Eurolines’ passengers can now free and without interruption use the internet between London and Paris for the first time, thanks to free wifi installed on Eurolines coaches. Europe’s largest scheduled coach operator installed continuous wifi on the London to Paris route in June – and over 20,000 customers have already taken advantage of the free service. John Gilbert, Managing Director Eurolines UK, said: This is the first time internet has been continuously available between the UK and main land France and it’s a real benefit of travelling by coach.  Having w...

Referring to the Eurolines’ press announcement; youth travelling Europe on a budget this summer can visit at least seven capital cities for less than 1p per mile, thanks to an ‘under 26’ coach pass from Eurolines. More about this offer we mentioned in previous posts. Europe’s largest coach operator is offering 15 days unlimited travel across Europe for £249. Eurolines Passes are available for travel, from London or from Dover, to the 50 cities listed, and for travel between: Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bordeaux, Bratislava, Brno, Brussels, Bucharest,...

As usual, National Express would be the key carrier of football fans to the game England vs Holland. This is the most convenient form of travel for one of the most important games this season.England get the new season underway with a game against the Dutch at Wembley Stadium on 10th August 2011. As Holland's first visit to the new Wembley Stadium there is sure to be a sea of orange and some enthusiastic Dutch fans.If you're lucky enough to have tickets, why not let us take the hassle out of getting you to the game and then home again afterwards. Just sit back and relax, ou...

Stagecoach South played an important role in the opening of one of the UK’s biggest civil engineering projects this century.The tunnel stretches to a length of 1.9 km and cost £371 million. The tunnel is located on the A3 at Hindhead in Surrey is now the UK’s longest under-land road tunnel.Stagecoach South provided 20 buses and coaches for this special event in which more than 7000 people walked the subterranean roadway.Drivers from Aldershot, Basingstoke and Winchester depots were also some of the first to drive through the tunnel, and Stagecoach aims to take part in ...

Few months after the announcement, Eurolines finally received permission to conduct the national transport. As you know, so far SNSF is a monopolist on the French market for passenger transport. (SNCF - French Railways). This could not be changed without the approval of the government. Erolines France in the past already announced its intention to launch these connections, however, they encountered many problems, especially from the government and obtaining a license for the route.Currently Eurolines runs six routes at very attractive prices, in the future Eurolines intends...

In previous posts we wrote about the NXs’ preparations for the Olympics games in London 2012. Of course, you can already buy tickets for NXs’ coaches to access into London for the period of Olympics. More hereNow Eurolines UK has announced that it starts selling tickets for international services to London. Although the Olympics in London will take place next year, the carrier opens the ticket sales distribution channels. Tickets will be available on-line, at National Express outlets and by phone. The sale starts on 1st August 2011. Eurolines will increase during thi...

Household rubbish and animal waste are fuelling a new fleet of eco-friendly Stagecoach buses.Recycled waste is being converted into biomethane fuel, which cuts the vehicles’ carbon emissions by up to 40% and helps reduce landfill. Launched in Lincoln, in partnership with Lincolnshire County Council and the East Midlands Development Agency, the greener fleet consists of 11 specially adapted Optare Solo buses.Stagecoach Group Chief Executive Sir Brian Souter said: Waste is a big issue for every household and councils now face major taxes for landfill. This is an innovati...

Not so long ago we wrote about some deficiencies of Eurolines existing website, which is the main website of the Eurolines organization. More here. Surprisingly, the biggest Europe’s coach carrier, has the most inefficient website. It is known that nowadays a website is something like a business card and „represents” the entire company, and if this website has been created with the intention of exerting a good impression on a potential client, well....in this case we’ve got a conflict of interest. But this is going to change for better in the near future, exactly in...