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They'll be packing 'ern in on the Bristol-London express coach service on February 10; to mark the 50th anniversary of a service created by the former Greyhound Motors Ltd, National Travel is charging the original return fare of £1 for the occasion.
National Travel thinks that this route is probably the world's oldest express coach service. Greyhound was taken over by the old Bristol company in 1928 and apart from a period during the Second World War the service has operated without interruption. Mind you, there have been changes. The original service was operated by Dennis solid-tyred coaches over poor roads and the journey took eight hours! In 1972 the completion of M4 between London and Bristol brought the already diminished.journey time down to 21/2 hours. Perhaps more surprising, the period return fare is only £2.75 — a ration of inflation over 50 years which few other products or services can match.