National Express Coaches, more commonly known as National Express, is a brand and company, owned by the National Express Group, under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in Great Britain are operated,
Most services are subcontracted to local bus and coach companies throughout England, Scotland and Wales, as specified below. The company is based on Birmingham.
The National Express brand was created in 1972 by the state-owned...
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National Express Coaches, more commonly known as National Express, is a brand and company, owned by the National Express Group, under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in Great Britain are operated,
Most services are subcontracted to local bus and coach companies throughout England, Scotland and Wales, as specified below. The company is based on Birmingham.
The National Express brand was created in 1972 by the state-owned National Bus Company (NBC), to bring together the express bus and coach services operated by companies within the NBC group. The National Express network was largely a branding and management exercise, with services continuing to be operated by the individual companies.
With the privatisation of the NBC in the 1980s, National Express was subject to a management buy-out in 1988. In 1992, National Express Group plc was floated on the London Stock Exchange with a remit to acquire new businesses in the passenger transport market, with National...
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