Eurolines’ passengers can now free and without interruption use the internet between London and Paris for the first time, thanks to free wifi installed on Eurolines coaches. Europe’s largest scheduled coach operator installed continuous wifi on the London to Paris route in June – and over 20,000 customers have already taken advantage of the free service. John Gilbert, Managing Director Eurolines UK, said: This is the first time internet has been continuously available between the UK and main land France and it’s a real benefit of travelling by coach.  Having w...

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,...

Today I want to go back to yesterday's topic, namely the Eurolines’ newly opened national connections in France. Eurolines’ FR spokesman announced last Tuesday, the opening of the first six interregional coach services.The carrier has announced plans to launch more than 500 connections between the French provinces already on 10th February, but this was only possible after amending the Act on passenger transport.The project implementation of this Act, which allows the transport of passengers between regions by coaches, was published in November 2010 and introduced in Jan...

Few months after the announcement, Eurolines finally received permission to conduct the national transport. As you know, so far SNSF is a monopolist on the French market for passenger transport. (SNCF - French Railways). This could not be changed without the approval of the government. Erolines France in the past already announced its intention to launch these connections, however, they encountered many problems, especially from the government and obtaining a license for the route.Currently Eurolines runs six routes at very attractive prices, in the future Eurolines intends...

In previous posts we wrote about the NXs’ preparations for the Olympics games in London 2012. Of course, you can already buy tickets for NXs’ coaches to access into London for the period of Olympics. More hereNow Eurolines UK has announced that it starts selling tickets for international services to London. Although the Olympics in London will take place next year, the carrier opens the ticket sales distribution channels. Tickets will be available on-line, at National Express outlets and by phone. The sale starts on 1st August 2011. Eurolines will increase during thi...

According to information posted on eurolines.com, the request was made by Mr. John Gilbert - President of Eurolines, a co-founder of a campaign to improved access to coach terminals. Eurolines, Europe's leading coach company, and the rest of the coach industry is also pressing for more "integrated" rail and bus terminals.Gilbert said that while the company welcomed the recent adoption of new rights for passengers, "much still needs to be done" to improve the "passenger experience".He pointed out that many European cities, including tourist destinations such as Amsterdam and...

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...

Pan-European leading coach company, Eurolines and market leading cross-Channel operator, Eurotunnel Le Shuttle, have signed a deal to carry sports fans travelling from across Europe to London for the 2012 Games. With just over a year to go before the country hosts the world’s greatest sporting event, Eurolines UK and Eurotunnel Le Shuttle expect to carry an additional 18,000 European visitors to London next summer.The vast majority of passengers are expected to travel from Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels and tickets will be available to purchase from 15 July. During the pea...