Private company

Eurolines

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Long distance coach organisation

Eurolines is a brand of intercity bus service owned by an international non-profit organisation formed under Belgian law. While several bus operators have used the Eurolines branding in the past, the only operators that still use the branding are UAB Kautra, which operates service between Lithuania and Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland, and Expressway Eurolines, which operates service between Ireland and the United Kingdom.2 It is part of Flix SE.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1

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Eurolines bus Mannheim 100 3704
Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Eurolines is a brand of intercity bus service owned by an international non-profit organisation formed under Belgian law. While several bus operators have used the Eurolines branding in the past, the only operators that still use the branding are UAB Kautra, which operates service between Lithuania and Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland, and Expressway Eurolines, which operates service between Ireland and the United Kingdom.2

Corporate structure

Eurolines is part of a group headed by Flix SE. 11 entities, 6 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

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 2010, Lux Express left the Eurolines network.

In 2017, the Eurolines routes to/from Romania were integrated into FlixBus.

In January 2018, National Express Coaches withdrew from the Eurolines network, instead partnering with Ouibus.

In April 2019, the Eurolines operating businesses in France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic and Spain, all of which were formerly owned by Veolia Transport and later Transdev, were acquired by FlixBus.

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

From Wikipedia’s article on Eurolines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Former owners and parents

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Timeline

  1. 2019Acquired Acquired by Flix SE1
  2. 1985Founded Founded1

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