As noted here, thispost will beall about the trip itself on board eurolinesbus from Amsterdam, passing The Hague, Rotterdam, Breda bound to Paris (Galienibus station). As indicated, yours truly had to start from the Hague. There were already alot of passengers from Amsterdam. We were around 15 from the Hague but we almost filled each seat of the bus. Below is the timeline for the trip I took and might besimilar to those who're taking the same trip:10:35 PM or 22:35 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) arrived in the Hague (from Amsterdam already with passengers)
10:47 PM or 22:47 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) departed, with 2 minutes delay (excusable)
11:08 PM or 23:08 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) stopped in Rotterdam Central to pick more passengers up. After a few passengers got up the bus, the driverlooked for 2 unpresented tickets from passengers from the Hague. Thiscause delay of around 10 minutes. Thus, don't forget to give your ticket(s) to the driver.
11:26 PM or 23:26 -the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) departed from Rotterdam Central Station
12:13 AM or 00:13 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) stopped to pick more passengers up (a couple of them) in Breda-
12:16 AM or 00:16 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) departed from Breda.
12:40 AM or 00:40 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) stopped at a TOTAL service station somewhere in Belgium for a 20-minute break. Here we could either buy refreshments or go to toilet. The pause stops are very helpful andalso healthy!
01:00 AM or 01:00 - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) departed after the driver checked that everyone's on board the bus again.
01:58 AM - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) stopped for another 20-minute break in another TOTAL service station for either smoking, refreshment or toilet moments for the passengers.
02:25 AM - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) continued the trip, always after the driver checks the completeness of his passengers.
04:35 AM until 04:56- the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) had another pause stop, this time in an Agip service station somewhere in France.
05:47 AM - the eurolnes bus bound to Paris (Galieni) actually reached the Galieni international bus station. At this hour, the station was still closed, thus the bus had to wait. There were a couple of other busses/vehicles ahead waiting.
06:00 AM - sharply, the station was opened, the bus we were in got in and there was a thorough police check (normal for busses coming from the Netherlands where drugs are legally used).
06:16 AM - the checks were done and we took our luggage and went our way. Not that bad with the schedule considering the stops and the unexpected unavailability of the station and the "quite long" police checks.
you went by bus, not by train? glad u had a good trip:-)))
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