X99 Apex tickets bookable in advance?

[pmcd]

Up until Jan 13th this year it was possible to book X99 Apex tickets from my little village down to Inverness on the Citylink website . This service by City Link has been discontinued (?) according to City Link. Their advice was to contact Stagecoach Highland. Stagecoach Highland is an impenetrable site, a mystery wrapped up in a puzzle with a coating of enigma paste, and indicates if you want to get in touch with them, you have to write a letter with real ink and a quill pen to ask for permission to acquire a series of forms, which, when properly filled out, will be read by a committee, and an answer drafted and held until a further letter is received asking if there has been an outcome.

Have I missed something? Has the APEX ticket in advance service, or even X99 booking, been discontinued? Is there a friendly employee of either company who can give a poor benighted civilian a heads-up?

[Nick Noble]

well I just tried it for a ticket from Thurso to Inverness for the 15th (I believe apex tickets are 7 days in advance) and it offered :



Super Single x 1


£7.00




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Apex, Single x 1


£12.00




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Standard, Single x 1


£17.50




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so they are still available for some journey's. Where are you travelling from?

[pmcd]

Thanks, Nick - Latheron Wheel Bus Shelter (as City Link used to have it!

[purplelady]

think you will find it is 2 days in advance . the x99 does stop at latheron wheel still or it did 3 weeks ago x

[embow]

(http://www.citylink.co.uk/apex.php)Bus definitely stops at Latheronwheel.

H (http://www.citylink.co.uk/saleslocations.php)aving had another look at this and you are correct in that it no longer seems to allow the use of Latheronwheel bus shelter using the online form but you can book Apex from Lybster or Latheron Post Office. Rather odd for whatever reason. It matters not though as the price is the same as it would be from Latheronwheel. £16.24 return. Just type apex into the promotional code box when doing times and numbers of passengers etc. This is the same price from elsewhere in Caithness as the county is treated as one area only. It is pot luck depending on where you live if you get more or less travel time for your money!:D

[pmcd]

Thanks for the info! This place sure beats company websites......

[Tilly Teckel]

The org triumphs again!

NB. (Not being sarcastic - I really mean it)