Eurolines is a

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of intercity bus service owned by an international non-profit organisation formed under

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. Using the Eurolines brand, partner bus companies operate service to over 600 destinations in 36 countries of Europe, as well as Morocco. It is managed by Flixbus.

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. In January 2018,

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withdrew from the Eurolines network, instead partnering with

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. 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

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and later

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, were acquired by Flixbus. In July 2020, Eurolines operators in France were placed into

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by a French court.

Operators

*Austria: Deutsche Touring *Bosnia-Herzegovina: Centrotrans Eurolines *Croatia: Eurolines Autotrans by

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trading as Expressway Eurolines *Latvia, Lithuania: Eurolines Lithuania *Romania: FlixBus *Switzerland: Autourisme Léman SA (ALSA) and Eggmann Frey AG * Serbia: Lasta

References

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