Eurolines has recently made ​​changes to the timetable. The amendments concern the following directions: from London to the Netherlands, from London to Estonia, from London to Latvia, from London to Lithuania, from London to Paris and from London to Poland. From Friday 15 June 2012  Eurolines will be improving their night time services to Paris Service 127 at 23:30 from London will now operate daily from 15 June until 27 August Now four night time departures every day giving an hourly service from 20:30 and return fares from just £42 Full details of the fre...

Wishing you all an Easter Filled with favorite traditions and happy new memories, but most of all, an Easter that renews your faith, uplifts your spirit, and fills your heart with joy. ...

The Eurolines Organisation is urging key transport leaders across Europe to support the long distance coach network and the need for greater investment in infrastructure and passenger facilities. At an event hosted by Michael Cashman MEP in the European Parliament, John Gilbert, President of Eurolines, outlined the vital role of coach travel across Europe and the often unnecessary barriers operators and passengers face in many locations. Eurolines is calling for policy-makers to recognize the role and contribution of coaches to safe, environmentally friendly and affordabl...

Based on the information given on the National Express Group website, British National Express and Spanish Alsa have improved their performance.Pre-tax profits at National Express for the first half of 2011 were up 26 per cent on the same period last year, from £75.7million to £95.5million, supporting the company’s claims that its recovery plans have been a success. Revenue rose by 6 per cent from £1,059.6million to £1,189.9million.Both revenue and operating profit were up at NX’s UK bus business. Revenue rose from £127.1million in the first six months of 2010, to ...

Written evidence from Eurolines Eurolines is the largest regular coach network in Europe, with a service spanning across the European Union and the continent, carrying over 3.5 million passengers per year. The brand represents 31 independent coach companies in 33 countries, which all follow strict quality standards. Introduction Bus and coach travel combined accounts for more passenger kilometres than any other mode of surface public transport in the European Union. Around 25% of public transport in the EU is provided by coaches. The industry has an estimated annual tu...

Why Europe's largest coach carrier doesn’t have a decent journey planner?Currently, the situation looks as follows: you visit eurolines.com website to purchase tickets online, but unfortunately you can’t do this, because... - the website doesn’t have an option to purchase tickets online. The carrier’s main website!However, you’ve got an alternative, but you must be familiar with geography. You have to click on the country from Eurolines’ map (it’s a map of Europe), to figure out from what country you’ll start the journey from. Unfortunately the map hasn’t ...

European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas is challenging industry to come up with a truly European journey planner that includes all countries and transport modes. Although more than 100 journey planners already exist, there is not one yet that allows users to find information or book a ticket for a journey within Europe regardless of the number of countries or transport modes involved. Vice-President Kallas, Commissioner responsible for transport, launched the challenge at a conference on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) on 6 June 2011. The public will be invited t...

Summer in Europe is a very interesting period, not only because of the beautiful weather, but because of the numerous cultural events.Most people staying in their homes while they are on leave. Of course there is nothing wrong with that, because they worked hard all year round. Unfortunately, most of us are choosing this option very often. However, if we exclude fatigue as an excuse to stay in the house during the summer, it sometimes turns out that we do not know what really to do with ourselves as it comes to leave. So now we should think about something interesting, and ...