Italian state railway FS has surprised the European long distance coach industry by launching its own long haul business branded Busitalia Fast, which it says will become the future 'main player in European long-distance road passenger services'. Symbolically, it revealed its plans on 25/26 April at the new Bus2Bus exhibition and conference in Berlin, home city of fast growing pan-European operator Flixbus, which in four years has captured 92% of the newly deregulated German coach travel market and operates in 20 other countries including Italy.
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