‘Outstanding’ summer for National Express UK coach business October 18, 2018 National Express made £5m coach sales a week in August, as an "outstanding" summer saw revenue in the UK increase by 10.1 per cent. UK passenger numbers grew by six per cent and on August bank holiday Monday revenue was up 13 per cent, the coach firm said in a trading update. Read more: Transport operator Go-Ahead [...]
UK national train strike: Unions begin fourth day of crisis talks as 24-hour rail walkout looms May 20, 2015 UPDATE: The RMT has followed the TSSA union in suspending strike action after an improved offer from Network Rail. Union representatives are returning for a fourth day at the bargaining table today after late-night mediation failed to avert a planned 24-hour rail strike. Network Rail and the unions RMT and TSSA are yet to find a compromise [...]
National Express share price accelerates after passenger rise October 30, 2014 Increasing passenger numbers and lower debt have fuelled a 15 per cent rise in third-quarter pre-tax profits at National Express compared with the same period last year, figures revealed yesterday. The transport group saw growth in both passenger numbers and revenue in every division this year, including its Spanish operation, Alsa, marking a turnaround from [...]
Freezing winter chills National Express profits July 30, 2014 EXTREME freezing winter weather in the US, strikes in Spain and the strength of sterling hit first-half profits at UK-based transport giant National Express, despite it winning £5bn worth of contracts so far this year. Operating profit fell to £89.5m in the first half of 2014, down from £97.2m over the same period last year, [...]