On the website of City2City is nothing to read from the retreat. “Our goal is to offer the largest network of national long-distance bus and then connect the main cities of Germany with each other – and the more times a day”, still stands there on Tuesday.
City2City so had big plans, but now they are the first major supplier, who retires from the German Fernbusmarkt hotly contested. The 40 years of experience, on the English parent company National Express has has the challenger in this country not really helped. The last bus will run on October 13, the company said
reason are the “ongoing challenging market conditions”
Expert:.. Extreme price pressure on the market
Since the release of the bus-distance traffic in 2013, there are in this country, according to the BDO Busverbands about 40 vendors on the market, but few large ones. Leader is Meinfernbus, City2City the number five. The German Post has revived the Postbus and operates a joint venture with ADAC.
“There is an extreme price pressure in the market,” says Christoph Gipp mobility expert from Berlin consulting company IGES. According to his calculations offer prices start already at four cents per kilometer. What reasons have led City2City to retreat, it will not speculate Gipp, and the BDO not.
The train had underestimated the competition
City2City offered since the spring of 2013, mainly to and from North Rhine-Westphalia – where it has many competitors. This City2City worked together with free bus companies and has even only seven employees. Passengers who have already booked a ticket for a trip to the October 13 want to contact City2City and refund the entire fare.
The Federal Government had early last year released the Fernbusmarkt, which for decades to protect the railway was severely restricted. The German railway, which operates buses themselves had initially underestimated the competition, but now suffers noticeable among the new offerings. (with rtr)
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