Special Eurobarometer 457: Coach Services

The European Commission is publishing today the results of Special Eurobarometer 457 survey on coach services. The survey is based on fieldwork in the 28 EU Member States performed in March 2017. Across the EU, only a minority of respondents use coach services. Over six in ten respondents (64%) say that they never use coach services for domestic travel. Just over a third (35%) of respondents sometimes use coach services for domestic travel but more than half (18%) use them only once a year or less. Fewer than one in five (18%) travel by coach to other countries. The most commonly mentioned purpose for which coach services are used are visiting family or friends (34%), going on holiday (27%) or other leisure activities (24%). The Eurobarometer survey results has allowed for a better understanding of citizens use of and satisfaction with coach and bus services across the EU and of the reasons that prevent citizens from travelling by coach and bus.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer