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10,185
TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.1

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Evaluating 4,738 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently highlight the booking process as easy, quick, and simple to navigate, often praising the great value and affordable prices. Many people find the overall user experience efficient and comfortable, appreciating the smooth journeys and friendly, helpful drivers. However, some customers also noted significant issues with service reliability, frequently experiencing delays and late arrivals. These reviewers expressed dissatisfaction with coaches often running behind schedule, leading to an unreliable service that some would not recommend.

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Service

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Staff

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Booking process

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Price

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User experience

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Got the 9:30 from Victoria coach station our Driver Rome was very helpful and friendly and helped us on with our luggage straight away. The bus was well air conditioned and seats comfortable with go... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Route Napoli to FCO. Very happy with the transportation. Clean bus and good AC. There wasn’t a bathroom onboard but we did stop half way (3 hour total) and people did use bathroom. Driver was very pro... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hi FlixBus team, The booking process is great overall. One suggestion: please add an option to increase or decrease the number of passengers at the final booking step. It would also be helpful if us... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It was my first time booking a seat with flixbus service. I wasn't expecting that it would much easier and accurate than national express service.


Company details

  1. #33 of 37 best companies in Transportation service
  2. #18 of 22 best companies in Bus and coach company

About FlixBus

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The UK’s fastest-growing coach network, with an industry-leading TrustPilot score!

Great value, sustainable and reliable coach transport to more than 80 destinations across the UK.

Looking for low-cost travel? Find tickets to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Sheffield and many more.

Try out our dedicated Scottish network, offering regular daily coach services between cities including Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Over 60s with a bus pass, under 22s with Young Scot and other NEC holders travel free.

FlixBus also offers international services from the UK to Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and more, connecting travellers to Europe’s largest coach network.

Get more out of life with FlixBus:

✔ Tickets from just £4.49
✔ Convenient, easy online booking
✔ Free, fast, unlimited Wi-Fi
✔ USB charging for mobile devices
✔ Toilet onboard
✔ Comfortable, modern vehicles
✔ 365 days a year


Flix is trusted by millions of passengers every year, with 8,000 destinations available in 44 countries across four continents.

Low-cost tickets are available from www.flixbus.co.uk or the FlixBus App.

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  • Amphitheatre Parkway 1600, 94043, Mountain View, United Kingdom

  • flixbus.co.uk

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The toilet on the bus was out of order.

The toilet on the bus was out of order.

On our evening journey from Étretat to Paris via Rouen, the trip took almost four hours, and there were no scheduled restroom stops along the way. It was also extremely hot outside, so passengers needed to drink plenty of water.
This was a terrible experience!
How is it acceptable to send out a full coach when the onboard toilet doesn’t work? It was obvious that it had been broken for a long time—it was literally taped shut with duct tape. Clearly, no one is bothering to repair it.

22 July 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They cancelled my trip cost me £40 to get in before 1am Sunday night

They cancelled my trip . The delay was over an hour then I just got a text that my UKO61 Bus from t5 ( which I had to run to from t3 ! God knows why I couldn't just use t3 ! They make you think you have to get on at t5 ?! ) the app showed it was not late and then ran to grt there scanned qr code at bus stop and it shows DELAYED then at 9.12 I get the CANCELLED text and a link and then the app won’t let me buy another ticket ! So I’m screwed ! Luckily a national express came along and I bought a ticket for Southampton and then train to bmth . Word of warning don’t rely on flix if you’re travelling / connecting flights / allow for train / national express and or uber wirh REPUTABLE reputations . Also national express has been shoddy too . If you book with Mastercard you can do charge backs on cancellations I’m hoping to get refunded as I have asked for a refund and just submitted and talked to A BOT for an hour and priya wirh no promises or proper apologies - Monzo are very good for this ! I’m sick of losing money to travel
Services who provide Terrible service ! Be careful ! And flix can eff off !! Saying that in Europe they are excellent especially germany and Austria . Warum in das Uk wir haben das schlimm service ? Wir Sind bummed in das arsch !!

19 July 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had a very disappointing experience…

I had a very disappointing experience with FlixBus on my journey from Swansea to London.

I arrived at the bus stop at around 3:30 PM and waited until approximately 4:40 PM, but the bus never arrived. During this time, there was no communication, update, or notification from FlixBus about any delay. As a passenger, I was left standing at the bus stop with no idea whether the bus would arrive or had been cancelled.

I had work and important commitments the following day, so I couldn't continue waiting indefinitely. Due to the complete lack of information from FlixBus, I had no choice but to purchase a train ticket at my own expense to travel to London.

To make matters worse, I only received a message from FlixBus at around 6:20 PM, informing me that the bus was delayed by approximately 100 minutes. By then, I was already on the train because I couldn't risk missing my commitments.

This experience caused unnecessary stress, anxiety, and additional financial cost. If FlixBus had communicated the delay in a timely manner, I could have made an informed decision much earlier instead of being left stranded.

Reliable communication is just as important as reliable transport, and unfortunately FlixBus failed on both counts during this journey.

I have contacted customer service requesting a refund of my ticket, reimbursement of my additional travel expenses, and appropriate compensation. They agreed but they havn't refunded and now they are not responding my emails.

Based on this experience, I cannot recommend FlixBus and will think twice before using their service again

7 June 2026
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