Eurolines

Belintoustri Bova Futura
Founded	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Headquarters	Metrologielaan/Avenue de la Métrologie 6, 1130 Brussels, Belgium[1]
Service area	Europe Morocco
Service type	Intercity bus service
Annual ridership	4 million

Eurolines is a brand of intercity bus service owned by an international non-profit organisation formed under Belgian law.^[1] Using the Eurolines brand, partner bus companies operate service in Europe and Morocco.

History

Eurolines was founded in 1985. Its forerunner was the Europabus brand network created by the Union des Services Routiers des Chemins de Fer Européens (URF), a consortium of 11 European national railway companies, in 1951.^[2]

In 2010, Lux Express left the Eurolines network.^[3]

In January 2018, National Express Coaches withdrew from the Eurolines network, instead partnering with Ouibus.^[4][5]

In April 2019, the Eurolines operating businesses in France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic and Spain, and the Isilines brand, all of which were formerly owned by Veolia Transport and later Transdev, were acquired by Flixbus.^[6]

In July 2020, Eurolines operators in France were placed into compulsory liquidation by a French court.^[7]

Operators

• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Centrotrans Eurolines^[8]
• Croatia: Eurolines Autotrans by Arriva^[9]
• Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania: Eurolines Lithuania^[10]
• Ireland: Bus Éireann, operator of Expressway Eurolines^[11]
• Switzerland: Autourisme Léman SA (ALSA) and Eggmann Frey AG^[12]
• Serbia: Lasta Beograd^[13]

Accidents

• In August 2010, an Eurolines bus traveling from the Netherlands to Crespin after the driver fell asleep at the wheel, killing one person.^[14]
• In August 2013, an Ecolines bus overturned in southern France, killing two people.^[15]

References

1. "620147 - Eurolines". WIPO Madrid.
2. Schipper, Frank (14 August 2008). "Driving Europe: Building Europe on roads in the twentieth century," (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2016.
3. "Bussifirma loobub Eurolinesi kaubamärgist" [The bus company abandons the Eurolines brand]. Eesti Rahvusringhääling. 28 May 2010.
4. "NatEx Coaches exits Eurolines". Bus & Coach Buyer. 7 February 2018.
5. "National Express Forms New Partnership with Ouibus". Check My Bus. 14 February 2018.
6. "Negotiations successfully completed: FlixBus buys Eurolines/isilines from Transdev Group" (Press release). Transdev. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019.
7. Beswick, Emma (22 July 2020). "End of the road for French coach giant Eurolines as company goes into liquidation after 35 years". Euronews.
8. "Centrotrans Eurolines".
9. "Eurolines Autotrans".
10. "Eurolines Lithuania".
11. "Bus Éireann".
12. "Eurolines.ch".
13. "Lasta".
14. "One dead after Eurolines bus crashes in northern France". France 24. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
15. "Two dead in tourist bus accident in southern France". RFI. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

External links

• Showbus gallery