EuroBusExpress
| EUROBUSEXPRESS (UK) Ltd. | |
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| Lines | |
| bus | international long-distance bus routes |
| Operating facilities | |
| Depots | no own |
EuroBusExpress was an amalgamation of several European bus companies that operated a Europe-wide network of international long-distance bus routes . The dissolution took place at the beginning of the 21st century.
In 2010 some of the companies no longer existed, the homepage was offline and the brand was only represented by the former German agency Gullivers Reisen Berlin .
network
The network extended over large parts of Europe from Portugal via Andorra to Russia and from Norway via Austria to Hungary .
Long-distance coaches are one of the most important means of transport in cross-border traffic, especially in Eastern European countries. Even young people and other particularly price-sensitive people, they like to use as a convenient means of travel to the beaches of southern Europe or cities like London or Paris .
With Eurolines there is a similar, but larger, merger.
Companies
The transport company group EUROBUSEXPRESS (UK) Ltd. was a London based company. The transports were handled by the partner companies who were or still are holders of the concessions .
Germany
| Gullivers Reisen GmbH Berlin | |
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| bus | Long-distance bus routes (discontinued) |
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| Depots | 1 |
The German representative of EuroBusExpress was Gullivers Reisen Berlin .
Its name is derived from Gulliver's Travels , the most famous work of the Irish writer Jonathan Swift .
Gullivers was founded in Berlin in 1982 and operated international regular services with coaches from 1989 to 2010. Other business areas are occasional transport such as city tours and a subsidiary for bus and car rental. A branch existed in Copenhagen to handle the traffic to Scandinavia . All lines started from ZOB Berlin .
In the national long-distance bus service, Gullivers was active as a subcontractor for Schmidt-Reisen on the North Sea bathing line.
From 2007 Gullivers Reisen was the general agency Berlin - Brandenburg for Deutsche Touring and thus broker for the Eurolines traffic departing from Berlin . Since 2008, the company has been offering qualifications under the Professional Driver Qualification Act through its subsidiary Gullivers Kompetenz, Center for Vocational Education and Training OHG .
The subsidiary EuroBusExpress GmbH offered parcel and small transports between Germany, Denmark and Sweden under the brand name PostBusExpress in cooperation with Busgods . The brand has been used by a Dutch company since 2011.
France and Great Britain
Anglia Lines was the British and French representative of EuroBusExpress. The St Neots- based company was dissolved on February 16, 2010.
Spain
| StarBUS | |
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| Basic information | |
| Web presence | www.starbus.es |
| Lines | |
| bus | international long-distance bus routes |
The Spanish representative of EuroBusExpress was Starbus , based in Valencia . Further branches exist in Alicante , Castellon and Barcelona .
Lines are operated from the Spanish Mediterranean coast to Andorra ( Escaldes ), Belgium , Luxembourg and the Netherlands as well as from Barcelona to France , Belgium and the Netherlands.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anglia Lines - Eurobusexpress ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ANGLIA - LINES LTD 03641407
Web links
- EuroBusExpress ( Memento of April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- EuroBusExpress (Germany) ( Memento from January 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive )