Ecolines
Ecolines is a brand of intercity bus service in Central and Eastern Europe, with operations by several carriers. Ecolines has a fleet of over 200 buses, with international routes primarily served by single-and double-decker coaches manufactured by MAN Truck & Bus, Neoplan and Setra.
History
Ecolines was founded in Latvia in 1993 as Norma-A.In 2017, Norma-A, the operator of Ecolines-branded buses in Latvia, acquired 10 new buses for €4 million.
Accidents
- In December 2004, an Ecolines bus traveling from Moscow to Riga slid off an icy road in the Jēkabpils district and flipped over, killing ten passengers.
- In September 2013, an Ecolines bus traveling between Moscow and Riga crashed into another bus in Russia, killing nine people.
- In August 2018, an Ecolines bus crashed in Belarus after the driver fell asleep at the wheel; there were no injuries.
- In December 2019, an Ecolines bus traveling from St. Petersburg to Riga went off road, injuring nine people.