Eurolines to Amsterdam

[radamfi]

According to

https://www.treinreiziger.nl/fnv-flixbus-doekt-tegen-de-afspraken-in-eurolines-nederland-op/

Flixbus are closing the Eurolines offices in Amsterdam (Duivendrecht), Rotterdam and Den Haag. Does this mean Eurolines services will no longer go to the Duivendrecht coach station and will go elsewhere, or does it mean the Eurolines brand is being fully replaced by Flixbus on routes to Amsterdam?

 

[dutchflyer]

As for now noone knows. AMSterdam city wants to get rid of as much tourists as possible (you live in NL so must have picked up something about this) and thus the current FLIX at Sloterdijk is just willy-nilly there and has to move to somehwere as far as possible out of town if the current green-lefties get their say. Now Dvdr is another gemeente (council), Ouder Amstel and has no specific concerns about this. As such its an excellent location, on train and metro, just as Sltdk is, but no tram and no HTLs very nearby. Other rumours say that Bijlmermeer would be the best replacement for Sltd-after all the foreigners dont know anything about the very bad name it has in NL. Coming this winter FLIX and €ls will slowly merge their services. Notably though €ls has REstarted its AMS-LOndon service 2/day for this summer. So there are again 3 competitors: FLIX,€ls and BlaBla, using the OUI/SNCF buses as jointly with Nat.Express but alas mostly hired out to anyone who wants to take it up.
In many other countries €ls is already disappeared as the local operators have swapped to FLIX. F.e. like here in HUngary the state-owned Volan. In Austria the Blaguss concern.
More on it on the dutch forum like this: ovinnederland.nl

 

[radamfi]

The Eurolines brand appears to be being withdrawn from 2 December, at least on the London to Amsterdam route.

If you go to www.eurolines.eu, you can book for trips until 1 December, but for later trips you get transferred to the Flixbus website after seeing the following message.

"You will be redirected, as Eurolines is now part of FlixBus!"

They appear to be keeping the former Eurolines journeys to Duivendrecht as well as the existing Flixbus service to Sloterdijk.

 

[AlexNL]

The journeys will stay available, but the booking offices are being closed and the staff laid off. I'm guessing Flixbus want to handle the booking process and customer service directly (via internet/phone).