READING, Pa – It means more opportunities to travel out of the area.<\/p>\n
“We’re super excited about this for us as a business. We are here trying to connect to people,” said Francesca La Brecque Waldman with FlixBus.<\/p>\n
The company already serves New York City, Los Angeles and Dallas and now you can add Reading to that list.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been really appreciative to work with the South Central Transit Authority, so we’re connecting with them at the BARTA Transportation Center,” she said.<\/p>\n
It’s called FlixBus and the company is launching new service connecting Reading to Philadelphia, Newark and New York City, in addition to other places.<\/p>\n
“On the 22nd, we’ll also be offering connections into Allentown and Aston, Malvern, Philadelphia, New Jersey,” she said.<\/p>\n
What’s the experience like on the bus?<\/p>\n
“You scan when you get on. You have an assigned, comfortable seat on a nice bus. You have a window or an aisle seat,” La Brecque Waldman said.<\/p>\n
The buses also have charging stations and with the mobile app, you can track your bus in real time.<\/p>\n
The new service comes after Amtrak ended bus service between Reading and Philadelphia in March, and it joins OurBus in offering bus service to New York and Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n FlixBus says it’s looking forward to serving the City of Reading.<\/p>\n “We’ve been looking for a while to expand our service in Pennsylvania and for the most part, Philly and Pittsburgh are the two big cities we’ve been serving,” she added.<\/p>\n