I fucking hate these things
>>218401921Why?
long distance bus travel is the absolute lowest form of transportation here, like you'd only do it as a last resort.
>>218401921cant wait to drive these in the Coaches DLC for ETS 2
>>218401921what happens on the FUXBUS
>>218401953Confirmed. Made a Greyhound night ride from NYC to Portsmouth NH. Damn it was bad.
>>218401921why?
300 IQ COMMENTFlixbus suck in western EuropeFlixbus is pretty okay in eastern Europet. Flixbus userno im not even kidding. Taking the Flixbus in Germany or France is a completly different story than taking the Flixbus in Czechia or Poland.
>>218401921>t.
>>218402004Flixbus has its own simulator called Fernbus, it's honestly not half bad, best coach simulator but that's not saying much>>218402120That's because Flixbus is targeting the premium coach experience in eastern europe, unironically. It's like the first class of bus ridding as sad as that sounds
>>218402077>>218401946this >>218402120in western europe, the drivers are jerks and the bus are dirty and how many things people forget on the bus (one forgot his phone) or when people who forget their stop.eastern driver are better and kinder, not like that french driver I had one day who was mad because someone forgot its stop so he was screaming everyone show him their id. dude thought he was the boss or something. maybe I'm wrong? tell me if so. anyway I don't like it
>>218401953Yet it's part of the US folklore in the movies.
>>218401921Why? They're super comfy and super cheap too a buss can drive you 900km all the way to lapland for only 8 eurosIts cheaper than by train car or flying.
the GOAT bus chain here was fung wah, which was sadly shut down a decade ago because 21 of its 28 buses were deemed structurally unsafe.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fung_Wah_Bus_Transportation#Safety-related_incidents
>>218401921never took it but they are super cheap
ALLLLLLL ABOARD THE GOYBUSSSSSSSSSSno really I wanna go from Netherlands to Luxembourg to get some cheap tobacco how bad are they?
>>218402690they were cheap in france but now they're expensive
>>218402776How much do they cost?
>>218402049Flixbus bought out Greyhound actually.
>>218401953I prefer it. It's cheaper and you see more compared to being in a plane or on a train.>>218402049I took the Greyhound from NYC to LA once because I was bored. Technically it was from Boston if you count the Flixbus to get to NYC.Police surprisingly only came on the bus twice to arrest people, once in Joplin, MO when this woman decided to get into a fistfight with a gas station clerk after they got into an argument about something, and another time in Grants, NM when someone who boarded in Albuquerque(who I KNOW is probably somewhere on this website) got into an argument with half of the bus because some black kid was playing games on his mothers phone on full volume at like 1AM and he wanted to sleep. Eventually things escalated and he yells out "EVERYONE ON THIS BUS IS ABOUT TO FUCKING DIE" and literally SPRINTS to the drivers seat to try and hijack it. Luckily there was a locked plexiglass door in the front that blocked him from getting to the driver. Some ex-convict held him down until the police arrived (pic related).
>>218402735Crazy how expensive bus travel is now that all of the Chinatown buses are gone. It's like $50 a ticket now minimum. I remember the price war was so bad at one point they were selling tickets for $7
>>218401921It's fulled with brown people and it's germanoid-owned but at least it's cheap
>>218403020The Lucky Star Chinatown bus still exists. I might take it the next time I go to NYC.
>>218402911idk I don't go in these buses anymore
>bus gets stuckI hate when that happens.
Wild thinking of whole countries full of grown ass adults taking the bus like poor kids in middle school
>>218403010fucking kinoi kneel to americathe only flixbus story i have is:i was travelling from disnayland paris (as part of a 36 hour journey from coventry to stuttgart DONT EVER DO THIS i just thought it would be funny (it wasn't)) to stuttgart and its like 9 hoursso in some town in bumfuck nowhere idk brussels or something some african guys and girls got in, one sat next to mein strasbourg the police got inside the bus for a routine check.. they didn't have passports so they got off the bus with the police.. this is so sad can we get 3 (You)s?
Flixbus is a total meme here. Attracts the same crowd you'd find hanging around the central station late at night when train have already stopped
>>218402911It doesn’t take too much. I took a few. I remember taking one to Germany and it only took a little more than 20 euros for one person if I remember correctly. It’s also better to go at night when you’re sleep deprived so you sleep through the entire journey and not being bored.>>218403061I am brown/olive and can confirm this is true>>218403125I wish I took that bus back in NYC.
>>218403010Based explorer. Once I was on a bus in Oklahoma and a drunken Cherokee got on the bus, started punching people, and had to be dragged off by police. Apparently he'd just gotten off a rez prison the day before.Another time I was leaving Detroit and some Afro-American gentlemen was making advances on the woman next to him. She complained to the driver who pulled off to the side of the highway and called the cops. After they removed said gentlemen, the negress spent the rest of the ride loudly complaining to the driver that he made them all late.There was also a time I got seated near some raving schizo who claimed the government of Minnesota was trying to kill him and that he was running for his life from police and bounty hunters. He kept taking about this all night and would not shut up about it. Coach travel is the true burgerpunk, the best way to experience what America has to offer.
>>218402301and yet they're still better than greyhound
>>218403407From what I've experienced, FlixBus is normal and punctual in Europe. I've never seen anything crazy happen aside from occasional passport checks. The only thing I can remember were beggar gangs at the Bercy Seine stop in Paris who would constantly harass everyone for money. >>218403539It still exists as far as I'm aware. I think some of the former Fung Wah drivers actually went to FlixBus.>>218403963It really is the best way because you see all walks of life. People who are on the run, people who are trying to travel for as cheap as possible, people who are trying to start a new life, etc. The schizo ramblers are based because they make time pass by quickly. The drivers are funny as fuck too. I plan on going from Boston to Florida by bus this year. The other trip I want to try is a northern cross-country route through Chicago and Seattle and then take the ferry to Alaska afterwards. >pic related. the NYC Port Authority Terminal
>>218402164the DLC will be even better
>>218401921I've never done it here.Flixbus only got introduced here a couple months ago and I've never taken some other form of long distance bus.But in eastern europe it was great.
>>218403282pretentious snob tryhard idiot
>>218403010america is wildi love it
>>218401921Took one from Deggendorf to Berlin in 2022.
Last time I rode in one I sat next to a super hot portugese student girl from my city and couldnt focus for the whole drive and when we made smalltalk I just got horny, I remember I wanted to ask her number but when we stopped I went to grab my stuff and someone called me on my cellphone, when I finished she was gone. Bummer
>>218403010>NYC to LA by busman..
>>218401921I just took an 7 hours long ride from north italy to the southeast of France, payed 30 bucks, zero problems.
>>218407081>>218407528That was genuinely one of my favorite trips, it took 3 whole days to cross the country.
8 euros across GermanyWiFi the entire timeCozy lightingIt's perfect
>>218401921Just go by train then
I snore really, really loudly. Hope its not a night trip with me youre on broskis kek
>>218404742Amtrak isn't as soulful/soulcrushing as the bus, but the Empire Builder is a good way to travel between Chicago and Seattle.
You can get coaches between cities here but I don't know why you would instead of a train. It might be cheaper but they take forever.
I remember how the only way to get to my family home was to travel with local carriers in smelly buses with some bums, because large carrier networks were being fought against (because a large monopolist with high standards is bad, but monopolists on smaller areas without any standards are okay), eventually I had to travel halfway across the country by train before I got to my destination because railways were fascist o algo>>218402120Yep. I like it here. But I remember a video of some randoms in France stealing luggage from a moving bus, so maybe it's not the Flixbus sucks but people?>>218402776Still cheap here. >>218407424Once I was traveling behind some Arab women and they kept asking me questions, and I felt my face turning red. They decided I didn't know English because of how awkward I was acting. They were super cute >>218403010Holy Kino>>218403407Once I got into a political argument with my fellow passengers (I didn't start it) and we googled Marx's statements.
>>218401921The flixbus made it through a blizzard and arrived on time imc
>>218401921
>>218401953Train > Car > Plane (fuck airport security) > Bus > Travel (like a abus but smaller)
>>218401921For me, it's gabus
>>218412541>fuck airport securityHave you tried not being a muslim
I haven't taken the bus since 10th grade when I got my driver's licenseif you take a bus, you are mentally a child
>take flixbus>its fine>all of the passengers are old ladies and a couple of teenagers >went to a couple of states away to see my family>the return trip was also finei'm ok with this
>>218403010holy kino
The train system here is so fucked up that taking a bus to the same destination not only is way cheaper but also way faster.
>>218408995I've looked into Amtrak, I'd consider going by train if their tickets were discounted more compared to going by bus or plane.
>>218414994By design, it's the same in Greece too.They make public transportation bad on purpose to keep you reliant on cars.
>>218412325TBD
>>218413863I'm not a mudslime, I just don't like to show up 2 hours before boarding
>>218417165You don't have to.Alternatively you can spend the time in a lounge enjoying food and drink.
>>218403010Absolute Kino
>>218409299They're good for some connections that aren't directly served by trains, and I've never had a bad experience on onet. frequent Luton to Northampton enjoyer
>>218412325>Heh, finna cop some jeans and tshirts that don't even fit meWhat's the thought process here?
>>218417374reselling
>>218401921I don't know, they're pretty comfy, much better than your average bus company here
>>218409299trains are extremely expensive in the uk thoughi can take the coach from london victoria to coventry for like literally 5 britbuxx, a train would cost me 30
Flixbus is the only place where you can actually see people being detained by immigration in real time here
>>218401953Sadly no, it's cheaper to travel by bus in Portugal, than by train...which runs on electricity btw.Especially flixbus, i can travel to Lisbon(300 km) for 6€. Train is close to 20€
>>218418202N*ggerlands is far worse. We have a maximum cap on train prices but the speed at which you reach this is insane. I live in Groningen which is our most remote city together with Maastricht and by the time I am in Zwolle - the first significant city along the rails and only connection - the ticket already cost €23. From there on the maximum of costs is €33. It's so fucking annoying and basically causes for me to never leave my city.
>>218418408>Entire life spent in Groningengrim grim grim
>>218401921>I fuckingreddit fag
>>218418446Sad! But I often go to Germany out of spite against N*ggerlands.
Flixbus is what i used a decade ago when my backpacking budget was 150-200 euro for 3-4 weeks. Dont know how affordable it would be nowdays.
>>218401921They were alright as a tourist going through middle Europe.Shame about the nafris playing their music loudly on the rest stops.
>>218418664just bike bro
>>218401921i hate most bus drivers they drive like shiti prefer trains and trams because it's harder to drive those like shit
Does anyone know what the net or gross pay flixbus offers? Arriva drivers here are already outearning mid code monkeys.
The longest bus ride I've experienced is just around 200km. Must be nice livin in continental country unlike me.
>>218417358Both massive shitholes>>218418160They are expensive but checking now and that journey costs about 30 quid and takes an hour and a half yet it takes nearly 4 on the coach.Why are Germans going to shitholes in the UK anyway?
I barely travel by bus for long distances, I do only when there's no point in travelling by car, and there's no other public transport alternative (available).Once I was travelling at night, and woke up thinking that we were travelling close to an airport runway, there were several flashing lights arranged in lines, few seconds later I realized it was a brothel wich had quirky lighting set to catch the attention from potential clients.
>>218403407Hey I live in Strasbourg and I see perfectly where your bus must have made it stop (near Rivetoile). Anyway I made Strasbourg-Paris in Flexibus once and it sucked ass, took something like almost 8hours for something you can do in less than 2 hours in train also I had zwei younge mädchen vor mir and holy fuck they literally never stopped talking, literrally not a single fucking minute of silence. Never thought your average Gretchen could be so talkative.Here's your third (You)>>218403010Holy Kino
>>218403010just like my western movies
>>218401921You get what you pay for, i never disliked flixbus, the price is dirt cheap
>>218403280>bus gets stuckCant relate. Where I live is civilized so every road is well paved
