Eurolines

Eurolines is a brand of intercity bus service owned by an international non-profit organisation formed under Belgian law.^[1] Using the Eurolines brand, partner bus companies operate service in Europe and Morocco.

Belintoustri Bova Futura
Founded	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Headquarters	Metrologielaan/Avenue de la Métrologie 6, 1130 Brussels, Belgium[1]
Service area	Europe Morocco
Service type	Intercity bus service
Annual ridership	4 million

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.^[2]

In 2010, Lux Express left the Eurolines network.^[3]

In January 2018, National Express Coaches withdrew from the Eurolines network, instead partnering with Ouibus.^[4][5]

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 Veolia Transport and later Transdev, were acquired by Flixbus.^[6]

In July 2020, Eurolines operators in France were placed into compulsory liquidation by a French court.^[7]

Operators

• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Centrotrans Eurolines^[8]
• Croatia: Eurolines Autotrans by Arriva^[9]
• Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania: Eurolines Lithuania^[10]
• Ireland: Bus Éireann, operator of Expressway Eurolines^[11]
• Switzerland: Autourisme Léman SA (ALSA) and Eggmann Frey AG^[12]
• Serbia: Lasta Beograd^[13]

Accidents

• In August 2010, a Eurolines bus traveling from the Netherlands to Crespin after the driver fell asleep at the wheel, killing one person.^[14]
• In August 2013, an Ecolines bus overturned in southern France, killing two people.^[15]