Sunday 13 September 2015

National Express gears up for the Rugby World Cup


#NATIONALEXPRESS is preparing to add thousands of extra seats to services during the upcoming #RugbyWorldCup (September 18-October 31) in Britain after a surge of bookings from fans.  Year-on-year bookings have risen by almost a third on services in areas with large numbers of Rugby World Cup spectators, with tens of thousands of coach seats already booked.

The most popular Rugby World Cup match-hosting cities, listed in order of the number of bookings to travel there during the tournament, are:

London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Leicester, Leeds, Exeter, Milton Keynes, Brighton, Gloucester, and Newcastle.

In areas where Rugby World Cup ticket sales are highest, there has been a big knock-on effect on coach ticket sales, National Express said.

Cardiff to London is the most booked journey during the tournament with sales up 200 percent year-on-year as rugby fans in Wales book travel to key matches. This is followed by Bristol to London which has seen a 50 percent increase in bookings, and Leicester to London which has also seen a 50 percent year-on-year lift.

With three of the tournament’s venues, #London is the most popular match-hosting city to travel to by coach. Almost 40,000 people plan to travel there during the competition. This is followed by Birmingham, which is hosting World Cup matches at Villa Park; Cardiff which is hosting matches at the Millennium Stadium; and Manchester, with matches at Manchester City Stadium.

National Express is offering groups of four or more 25 percent off the cost of their coach tickets, provided the tickets are booked three days in advance.


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