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National Express cancels all coach travel due to coronavirus pandemic

National Express coach services have been suspended across the country.

The inter-city coach travel company has cancelled all services for at least seven weeks.

Chris Hardy, managing director of National Express UK Coach, said: “We have been providing an important service for essential travel needs.

"However, with tighter restrictions and passenger numbers falling, it is no longer appropriate to do this."

As things stand, National Express intends to resume coach services around the UK from Monday March 1, but that could change.

Mr Hardy added: “As the vaccination programme is rolled out and Government guidance changes, we will regularly review when we can restart services.

"We plan to be back on the road as soon as the time is right and have put a provisional restart date of Monday March 1 in place (subject to change).

“The whole team at National Express worked incredibly hard throughout 2020 and I want to thank them for their efforts as we pause our services.

"We will now make sure we are ready to get back behind the wheel as soon as the nation needs us again.”

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