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Britain’s most festive coach filled with 53 Carols and Noels singing festive tunes

National Express offered free Christmas Day travel to anyone named Carol or Noel on routes covering 96 UK locations, promoting festive spirit amid planned rail disruption.

  • This year, National Express filled a coach from London Victoria Coach Station with 53 passengers named Carol and Noel singing festive songs.
  • Amid planned rail disruption, National Express said it offers free Christmas Day travel to Carols and Noels on 355 journeys to 96 locations, stepping up thousands of coach services.
  • Organisers checked IDs for passengers called Carol or Noel and set a 'festive fun' dress code with novelty Christmas jumpers; participants included TOWIE's Carol Wright and Noel Fielding , with singing optional but encouraged.
  • John Boughton said National Express spokespeople called the turnout festive and celebratory, while organisers noted singing carols aboard with three dozen people named Carol or Noel boosts the Christmas spirit.
  • Data show 35 per cent of 2,000 respondents named Silent Night as the favorite carol, with 36 per cent feeling festive only after singing, and 45 per cent feeling nostalgic at hearing them.
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Britain’s most festive coach filled with 53 Carols and Noels singing festive tunes

The nation’s most Christmassy coach has been revealed – filled with 53 people named Carol and Noel singing festive songs.

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The Scotsman broke the news in Scotland, United Kingdom on Monday, December 8, 2025.
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