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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
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took a majority shareholding in ALSA, retaining the ALSA brand. National
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Asturias. In 1962 the company started a route from Oviedo to
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route, northwest from Oviedo, with thirteen fixed and thirty occasional stops, a 10-hour journey. This was later extended to
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441:Clase Supra
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192:Switzerland
172:Netherlands
104:www.alsa.es
929:Categories
850:Silverlink
825:M>Train
786:Westbus UK
451:References
909:M>Tram
860:Trainline
712:Eurolines
702:City2City
316:in 2010,
310:Marrakech
845:ScotRail
722:Hillsbus
494:BBC News
470:Atalayar
393:Monotral
285:Brussels
243:Asturias
188:Slovakia
180:Portugal
46:Industry
778:Westbus
707:Dot2Dot
352:in 1923
318:Tangier
266:Ribadeo
217:History
200:Morocco
196:Ukraine
184:Romania
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152:Germany
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132:Andorra
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330:Temara
314:Agadir
277:Madrid
270:Coruña
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235:Luarca
176:Poland
170:, the
168:Cyprus
148:France
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378:Seida
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225:ALSA
211:Chile
207:China
164:Malta
160:Italy
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539:Wifi
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