FlixBus, a Munich-based bus company that operates in 28 European countries and across swaths of the United States, is expanding into the Pacific Northwest.

The company held a promotional event Nov. 8 in Seattle to announce its West Coast expansion. Oregon stops will occur in Portland, Eugene, Corvallis, Albany and Salem.

The first buses will be available Nov. 21. The company said prices for the inter-city service will start at $9.99.

“This has been one of the most meticulously laid out expansions in FlixBus history,” said Pierre Gourdain, managing director of FlixBus USA. “We really wanted to build a strong foundation—from having a great partner to offering the most competitive travel times and frequencies. Ultimately, we want to win over the hearts of residents and prove that having a car is a thing of the past.”

The lime green buses will stop on the University of Oregon and Oregon State University campuses, the company said in a statement.

FlixBus said it would offer seven daily trips per direction between Portland and Seattle and four trips between Portland and Eugene. It will also stop in Coeur d’Alene, Olympia, Ellensburg, Spokane and Tacoma.

The company is clearly targeting Greyhound and its Bolt Bus service, which operates in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the country.

FlixBus said it would “beat the travel time of legacy competitors in the region.”

No immediate information was available on the times.

The company began in 2013 in Germany and first began U.S. service on the East Coast in May 2018.

As of November, it has nearly 100 stops across the U.S.

The company says it also plans to introduce electric buses into its fleet by 2021.

-- Andrew Theen

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