Gone are the days of $1 bus fares and sitting on the double-decker bus.
With the new academic year beginning, I got a surprise email from Megabus.com stating that all of my forthcoming trips to State College have been canceled because Fullington Trailways is taking over Megabus operations.
I was heartbroken. To my surprise, that’s going to be the end of Megabus itself. Gone are the days of $1 bus fares and sitting on the double-decker bus; that’s why one driver of the Megabus calls it Big Blue. I have been riding Megabus for years, going from Pittsburgh to State College at least three times a month during the academic year. I visited Penn State and explored the campus and downtown State College. Often I visited the Pattee and Paterno Library.
Now with it being taken over by Fullington, a round trip from Pittsburgh to State College costs $60 round trip. That’s almost $200 for three trips. If I want to go to New York, it will cost me $115 round trip. All together: $1500 worth of bus trips. Ridiculous! $1 bus fares were helpful for Penn State students commuting from Pittsburgh to State College for classes once or twice a week and to go on special assignments. Now they would have to pay upwards of nearly $1700 per year.
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