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 ...

Two new vehicles belong to Excalibur Coaches and will be introduced on routes between Britain, France and Belgium, especially on the most busy express service London – Lille – Brussels. The new Irizar i6 body is liveried in full Eurolines colours. Scania's new vehicle for Eurolines UK Technical details: Both vehicles in this delivery are Scania K360 EB 4X2 chassis with Scania EGR Euro 5 360 horsepower engines and Scania’s automated Opticruise gearbox. The 12.2-metre bodywork has 51 seats, all with three-point seat belts, and is equipped air conditioning and cent...

National Express is becoming more active in the introduction of discounts or special offers. This time it has something for the youngest customers. You can take the kids away for only £1 when you book with National Express. Save the car park fare and choose from the large range of UK stations available. Let us take the hassle out of the start of your holiday by taking you straight to the terminal door on our National Express airport coaches. Check the new offer on the National Express website. ...

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...

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...

Eurolines has introduced changes to the current timetable. Most of them are minor adjustments, but Eurolines has also liquidated some of the services (license  termination).In the latest revised timetable, Eurolines clarified the location of bus stops on certain routes. All the details are presented below. Service 170 on Saturdays departs London at 12:30 not 14:00. Eurolines advised that the Friday ex UK and Sunday ex France in the high season won’t serve Agen and Toulouse. Toulouse is served by service 137 on these days. (The 138 line affected). Ulsterbus has now s...

Heathrow's Hotel Transportation:  Take the stress out of your journey and travel quickly and easily between Heathrow's 4 terminals and 15 Airport's major hotels. National Express provide a regular shuttle bus to and from your hotel door to Heathrow Terminals 1, 3, 4 and 5. Travel starts from £4, and tickets can be easily purchased online from the National Express or EuropeBus’ websites. Plus with every adult ticket 2 children can travel for free! With plenty of luggage space, frequent services and door to door drop off, the Heathrow Hoppa is the most convenient way ...