I can’t say that I ever really look forward to using Flixbus, there’s usually some sort of issue attached to their journeys which just makes things difficult. However, the journey from Trieste to Ljubljana is relatively quick by coach and hard by any other method, so given it was reasonably priced, I booked it.
In the above photo is where it’s meant to leave from, at the downstairs of the coach station. They make very clear on the ticket location not to wait outside the coach station.
And here’s the Flixbus that stopped outside the coach station. Fortunately, someone came in and told everyone waiting that the coach was departing from outside, but it was a bit of a faff for those with luggage to have to move at short notice. Apparently this isn’t actually where it usually stops, I have no idea what their logic was that night.
Flixbus doesn’t always force people to have a seat reservation, but they did on this service. And, it was the usual mess and chaos, although my window seat was free and I didn’t have any issues. An upset lady did though have a problem as her seat was already taken and a staff member came over to resolve it, then he realised that about six people were in the wrong place and it would be too difficult to fix without ending up playing some odd form of Jenga on a moving coach. With that, the coach pulled off and the poor lady, by now quite upset, fell over. The staff were very friendly, but Flixbus makes very little simple.
And safely into Ljubljana…. I will continue to try and avoid Flixbus, they’re a public transport option of last resort for me as there’s nearly always something that’s a problem. But maybe I’m being unfair as I just prefer trains……