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> £15.99 bus

From a US/Canadian perspective, that is incredible value. A one-way bus trip between Vancouver and Seattle costs CAD 26, which is just about the same price in pounds as the LON-EDI trip, but the distance is less than half.

A roughly equivalent bus trip for me would be Vancouver to Calgary, for which the bus ticket costs $170 / £105.

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Long distance buses in Britain often need to compete with a train booked a few days ahead.

In this case, there are trains from Edinburgh to London at least twice an hour through the day, taking half the time and with much more legroom, better seats, a fairly spacious toilet, probably someone selling drinks and snacks from a trolley or bar counter, tables between seats, no road noise or pollution (it's electric), and a view.

https://www.seat61.com/london-to-edinburgh-by-train.htm

The days of 99p tickets on Megabus are gone, but booking ahead it's still just £6.88 from London to Manchester on Megabus. Mind you, Ryanair will fly you from London to Venice for £9.99.

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