The operator of low cost international coach services - Megabus, has announced the opening of its first European base in Belgium (close to Brussels) from which a new network of services in the Benelux region and in France will be launched. New services will serve Brussels with Lille, Luxembourg and Rotterdam, offering fares from €1 (+ 50 c booking fee). The new connections will operate from 6th October. The significant growth in the popularity of long distance low-cost coach travel in Europe convinced market-leading operator Megabus to expand its operations in continen...

The operator of low cost international coach services - Megabus, has announced the opening of its first European base in Belgium (close to Brussels) from which a new network of services in the Benelux region and in France will be launched. New services will serve Brussels with Lille, Luxembourg and Rotterdam, offering fares from €1 (+ 50 c booking fee). The new connections will operate from 6th October. The significant growth in the popularity of long distance low-cost coach travel in Europe convinced market-leading operator Megabus to expand its operations in continen...

Eurolines announce last minute seats for passengers affected by Eurostar disruption Eurolines has yesterday announced limited, last minute availability on services to Brussels for people affected by industrial action on the Eurostar. Europe’s largest scheduled coach operator has seats available on Belgian services departing London at 10am, 2pm and 11pm on 22 December. Fares start from £68 return and are available via www.eurolines.co.uk or www.europebus.co.uk Last year Eurolines helped several hundred people travel between the UK and Europe when the volcanic ash...

Thanks to the Olympic Games next summer in London, Eurolines has launched a special website, which allows you to purchase tickets online at the Eurolines UK website. You can buy tickets now, here However, this is a special dedicated page, you can not purchase tickets through the main journey planner located on the front page. Reservations can also be made for periods/dates not related to the Olympics in London. Number of European cities names in the reservation system is limited. You can now make reservations if you are travelling into London or Canterbury, Gillingham,...

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...

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...

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 ...

Eurolines UK has introduced a summer timetable. The new timetable is valid between 1 April and 31 October 2011. When Eurolines timetable changes you can expect a variety of surprises. Sometimes they're good and sometimes really disturbing. Now 10 daily services from London to Paris during summer peak time. A total of 6 daily services to Amsterdam during the summer peak, including two daytime and an additional night time service. 7 daily services to Brussels during the summer peak including a new service calling en route at Calais and Dunkerque. Daily services to Vienn...