PolskiBus was a Polish express coach operator. Owned by
Brian Souter's
Highland Global Transport
Sir Brian Souter (born 5 May 1954) is a Scottish businessman. With his sister, Ann Gloag, he founded the Stagecoach Group of bus and rail operators. He also founded the bus and coach operator Megabus (Europe), Megabus, the train operating compan ...
, it commenced operating in June 2011.
[About PolskiBus.com]
Polski Bus.com It was sold to
Flixbus
FlixBus (; styled FLiXBUS) is a German brand that offers low-cost Intercity bus service, intercity coach services in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. It is owned by , which also operates FlixTrain, FlixCar, , and Greyhound Lines. F ...
in December 2017 with the PolskiBus brand retired in February 2018.
Services
PolskiBus commenced operating in June 2011 operating eight routes with 18 coaches.
[ As of March 2017 it operated services on 16 routes within Poland (establishing connection between 26 Polish cities) and additionally 8 international destinations including Berlin, ]Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
, Budapest, Prague, Vienna, and Vilnius.
Advertised fares started at zł 1 plus zł 1 booking fee, using a yield management
Yield management (YM) is a variable pricing strategy, based on understanding, anticipating and influencing consumer behavior in order to maximize revenue or profits from a fixed, time-limited resource (such as airline seats, hotel room reservat ...
model as employed by Megabus.
In 2018, PolskiBus merged with Flixbus which took over PolskiBus' routes in Poland and around.
Fleet
The company began operations with a fleet of 18 Van Hool
Van Hool NV () was a Belgium, Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, Coach (bus), coaches, trolleybuses, and Semi-trailer, trailers.
Most of the buses and coaches were built entirely by Van Hool, with engines and axles sourced from C ...
Altano TD921 coaches. It later expanded with Van Hool Astromega TD927s and Plaxton Elite i bodied Volvo B11Rs.[PolskiBus.com expands with LHD Plaxtons ''Buses'' issue 715 October 2014 page 16]
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Bus transport in Poland
Transport companies established in 2011
Transport companies disestablished in 2018
2011 establishments in Poland
2018 disestablishments in Poland
Polish Limited Liability Companies