning, then on to Sussex. The drinking started on the Friday evening, a wee sleep, then off it kicked again on the Saturday afternoon, right through to Sunday morning, when i got a few hours sleep again, before continuing the drinking from Sunday lunch time until my mate and myself had to head back into London to get the night bus back up to Perth. We arrived in Perth at 9am, still drunk, he went home to bed, and didn't surface for about 2 days, and i headed off for a 12 hour shift at my work, which was absolute torture.

Done this journey many times back in the day and it was bloody torture

I took (more or less) the same Bus but from Edinburgh to Victoria Station 8am to 8pm..and it was a day to remember!! So many hours inside that Bus.. Thanks Godness, it was almost empty. But I remember getting to Victoria Station and running from the Bus like a Bat out of Hell and shouting.. Never more never more!! 🚍🚍🚍

Great vid! I wish to add comment though - 8 hrs 20 mins on a bus is not too much of a stretch by Australian standards. I once had to take a series of McCafferty's buses from Darwin to Brisbane - changing buses at Tenant Creek, Mt. Isa, and Townsville. Total distance of 3804km. Took over 3 days from memory, but had a great time. Got to meet lots of backpackers and cool people. I used to frequent to Brisbane to Melbourne service - 24 hours straight one way - found it more gruelling than the Darwin - Brisbane trip. Once again - thanks for making this vid, and sleep well!

The mehabus from London to Glasgow and return is just fine and if you book in advance it is really cheap

Bless you good stuff you must do a ferry journey up at skye or further north

Used go do this journey to visit relatives in Essex...2 Dramamine travel sickness pills and I was out like a light!

MegaBus was initially not allowed into the Chicago Greyhound Depot. Early on - they picked up at Union Station. Then they got moved to 2 blocks from the station. I have NO IDEA if they are even operating from Chicago. A photog acquaintance used to get super cheap fares and travel around the American Midwest on the cheap, Several of the busses from Chicago were in wrecks - one even caught on fire! Everyone wanted upstairs on the double-deckers. After a while- we never saw them in Chicago routes.,

I've done Plymouth to London on the Megabus overnight. About 6Hours and thats bad enough. Shoulder to shoulder with a stranger not enough room to sleep. Only tolerable if you get luck and get 2 seats to yourself. And thats a big gamble.

What we're the bathroom facilities like on board?

Brave man

Hello, thank you for this. How convenient is travelling with this for a mum with a baby? Is there a space for a buggy?

I went by bus from Dublin to Letterkenny. It was a late night journey - not even overnight - on either side of midnight. Never again. All was well till the bus picked up returning holidaymakers at the airport. They had no respect for anyone. Did I say "Never again" already?

Blue lighting sure to keep you awake.

Hi you dont mind me asking if how many terminal of bus and train going to glasgow thanks

I couldn't do an overnight coach journey sitting up like this, but I just watched a video about the Los Angeles - San Francisco service where you sleep in a bed on the coach in a little pod. They should introduce this - I'd use it.

Nearly 180,000 views, and only 16.7k subs and 2.6k likes... what? Hit those thumbs up and subs buttons, please! Scott is amazing!

I have done London to Glasgow several times & also London to Oban too with National express ... No problem ,if you can hog a seat to yourself ...which I have been lucky enough to do on every occaision , I always do through the night travel ...Cheap & fairly comfy 😊...Just don't sit near the loo...😱

I did this from Glasgow to London at midnight. Got to London for 7. But the journey wasn't great because it was absolutely packed (not a seat available) so you can't really sleep which makes you feel agitated. Would do it again but would try get a less packed bus

Back in the late 80's I did Glasgow to Bristol overnight with National Express, not a fun journey

I wondered what happened to you rusty nails good to see you again

The last time I used the megabus from London to Aberdeen we stopped at Birmingham and Preston.

You should try the National express service 180 between Birmingham-glasgow visa verca.

I remember taking a coach from Leeds to London a couple of years ago, Boxing Day so no trains running. I actually got travel sick, thought I was going to vomit, took me back to my school boy days. Remarkably unpleasant way to travel, I was dreading the return journey but I didn't feel so rotten going home for some reason. I swore never to travel on a coach for such a journey again, it is cheap but that's all you can say for it. If I can't get a train these days I drive to see the mighty Spurs, and stay in a hotel so I can enjoy a little drinkee. More expensive of course but happily I can afford the expense, I don't want to travel 'coach class' again!

Are the seats upstairs I get confused can u sit downstairs? N is the toilet near front or back?

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I enjoyed the vid but you could of given us more info, How much was the journey? Was the seats comparable an adjustable, Was there adequate amenities on board, Can you take food on? Is there charging ports for phones etc? . Cheers. 👍😃

Brings back many unhappy memories of National Express London to Inverness (change in Glasgow) overnighter back in 98. I'm 6' 3" and the whole thing was grim. Lots of stops through the night so no chance of any sleep even if you weren't crammed in like sardines. I was in my 20s then and wouldn't even consider it now so fair play to you for hacking it.

How much was it I’ve always wanted to go on it just for the experience

Just out of curiosity did your free bus pass kick in when you crossed the border or did you have to pay for the full trip ?

Some years ago, they actually had sleeper coaches on that route

Hi, just found your channel and enjoyed this journey. Wondering if the overnight coach has slightly more room? If not, I think I would struggle to sleep at all. You’re a brave man.

What was the onboard toilet like?

I’ve done Leeds to London 4 hours and that was a slog 😫fair play thou 9 hours 🥵🥵🥵😂👏👏👏👏👌

Do they still do the sleeper bus

The local Govt, took the night trains off & reduced the day train to alternate days, otherwise it's a choice of flying + airport trips, or Bus - if your lucky, it's a double decker, if not just a regular truck that's had a makeover for the human cargo. Like you, can't sleep on buses - put up a good show by closing eyes but staying aware the whole dang trip, which with a change, can make the trip close to 24 hours . Last time I drove the distance, it took less than 8.30 hours with little traffic to contend with.

I don't quite think I saw what time ou set off or heard if ou mentioned the set off time?

Were there reclining seats on the coach? I have travelled many times overnight, not slept well but dozed quite a bit.

Done this journey many times over the years. My advice is not to try nodding off until the coach is on the M1 at Brent Cross......