National Express Group

This article is about the National Express Group; for information on the member of the group which trades under the National Express brand, see National Express article.

National Express Group plc is a UK based transport group, operating airport, bus and rail services in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia.

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History

The National Express brand was first created in 1972 by the state owned National Bus Company (NBC) to bring together the express bus and coach services operated by the various bus operating companies within the NBC group. The National Express network was largely a branding and management exercise, with services continuing to be operated by the various bus companies in the NBC group.

With the privatisation of the NBC in the 1980s, National Express was privatised through a management buy-out in 1988. In 1992, the National Express Group PLC was floated on the London Stock Exchange with a remit to acquire new businesses in the passenger transport market.

In 1993 the group acquired Eurolines and East Midlands Airport, although the latter has since been sold.

In 1995 it acquired West Midlands Travel, the formerly municipally owned bus network of Birmingham and the West Midlands, renaming this Travel West Midlands and starting the brand family of Travel ... local bus operations. Since then Travel Coventry has been spun out of Travel West Midlands, and Travel Dundee and Travel London acquired.

In 1996 the group acquired its first UK rail franchises (Gatwick Express and Midland Mainline). Since then 7 further rail franchises have been added, and the rail now accounts for the largest portion of the groups activity.

The group has also moved into operations outside the UK. At one time it had extensive bus, rail and tram operations in Australia. Most of these have since been disposed of, leaving only one bus operator (Westbus) in Australia. Bizarrely Westbus itself had at the time of acquisition an subsidiary operation in London, and this still continues, with Westbus in London managed from Sydney.

Operating Companies

As of October 2004, the operating companies of the National Express Group are:

Previously operated rail franchises include:

Company Photos

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Class 153 unit no. 153373 in Heart of Wessex livery. Most of the Wessex Trains fleet is painted with a different West Country "post card".
 'Electrostar', no. 357036, at Southend Central on 29th March 2003. All c2c services are operated by these .
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Class 357 'Electrostar', no. 357036, at Southend Central on 29th March 2003. All c2c services are operated by these electrical multiple units.
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A Central Trains Class 158/0 unit
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Mk 3B DVT no. 82119 in 'one' livery at Norwich station.

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