I'd hate to do this trip but the coach drivers deserve full credit for doing a demanding job.

Love the videos, 10.5 hours is certainly a long time. I remember taking the "magic bus" as it was called then from Athens to London, took 70 hours. This was in the early 80's and cost £50.

The overnight coaches can be tiring sometimes, but some of us are on a budget and there just isn't any other option. You can make up sandwiches, take a thermos of tea, a book and something to listen to. It is okay. Dress comfortably, take ear plugs, an eye blind and a neck pillow. The drivers are always nice and friendly.

I honestly don't know how you did this - especially with the last overnighter so fresh in your memory :) You needed a 'change or KZfaqr' not just a change of driver! Well done Scott, thanks so much for taking the pain for the rest of us!

I was living in Singapore during the pandemic and homesick for Glasgow when I first watched this. Never thought I’d shed a tear for a rainy Buchanan bus station..

I was over 38h in Flixbus...4 Countries... was a great amazing Trip...so many different towns and people

These are real travel videos, reviewing reality of travel conditions for ordinary people ... unlike other videographers who only travel business class and that’s all they review

I enjoyed the video. I recently took a similar length triip on Flix from Marseille to Roma. I found the busses to be new and clean. I will say I was impressed by the skill of the driver for a long time in Italy how he navigated on these narrow roads with huge cliff on the side… big tip. Website says they sell food and drink on the bus. They do not! Make sure you have enough water and snacks for a 12 hour journey!

It's good to see they arrived on time. I rode Greyhound once from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania and we arrived about 12 hours late and my luggage went to New York City. It took 2 days later to get my luggage. I've never used Greyhound again.

When I did London - Glasgow overnight trips a few times, the whole benefit of the fast coaches was that they'd trundle steadily down the M-way (with one stop at a service area) making it quite restful and even I managed to sleep quite a bit. If you are always pulling into towns, stopping and starting, then this will make far more disturbances and make it much harder to sleep. And traffic builds up earlier these days - by 7.30 you might get stuck in early commuting jams in London! I'm surprised it only took 2 hours longer to go via Edinburgh and Newcastle / Sunderland!

i admire your ability to take such long journeys by bus. in 1986, I took a 36 hour Greyhound bus from Jackson, Mississippi to New York. After four hours, i wanted to change my mind. The worst part was when the bus when local in Tennessee for 12 hours. Never again!

Honestly your fab for doing these trip reports on these overnight buses my body could never especially after the mega bus experience well done !

I remember taking these trips in 2006-2007 when i was studying in Glasgow. There was Megabus or National Express

Another very good video. Scott. The last night bus i did out of london victoria was to Brussels on Flixbus good service. Keep up the good work.

I once did 36 hours on a bus from London to Poland - and that was after a 12 hour journey from Fort William to London. I was glad to do it for a holiday in the sun.

This was the first video I watched on your channel a year or so ago and made me subscribe. I've loved all your videos since. As someone who lives in Leicester it's worth noting that you picked up at Fosse Park on the outskirts of Leicester. Other Flixbus services carry on into Leicester City Centre and pick up at St Margarets Bus station. It can be confusing for some expecting to board at one place and the coach is at the other. I'm not sure why Flixbus do this.

Coach travel nowadays is so much better than years back. Modern coaches have suspension, reclining aircraft style seats, air conditioning, drink service, toilets and showers.

Last year we've used Flixbus in Poland for a 4-5 hour trip. Relatively cheap. It was a new Mercedes bus with a rest room. The rest room is about unusable unless you sit down. Seats were ok but not great. Happy travels.

Such a shame there's nothing more comfortable for coaches in the UK. The LUX coaches in the Baltics are amazing. I went from Riga in Latvia to Tallinn in Estonia and it had a big plush leather recliner seat, free coffee, a screen in the back of the seat in front of you, headset, complimentary water and cereal bar, and the 4.5 hour ride cost about 20 Euros. I dunno why we put up with paying so much for so little in this country.

I've done London-Glasgow when I was a boy with my parents. It was A1-A66-A74 in those days and no motorways. Dep London Vic Coach Station 20.00, and arrive at Glasgow Buchanan St around 10.00, so a LONG time !! Plenty of breaks, though, for wees and leg-stretching. Breakfast break at Lockerbie.

on time with a 10.5-hour trip - that is a miracle! my city route bus can be 15 minutes late in three miles on a bad day. - IF I get back to England that might be something to look into if some IF's fall into place. thanks for showing the trip

Hello Scott and hello from Donegal Ireland. Just after watching your video and I really enjoyed it. I love and miss journeys like these, I have to try out that ser I use to travel a lot on the Eurolines Dublin to London overnight service and always loved it, but it was suspended because of Covid so please it will recommence soon. As I traveled from Donegal it took all in all 21hrs but enjoyed every second of it and the journey and enjoyed the journey on the Irish Ferries Ulysses. Keep up the traveling and I cannot wait for more videos to come. ☘️🚌💨💨

Well done to Flixibus arriving on time .

This is an interesting one. It seems FlixBus tap into a previously unserved market by directly serving places like Sunderland with Scotland, Sheffield and the Midlands but only adding two hours on to the journey time with plenty of padding out of the timetable which allowed the driver to claw back nearly twenty minutes of delay. There's one thing I don't mind doing and that's long distance coach travel so I'd probably give this a bash one day. Excellent channel by the way. I only came across it by accident!

Wow 10.5 hours? The thing you do for the viewers is incredible Scott....but always appreciated. A great video as usual 👍🏽

I think the idea is that this service connects the places along the route, not that someone is going to ride it end to end (although of course, you can do that if you want)

I once did Aberdeen to London on National Express, I took a non bottoming out foam cushion with me, which was worth its weight in gold 😊

how about showing the bus facilities? what's offered on the bus. the cost

Great music for the night ride. Very atmospheric and a clever video.

Well done pal, a greulling journey I am sure. I do like the idea of being able to book the adjacent seat for a couple of quid, but let's face it this is budget transport, I think most of us would struggle to sleep or feel comfortable on such a journey. Hurrah for trains!

Back in 2001 my wife and myself went from Dudley in UK to Fuiggi in Italy, we took a total of 34 hours, there was a loo on the coach and we had about 6 comfort/stretch your legs stops en route, it was an overnight coach, my wife hated it as she couldn’t sleep, the worst part of the trip was going through the Gothard Tunnel, extractors weren’t working correctly and fumes crept into the coach, and of course we had to do it all again in reverse at the end of our holiday, would we do it again never, being senior citizens we both ended up with swollen legs and feet for a while after, interesting video.

You haven't slept overnight to shoot this video. Your captions were great too 👌👌 thanks for this beautiful video ♥️👍

Would like to see a video comparing the difference in price between flying, train and the bus services and maybe a comfort / convenience rating for each? Obviously prices vary particularly for air travel but it would be interesting

It’s a wet, windy miserable night in Glasgow! Glad to see nothings changed over the years! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Planning a Greyhound Tour for Feb next year including the momentous LA to NYC on one bus. I have done most of the Amtrak routes so this is an opportunity to see some non Amtrak States.

10 hours 30 min , is like the overnight bus from Wellington to Auckland , New Zealand . Like you Scott , I'm in no hurry to do that trip again - it's nicer by train , when it rains , or by car = 6 - 8 hours , stops for fuel etc .

I travelled on Flixbus once in France last July, between Metz and Strasbourg. Had booked our seats but found them already occupied by people who probably had already boarded in Paris. Yet it was an interesting journey along the Alsatian countryside

Ten and a half hours by bus to London sounds more like a court-imposed punishment than anything else ! Have you been a naughty boy Scott?

You seemed a little weary at end of trip Scotty. The extra time on board perhaps? Tired but still your old cheery self. laddie!

Would love to see you try the longest route in Britain operated by National Express using Bruce Coaches as the supplier....Glasgow to Penzance.....Operates with two drivers on the coach

I think I can manage to have an overnight bus ride like this, as I did a couple of overnight bus rides in Japan, Tokyo Osaka mostly. Of course, highway coaches in Japan are much comfortable as seats have more leg rooms, and even blankets are provided!!

There is a Flixbus route via Finchley Road, Birmingham and Manchester to Glasgow. Is good.

You deserve a medal for this Scott , my idea of Hell 😬

enjoyed that videoscott , does seem strange who would use that the whole way. perhaps between a stop inbetween ie sheffield to london

Didn't know that Flixbus are now operating a service to Scotland, that`s very interesting to know. Used Flixbus in Germany a few times when visiting my son and his wife who lived in Hamburg and Berlin. Found them quite acceptable for maybe 3 or 4 hour, any longer would begin to get uncomfortable. Paid less than 30 Euro for 3 adults return Hamburg to Berlin, exceptional value for money. Departed on time, arrived on time, that`s German punctuality, so not like the UK.

Well Scott I wonder how you would go on with a Shearings holiday? A through coach from Warrington to Lake Como of around 27 hours ..... now that takes stamina.

Think you need to let the viewers know the price you paid for the journey.

Thanks for this, I didn't know flix bus stopped in Sheffield. I'm planning on a trip to Germany now I can plan the trip better. 👍

enjoyed watching from Auckland NZ as an ex pat from Scotland

Nice video Scott but, you`re brave doing that journey. The last time i travelled to London ( a city i hate at the best of times ) was 30 years ago on a CityLink and vowed never again. I`d rather get the train and pay a bit extra.

Not getting notified sorry late absolutely love your videos 💟💟💟💟💟

Wow 10hr and 30mins the last time I did that trip by bus it was also 8 hours. But I suppose if they didn’t go to Edinburgh first that would cut off 90 minutes or so. But will still not use it but great video as always

Did a Cornwall to Leicester trip once that was 14 hours 12 hours to Birmingham and a wait then a taxi to Leicester in 2005 it was a old emergency cover coach on a very hot day

The worst coach service I ever took was from Swansea to London back in the 70s. Uncomfortable, cramped, slow and rattly with a coach that had seen better days. It put me off coach travel again for decades. But modern long distance coaches are OK, I've used National Express and Megabus several times from SW Scotland to the south of England, including overnight, and the trips were just fine. Even nicer when you think about the money you save.

I highly recommend that you don't use flixbus EVER as back in May 2017 a flixbus driver nearly killed me ...I was traveling from Frankfurt to London and I left my insulin in my bag by accident in the underneath locker and the driver refused to stop so I could get it...when we got to Calais the UK immigration officer noticed I didn't look too well and when I explained to him he got the police...they told the driver he was close to being arrested .... flixbus never apologized to me after I reported the driver they never even replied to me and the irony to all of this is I am in fact a tour coach driver myself...

Hi, very interesting video, did you get back on the bus? Take care and stay safe.

Good video. Some nice city scapes. Nice bloke

been on Flix to Germany often, it's really good

Good video. Thx. Next time plz show the toilet and compare prices of train and flying ticket. And were there any long stops where you could buy food at the gas station or?

Heathrow T2 to Reading (26 miles) with Railair took 1 hour and cost me with senior railcard £15. So that would be 15 hours plus to Glasgow

Great video buddy

I took a flixbus trip from Budapest to Bucharest for 17 hours and back 3 months after 😂

I'd love to do this for fun, I love a long coach/ bus ride

Did a treck from Inverness to truro Cornwall 24hrs on coach

Did many people board/alight between Edinburgh and London. be interesting to know if the other stops where a waste of the journeys time.

Probably the MegaBus went via Birmingham so it'd be quicker than going via the East Coast.Interestingly there's two routes from Birmingham to Glasgow overnight run by National Express and both leave at a similar time, about 23hr..One goes to Edinburgh via Glasgow West Coast and the other to Glasgow via Edinburgh East Coast and it's still quicker to get to Edinburgh via the West Coast by about 1 hour.

I do the Scotland to London bus on a very regular basis and its National Express for me every time

Superb sir

I took the bus from Edinburgh to London many years ago- 12 hours of absolute torture,

And how fresh did you look in London! What's the secret mate?!

It's been running since 2010 started itt a German company based in dusseldorf

Highly recommend

in few hours time be my fiirrst trip on flix bus too heathrow

Interesting ride.

I will try this lengthy route only when Stagecoach Gold service came back

i keep watching these videos i dont know why i'm not going on a bus till february from london to glasgow then i have to take i think either a bus or the train to Edinburgh then a bus to aberdeen i dont know the route or transports from edinburgh so im taking a scottish person with my (my sister) 😂

Good video Scott🍀👍

You should try the Lumo train - it costs a bit more but half the travelling time.

i’m 16 & going to be taking a flixbus from salt lake to la which is 14h i’m nervous but i think it should be fine since ive taken the drive in a car which is 12h 🤷🏼‍♀️

Hi Scott, was there a service station break on this journey? Maybe a break at a stopping point? I'm disabled n if I did this journey I would need to strech my legs! Thanks for the video. I normally travel National Express overnighters!

Thank you for your video.

I work in a green ticket office. Sold a ticket from Berlin to Lisbon with a total travel time of 47 hours xD

Coaches in London is London Overground

extra seat for 2.50 is an excellent idea for solo travellers... im not very big and could curl up quite comfortably on two seats. not sure if i can last 10 hours ;).

I spent eight hours on a coach not as bad as I thought and a lot cheaper then the train the coach cost £32. The train 🚆 £124. A big difference in price.

You’re brave! That’s not for me!! Loads cheaper than train though!!! 🍻

Thank You.

Is Leeds not on the overnight route then? I've done Leeds - Glasgow and back a couple of times with Sunderland and Newcastle on and know it's the London - Glasgow bus.

Oh ah the magic bus.

I don't know about the above mentioned trip but my trip from Frankfurt to Heidelberg with this buses company was not one of my best experience!!!

As you say, Flixbus is a new operator to the UK, after success in their operations in Europe and in the USA, and have teamed up with several partner coach operator fleets around the UK, including McGills in Glasgow for their overnight services between London and Scotland. By the way, you say in your introductory written text above, about this being the longest coach service in the UK; it's not! Megabus runs up to 3 daytime services and one overnight service each way between Victoria Coach Station and Inverness, usually via the M1 and A1 to Edinburgh on a total trip time of around 14 hours. There are usually stops at connection points in cities en-route and a 1 hour stop in Edinburgh. Other Megabus routes run from London to Glasgow via the M1 and M6, then via Perth as recorded below. Pre Covid, there were two Operators on the London - Inverness route, with both Megabus and National Express offering services; Megabus did both daytime and night services, whilst N E offered only the Overnight service. The latter operator has not reinstated the direct service as yet, but you can travel by either N E or Megabus from London to Glasgow and then use the Scottish Citylink or Megabus services to Inverness. The Megabus London - Inverness service also connects at Broxden Service Area in Perth with their service which runs between Aberdeen and Glasgow, then on to London via the M6, whilst the service via Edinburgh also connects by using the A1 to Newcastle, then Leeds before running down the M1. These services run in each direction every day and are the UK's Longest coach services!

After traveling on these journeys(seen this and the Cal Sleeper) what means do you use to return home?

Scott from Australia

8 or 10 hours, I probably would have got off at Newcastle and found a hotel.

How do you find Flix bus, Reviews seem bad. considering using them next month, Manchester to Glasgow. and back.

I would have made it to Edinburgh, jumped out and went to a hotel. No chance I could do that full trip.

Flixbus allowed me to book a premium front row seat Kosice to Brat. Charged me extra €€€. Got on the bus only to find the front row occupied by an extra driver. Wont travel with them again.

Hi Scott did you go from paisley to Glasgow on bus or train I’m going to be going on this service and looking for choices

I'm amazed they can make a profit doing this route with the price of fuel nowadays

how much ? I didn't hear u mention cost