Megabus to serve 9 more cities

Megabus.com and city officials will announce a major service expansion in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, with routes to nine new cities, the company said today.

The new cities are Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Detroit, Toronto, Erie and Buffalo, according to information posted on the company website.

Megabus.com currently offers trips to New York, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, State College, Washington, D.C., and Camden, N.J., for as low as $1. The company president and chief operating officer, Dale Moser, will hold a news conference along with officials from city government and VisitPittsburgh.

The fast-growing company, a subsidiary of Coach USA, began service from Pittsburgh to State College and New York in May and expanded to Philadelphia in July and Washington in December. It has carried more than 9 million passengers since 2006.





First published on March 28, 2011 at 9:25 am