Parent | Highland Global Transport |
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Commenced operation | June 2011 |
Ceased operation | February 2018 |
Service area | Poland |
Service type | Express coach operator |
Routes | 19 |
Hubs | Warsaw, Wrocław |
Fleet | 132 (August 2014) |
Website | www.polskibus.com |
PolskiBus was a Polish express coach operator. Owned by Brian Souter's Highland Global Transport, [1] it commenced operating in June 2011. [2] It was sold to Flixbus in December 2017 with the PolskiBus brand retired in February 2018. [3] [4]
PolskiBus commenced operating in June 2011 operating eight routes with 18 coaches. [2] [5] 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, Budapest, Prague, Vienna, and Vilnius. [6]
Advertised fares started at zł 1 plus zł 1 booking fee, using a yield management model as employed by Megabus.
In 2018, PolskiBus merged with Flixbus which took over PolskiBus' routes in Poland and around.
The company began operations with a fleet of 18 Van Hool Altano TD921 coaches. [7] It later expanded with Van Hool Astromega TD927s [8] [9] and Plaxton Elite i bodied Volvo B11Rs. [10] [11] [12]
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