Boltbus(NY to DC) for 1 dollar - PhillyBlog

Mixiboi · #1 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 01:22 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008...s_for_1-1.html

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BoltBus, Greyhound's new budget line, will offer trips from New York to Washington on vehicles that feature leather seats, power outlets, free wireless Internet access - and introductory fares as low as $1.

The BoltBus line, which begins running March 27, is Greyhound's bid to capture the college student demographic now dominated by Chinatown-based bus lines like Fung Wah and Lucky Star.

Greyhound currently charges $39 each way for New York to Washington. The Chinatown lines cost about $20.
"We basically saw a customer segment that we thought would really want a service that was inexpensive and had a ticketing system that was based online," said Greyhound spokesman Dustin Clark.

Clark said each bus would have a varying number of $1 tickets that would be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
He said the most expensive one-way fare on each bus would be $25

Ok can we get that here in Philly? Pretty please?

And since we do have chinatown buses, I'm sure if this is successful, we can get 'NY to Philly' boltbuses for 1 buck.

billpa · #2 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 07:53 AM

I believe this new service is also supposed to pickup at a streetside location as opposed to "the bus station".

busrider · #3 (**permalink**) 03-20-2008, 06:50 PM

Just found www.BusZoo.com has offered $1.00 to various locations(New York, DC, Philadelphia, Richmond, Baltimore and Norfolk).

It seems that the pricing war has just started. With gas price so high, it's good for all of us commuters!

volguus zildrohar · #4 (**permalink**) 03-22-2008, 07:03 PM

So this like the Megabus in the Midwest for the NE corridor college kids. OK.

eldondre · #5 (**permalink**) 03-22-2008, 08:01 PM

I believe I read that megabus is coming to the mid-atlantic region as well with service in the nyc-phl-bal-was corridor.

sincewednesday · #6 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 09:54 AM

Was there an official announcement for Philly service? I just saw a Boltbus in center city, and checked their website. Sure enough, service starts on April 10 (30th St. station to NYC), with $1 fares available. Their schedule may need some work though; the last buses to/from NYC are at 6/6:30PM, making it pretty worthless for day trips.