The aim of this master thesis is to describe and analyse the long-distance coach transport market and its evolution after the deregulation processes have been developed in most European countries. A particular focus is given to Germany and Italy in order to concentrate on specific cases with the aim of understanding the different evolution of the two markets. Diverse regulatory regimes, geography, cultural aspects are all intertwined to motivate why the market developed quite differently. Considering the German case, the openness to competition has definitely brought positive results. From the supply side, the offer was brought from 20 million kilometres in 2012, to 135 million kilometres in 2014 (Beria et at., 2015).