citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message megabus van hool td925 coach at penn station in march 2009 slogan low cost daily express bus service ... stay connected parent coach usa coach canada some buses are owned by dattco founded 2006 headquarters usa 349 1 street elizabeth nj 07206 canada 791 webber ave peterborough on k9j 8n3 service area united states canada service type intercity coach service routes 30 stops see list below destinations see list below hubs chicago union station new york port authority philadelphia 30th street station pittsburgh pa atlanta ga dallas tx toronto coach terminal union station washington d.c. fleet mci single deck coaches van hool single and double deck coaches operator coach usa subsidiaries megabus usa llc megabus northeast llc megabus southeast llc megabus southwest llc megabus west llc all west coachlines american coach lines of atlanta kerville bus company lakefront lines olympia trails bus company pacific coast sightseeing tours & charters non stagecoach companies academy express llc & academy lines llc dattco inc chief executive linda burtwistle website us.megabus.com usa ca.megabus.com canada megabus branded as megabus.com is an intercity bus service of coach usa coach canada and dattco a non stagecoach company under contract providing discount travel services since 2006 operating throughout the eastern southern midwestern and western united states and in the canadian provinces of ontario and quebec . megabus is notable for using curbside bus stops instead of traditional stations low fares starting at 1 and in recent years operating a point to point network of routes with buses making few stops en route to their destination . contents 1 history 2 service overview 3 fleet 4 hubs 4.1 atlanta hub 4.2 chicago hub 4.3 dallas hub opened 2012 4.4 new york hub 4.5 toronto hub 4.6 pittsburgh hub 4.7 philadelphia hub 4.8 washington d.c. hub 4.9 california nevada network 5 routes 5.1 operating services 5.2 discontinued services 6 megabus stop locations 7 incidents and accidents 8 see also 9 references 10 further reading 11 external links history edit on april 10 2006 stagecoach introduced a no frills service through its coach usa subsidiary using the megabus brand that it had established in the united kingdom . on march 22 2006 megabus started taking bookings for new routes in the united states service began on april 10 2006 with a network of services based in chicago with daily routes to milwaukee indianapolis cincinnati cleveland st. louis ann arbor columbus louisville toledo detroit kansas city minneapolis and state college pennsylvania . on august 8 2007 megabus introduced service to the san francisco bay area los angeles san diego and tempe arizona using coach america as a contractor . 1 2 in its first foray into california ridership was sluggish and megabus started to discontinue services from the los angeles hub in early 2008 . service to the phoenix area was discontinued in january 2008 followed by services in san diego and san ysidro in march 2008 . in may 2008 megabus made the decision to shut down its los angeles hub and discontinue all related services stating that i n this case the ridership trends aren t growing fast enough . the final day for services from los angeles was june 22 2008 . 3 megabus re entered the market in 2012 after reacquiring some of the assets of coach america which had been part of coach usa prior to a major divestiture in 2003 . while megabus withdrew from california it expanded in the northeast in late may 2008 when megabus began service from a hub in new york city with service to albany atlantic city baltimore boston buffalo philadelphia toronto and washington d.c. . further expansions included service to syracuse rochester hartford and niagara falls ontario niagara falls and hartford were later withdrawn although service to hartford resumed in 2010 . in spring 2009 while eastern shuttle was under coach usa ownership runs were added to megabus under the eastern shuttle name after coach usa purchased two chinatown bus companies in late 2008 and early 2009 significantly increasing capacity . later in 2009 the megabus concept was expanded to toronto and montreal and the chinatown bus companies acquired by coach usa were sold to independent interests . megabus expanded deeper into pennsylvania and the southeast in 2009 and 2010 . since 2010 megabus has focused on transitioning from a traditional spoke and hub system to a point to point network of routes with buses making few stops en route to their destination and operating only a few hubs . megabus returned to the west coast on december 12 2012 initially serving san francisco oakland san jose sacramento reno riverside and los angeles . on its west coast routes megabus operates almost exclusively from either commuter rail stations or transfer stations for local transit buses . service overview edit a fraction of tickets which must be purchased many weeks in advance are priced at 1.00 usd or cad with an online booking fee of 2.00 usd or cad per transaction not per ticket . megabus follows the yield management model typically used by airlines where the lowest fares are offered to those who book early normally only one or two seats are sold for 1.00 per schedule so the less popular schedules tend to be less expensive . in order to keep costs down megabus has no waiting rooms and no bus terminals and picks up at curbside on public streets or in parking lots . stops may be outside railroad stations or transportation centers in major cities or on college campuses or at shopping centers in other cities . 4 tickets must be purchased in advance via the website or by telephone in canada through the website only . upon purchase passengers are given a reservation number which they show the bus operator when they board . in the united states tickets are not available from the bus operator . in canada owing to franchise regulations tickets are sold at stops at a fixed price generally higher than purchasing the ticket through the website . fleet edit the megabus fleet can be identified by the megabus.com name on the front and sides in yellow against a blue base and the megabus logo on the left side of the coach facing forward and rear of the bus . the dattco fleet used for megabus service is also decaled with megabus logos but with a dattco logo instead of a coach usa logo for megabus buses owned and operated by dattco . buses on the m25 megabus route operate with regular academy bus livery . upon its introduction megabus service began with used mci 102el3 renaissance coaches often transferred from other coach usa operations with some services utilizing chicago and milwaukee based coach usa buses . in 2007 coach usa updated its chicago based megabus fleet with new mci j4500 single deck and van hool td925 double deck motorcoaches . in may 2008 megabus expanded to the northeast market with a fleet of mostly brand new mci d4505 coaches a number of new van hool td925 double decker buses and some buses purchased secondhand or transferred from the chicago fleet . this expansion came as megabus exited from the west coast market . 3 further expansion in the northeast came in the fall and winter of 2008 2009 when additional double decker buses were delivered resulting in much of the single deck buses being transferred to sister operation eastern shuttle pushing many of the el3s to retirement . the fleet transferred to eastern shuttle was eventually returned to mainline coach usa duty following divestiture a few months later . all megabus coaches branded as such in the united states are equipped with wi fi and electrical outlets . in accordance with ada regulations wheelchair accessible service is available on all lines although most service is operated with true low floor double deck coaches . this can now be done online or by phone . the canadian megabus fleet consists of 15 2009 td925 buses and are operated by trentway wagar . 5 all of the canada fleet is equipped with electrical outlets and wi fi . the canadian buses are pooled with the us fleet for nyc toronto or philadelphia toronto runs with drivers swapping at buffalo to stay within their certified country . note that on these runs the buses will typically only have wifi service available in the home country for the bus being used ; i.e. canadian buses will turn off their wifi at the us border and american buses will turn off wifi upon entering canada . this is to avoid incurring roaming charges from the cellular carriers that provide the internet service . hubs edit megabus routes as of january 2016 . megabus service in the united states and canada operates primarily as a hub and spoke model in the midwest and as a network of point to point routes along the east and west coasts . northeastern service uses new york city and washington d.c. as hub cities . there are also hubs in chicago and atlanta additional routes serving florida and texas and a separate point to point network serving california and nevada . atlanta hub edit megabus announced the creation of their first southeastern united states hub in atlanta on october 25 2011 . in november 16 2011 megabus began operations out of its atlanta hub located at the civic center marta station in downtown atlanta . 6 initially megabus began service from atlanta to chattanooga nashville knoxville montgomery jacksonville gainesville orlando memphis birmingham charlotte durham mobile richmond and washington d.c. megabus now also serves athens and new orleans . in addition passengers are able to link to northeastern us megabus service through knoxville and charlotte and link to midwestern megabus services through memphis and nashville . megabus also has a bus line linking memphis nashville and knoxville together started on march 14 2012 7 chicago hub edit megabus in the u.s. began operations on april 10 2006 with routes between chicago and cincinnati cleveland columbus detroit indianapolis milwaukee minneapolis and st. louis from a hub on the curb next to chicago union station . megabus passengers are prohibited from waiting in the station unless they are using other companies services . services also began between indianapolis and cincinnati . a service that was initially offered between indianapolis and columbus was later withdrawn due to low ridership but has since been reinstated and currently operates . on september 11 2006 a stop in toledo was added on the route operating between chicago and cleveland . additional services were added on april 2 2007 a stop in ann arbor along the chicago detroit route for travel to and from chicago new service between minneapolis and milwaukee an extension of the chicago toledo cleveland route into pittsburgh since withdrawn on the midwest network but later re entered on the northeast network an extension of the chicago st. louis route into kansas city reactivation of the chicago indianapolis columbus route new service between cincinnati and columbus and new service between chicago and louisville via indianapolis since withdrawn . on march 13 2008 a stop was added in madison wisconsin on the twice daily chicago minneapolis route . the chicago minneapolis route operating via milwaukee service gained a second daily bus . also columbia missouri was added with one stop daily in each direction on the chicago st. louis kansas city route . on march 27 2008 a new route was added chicago champaign memphis offering 2 daily trips in each direction . in early 2010 champaign memphis route was cut to one daily round trip due to poor ridership but the second round trip has since been restored . later in 2008 citation needed megabus expanded service to minneapolis to four