Current ALSA logo and slogan

ALSA bus station in Gijon; a rationalist work of the architect Juan Manuel del Busto in 1939

c.1990 map of Spanish domestic and international ALSA lines

ALSA (Automóviles Luarca, S.A.) is a Spain-based international bus company operating in several countries across Europe (including Andorra, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine, apart from its originating country), as well as possessing branches in China, Morocco and Chile. Nevertheless, when ALSA was incorporated in 1923, they was just a regional operator based in Luarca and Oviedo, in the Spanish northern region of Asturias. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 500 pixel Image in higher resolution (987 × 617 pixel, file size: 163 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)ALSA promotional picture of their bus station in Gijon This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 500 pixel Image in higher resolution (987 × 617 pixel, file size: 163 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)ALSA promotional picture of their bus station in Gijon This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization... Capital Gijón Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 22nd 181. ... The intellectual principles of Rationalism is based on the old architectural theory. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 418 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (835 × 1198 pixel, file size: 356 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)c. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 418 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (835 × 1198 pixel, file size: 356 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)c. ... Luarca (Asturian Ḷḷuarca, also spelled ) is the capital town of the Spanish municipality of Valdés. ... S.A. is the abbreviation of Société Anonyme in French, Spółka Akcyjna in Polish, Sociedad Anónima in Spanish, Sociedade Anónima in Portuguese, or Naamloze Venootschap (N.V.) in Dutch, generally designating corporations in various countries. ... TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Luarca (Asturian Ḷḷuarca, also spelled ) is the capital town of the Spanish municipality of Valdés. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Anthem: Asturias, patria querida Capital Oviedo Official language(s) Spanish; Asturian have special status Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 10th  10,604 km²  2. ...

History

In the 20s and 30s Alsa flagship service was the 170km Oviedo-Luarca-Ribadeo line, Northwest from Oviedo, with thirteen fixed and thirty occasional stops which was done in around 10 hours. This was later extended to Corunna configuring a full-day travel. Corunna is the English name of province and town in Spain, nowadays more frequently known by its Galician name A Coruña or its Spanish name La Coruña. ...

Along 40s and 50s ALSA extended its network through central and western Asturias, and in 1962 with the line Oviedo-Madrid, and in 1964 with the international Oviedo-Paris-Brussels they began an incessant expansion, that made them to become the Spanish leading road passenger transporter in the 80s, and to cover most of the Spanish and Western Europe territories at the 20th Century end. Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums[] Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ... A common understanding of Western Europe in modern times. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

In October 2005 British National Express took over a majority shareholding of ALSA, thus effectively making it a NE subsidiary. However for the time being ALSA trademark is being preserved in all markets. National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. ...

Fleet

c.1948 ACLO with Seida double-deck body

c.1970 Pegaso 5031 with Irizar body

c.1995 ALSA advertisement of 74 new Mercedes-Benz O404 coaches bodied by Sunsundegui joining their fleet

In their initial years ALSA fleet was based mainly on NAG and Saurer vehicles, with some additional GMCs, Renaults and Hispano-Suizas, but in 1939/40 they bought around seven British ACLO normal control coaches, which in the early fifties were followed by eight forward control units of the Regal III model of the same make, with bodies by Seida of Bilbao. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1500x780, 408 KB)C.1948 Seida promotional picture of their two-deck bodies. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1500x780, 408 KB)C.1948 Seida promotional picture of their two-deck bodies. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 425 pixel Image in higher resolution (1527 × 811 pixel, file size: 187 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)ALSA promotional picture of their c. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 425 pixel Image in higher resolution (1527 × 811 pixel, file size: 187 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)ALSA promotional picture of their c. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 276 pixel Image in higher resolution (1466 × 505 pixel, file size: 231 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)C.1995 Alsa ad on new Mercedes-Benz Sunsundegui bodied coaches. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 276 pixel Image in higher resolution (1466 × 505 pixel, file size: 231 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)C.1995 Alsa ad on new Mercedes-Benz Sunsundegui bodied coaches. ... Nãg is the Spirit, god, and/or god-like animal representative of power, inteligens, strength, speed, war, and death in the Reptianity religon, In the discription they give Nag is an amphibious theropod with powerful arms, armed hid, a cobra hud, wings, four tenicals, a dorsal fin, a shark... The initialism GMC can mean either: GMC, a division of General Motors formerly named GMC Truck Game Maker Community, a game making utility forum. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. ... Hispano-Suiza is a French engineering firm best known for their engine and weapon designs in the pre-World War II period, work that developed out of their earliest work in luxury automobile design. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... La Muy Noble y Muy Leal e Invicta (The most noble and most loyal and undefeated) Location Location of Bilbao in Spain and Biscay Coordinates : 43,15° n. ...

Later on ALSA switched to an all-Pegaso buying policy, initially still with Seida bodies, and later with Monotral, Setra-Seida, Ayats and Irizar coachwork; to turn in the early 80s to Mercedes-Benz O303 and O404 chassis with succesively Maiso, Hispano Carrocera, Sunsundegui and Noge Spanish bodies. Classical Pegaso logo Pegaso Diesel road train Pegaso Z-206 handbook cover page (1957) c. ... Ayats is the trading name of Carrocerías Ayats SA, whose dealer in the United Kingdom is Ayats Ltd. ... Irizar is a Spanish-based luxury coach bodybuilder established in 1889. ... A SBS Transit Mercedes Benz O405 in Singapore. ...

Presently, Mercedes-Benz is still the main ALSA chassis provider, but the top-of-the-range three-axled Setras are the flagships of ALSA fleet, many of them in the so-called Clase Supra top-class specification. Setra S 315 UL Setra (the name comes from selbsttragend) is a manufacturer of commercial buses and a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler. ...

External links

The Setra 417HDH Clase Supra coach, current ALSA flag-ship

• Official website (English version)
• Beijing ALSA
• Page on ALSA's ACLO buses