230 new inter-regional routes operated by Eurolines in France.

Eurolines, the specialist in international coach transport, will be able to operate over 230 inter-regional routes  in France as part of the new cabotage law, said on Monday Transport Minister Thierry Mariani.

Nearly 70 cities will be concerned in a Hexagon. For a minister, this magnitude will have transport some-more permitted to people with a tiny budget, such as students. Prices shown have been in outcome by rival Eurolines: 41 euros for a Bordeaux-Paris, or 34 Euros for a Lyon-Paris. Initially Eurolines, with a network of 140 routes in Europe, non-stop for sale upon Monday 150 interregional routes. “Our idea in a initial year 50,000 passengers” , pronounced Antoine Michon, Managing Director of Eurolines France. In further to low prices, he praised a coherence of a group’s suggest as well as a joy of used cars. Eurolines will not enlarge a series of buses in dissemination though in a some-more complete, as he has a gangling genius of up to 30% of a seats after a duration as well as destinations. Eurolines, which is an association of 32 European carriers, has opened for sale this summer his first six interregional links in France. These inter-regional routes "will be performed as part of international pre-approved", serving nearly 70 cities across the French territory, said Thierry Mariani.

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UPDATE:

Yesterday on our blog, we wrote about the increased number of domestic routes by Eurolines France. Today French media write about it.

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