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The Eurolines Organisation

The Eurolines Organisation is the umbrella organisation of the independent Eurolines partners. It has 32 members from 26 countries.
The Organisation’s Central Secretariat is located in Brussels. It handles coordination between the members themselves and is a point of contact for external partners.
The General Assembly is the decision-making body. All MD’s of the 32 Eurolines partners are members of the General Assembly.
The Executive Committee consists of the MD’s of 9 countries. They see to the realization of decisions taken by the General Assembly.
The Organisation has several working committees dedicated to specific areas of interest such as a common quality standards and marketing.

In the Seventies the ‘hippie’ coach company Magic Bus was established.
In 1983 Magic Bus changed into a new company called Budget Bus Travel. From that moment cooperation with coach companies abroad started. The main goals were to make the services more professional and to obtain licences from all national authorities concerned.
In 1989 these internationally cooperating coach operators signed an agreement. The coordination of the services was arranged and a common livery for the coaches. The latter showed the growing unity towards the public. At the same time the new common brand name Eurolines was chosen.
At the beginning of 1990 Budget Bus was renamed Eurolines Nederland B.V.
In 1997 Eurolines opened the first Dutch international Coach station in Amsterdam.
Currently Eurolines Netherlands is a part of Veolia Transport, a French enterprise that also owns Eurolines France and Eurolines Belgium