Have National Express suspended bookings for travel post current lockdown?

[gray1404]

I am trying to book some Liverpool to Reading, Mereoak return (back a few days later) on the National Express website but it is returning on results. I have entered dates during the current lockdown, shortly after and even into December/January and I am getting the same outcome. This never used to happen before their reduced timetable. It makes me wonder if they have suspended bookings for places off their limited route network even post lockdown.

I have also done some dummy searches (no need to do this journey) for Liverpool to Newcastle - a journey that always used to be possible - but am getting exactly the same outcome even post lockdown. Thus supporting my suspicion that bookings have been suspended.

 

[Bletchleyite]

There are London-Manchester journeys for those dates. I wonder if they have pulled a load of "usual" routes in order to concentrate on the "student travel window"?

 

[gray1404]

Its really frustrating and there is a total lack of information on their website. I could accept if they had done this, but I think they should be open and frank about what they have done (i.e. which routes they have taken off even at the end of lockdown) and what dates it applies to.

 

[richw]

They’ve scaled back their network massively with monthly reviews due to current circumstances. It may well be that service is currently pulled from calling at those points

 

[GusB]

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