Dean Finch, the boss of Tube Lines, the London Underground maintenance company, is set to become the new chief executive of troubled bus and train operator National Express... more
The future of stricken National Express was in doubt as a £1.7 billion rescue takeover offer fell apart and speculation mounted that the biggest brand in British transport is set to be broken up... more
National Express veered further off track as it crashed into the red with a £36.6 million half-year loss, and dumped its interim dividend to cut debt ... more
The battle for National Express heated up today as arch-rival Stagecoach revealed that it is in exclusive talks to buy parts of the business from the consortium which has made an indicative takeover bid for the ailing bus and trains firm
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Has there ever been a fiasco as bad as the railway privatisation? Since 1994, we have had the most complex structure imaginable inflicted on what was then the most cost-effective railway in Europe in terms of taxpayer support. In 1994, the rail network cost £1.6 billion. By 2005, it was nearly £5 billion.... more
Is it any wonder the railways are in a mess, given the turnover of Transport Secretaries? During the privatisation of the railways in the 1990s, the Tories managed to get through five Secretaries of State ... more
National Express it will go to war with the Government after the Department for Transport sacked it from the East Coast Main Line out of King's Cross and threatened to strip it of its Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street franschises.... more
The long-expected collapse of the National Express East Coast franchise shows the fragility of the privatised railway system in the face of an economic downturn - and raises serious doubt about whether the system can ever function truly in the private sector.... more
Embattled National Express, which is struggling with the downturn on its inter-city services, said it has won a six-month breather from its banks on its £1.2 billion debt mountain... more
Shareholders at the National Express annual meeting were left none the wiser as to whether the train and coach group will be passing round the begging bowl... more
Transport: National Express slashed its dividend and indicated its on-board train services could be cut to a minimum as it struggles to keep control of its rail businesses... more
Transport: More than 700 jobs are to go at National Express as the train, coach and bus company reported a downturn in travelling by the public.... more
Great North East Railways has seen me up and down the east coast very nicely for years. A few months ago, the service was taken over by National Express. A black day for travellers, it turns out... more
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