PolskiBus was a Polish express coach operator. Owned by Brian Souter's Highland Global Transport,[ Companies House extract company no SC432205 Highland Global Transport Limited] it commenced operating in June 2011.[ About PolskiBus.com Polski Bus.com] It was sold to Flixbus in December 2017 with the PolskiBus brand retired in February 2018.[Polskibus.com enters partnership with FlixBus Coach & Bus Week issue 1326 23 January 2018 page 9][PolskiBus to go green with Flixbus tie-up Buses issue 755 February 2018 page 20]
Services
PolskiBus commenced operating in June 2011 operating eight routes with 18 coaches.
[ Souter Investments Launches Express Coach Service in Poland Souter Investments] 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.[ PolskiBus.com and PKS Polonus team up! 23 new lines connecting 100 cities in Poland and abroad]
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.
Fleet
The company began operations with a fleet of 18 Van Hool Altano TD921 coaches.[ Van Hool supplies 18 coaches for intercity transport in Poland and neighbouring countries Van Hool 6 July 2011] It later expanded with Van Hool Astromega TD927s[ Van Hool delivers 50 extra coaches to Poland Van Hool 21 October 2011][ Souter Holdings Poland Makes Major New Investment in PolskiBus.com Fleet Souter Investments 24 October 2011] and Plaxton Elite i bodied Volvo B11Rs.[ PolskiBus.com is pleased to announce the purchase of 20 New Plaxton ADL Elite i Coaches PolskiBus.com][ ADL strides into Europe as PolskiBus.com launches Plaxton Elitei Plaxton][PolskiBus.com expands with LHD Plaxtons Buses issue 715 October 2014 page 16]
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