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Profit warning deepens the crisis at National Express

22.10.09
Without a merger partner or a rescue rights issue, National Express compounded its woes by today issuing a profit warning ... more

Break-up fear for National Express as takeover dies

16.10.09
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

Crisis grows for National Express as takeover dies

16.10.09
Stricken train and coach company National Express was plunged deeper into crisis today as the 500p-a-share, £1.7 billion rescue takeover offer for the company evaporated ... more

Last lap looms in takeover battle for National Express

03.09.09
The three-month long bid battle for National Express has entered its final mile... more

Divi ditched as losses hit National Express

30.07.09
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

Stagecoach muscles in on National Express bid

27.07.09
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 ... more

NatEx bidder is named

24.07.09
The deputy chairman of National Express, Jorge Cosmen, was outed today as the mystery bidder for the stricken train and coach group ... more

History tells us we're about to be left hanging around

07.07.09
Historians of modern politics are wearing out the corduroy on their elbows pondering whether we are on the verge of 1979, 1992 or 1997... more

The fiasco which, unlike the trains, just keeps running

06.07.09
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

Transport mess? Blame 11 ministers

02.07.09
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

Strategic thinker becomes biggest victim of system he created to revive industry

01.07.09
THE departure of Richard Bowker from National Express comes laced with irony.... more

National Express fight pledge after East Coast line sacking

01.07.09
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

More failures and this fragile industry could derail

01.07.09
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

Gordon Brown takes over East Coast mainline

01.07.09
Government set to nationalise East Coast mainline - one of Britain's main rail services - and threatens to take control of two more... more

National Express East Coast bail out to cost taxpayer £700m

01.07.09
East Coast line is nationalised and two others at are risk as National Express exit hits taxpayers for ‘£700 million’... more

Banks turn down the debt heat on National Express

17.06.09
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

Disarming transport boss who won't be derailed by £1 billion crisis

20.05.09
Former regulator Richard Bowker sees a sea change in government attitudes to rail investment - but still faces a huge drop in passengers... more

Revealed: FirstGroup's secret £50m bailout from taxpayer

13.05.09
First Great Western, the much-criticised Paddington-based train company, has received a secret £50 million bailout from the taxpayer ... more

National Express may tear up East Coast rail deal in crunch

07.05.09
Speculation grew that National Express could give up its contract to run the East Coast Main Line... more

Rights-issue puzzle at National Express

06.05.09
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

'Dangerous' trainspotters to be banned from King's Cross

16.03.09
Trainspotters could be banned from King's Cross for security reasons, it was claimed... more

High fives at RBS as Hester cuts sweet deal

27.02.09
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Dividend cut as National Express tries to save cash

26.02.09
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

Bowker looks lonely at top of National Express

24.02.09
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Ticket office hours cut as rail firm struggles to pay £1.4bn franchise

16.02.09
National Express is to reduce ticket office opening hours on the East Coast Main Line to save cash... more

Dot2Dot minibuses are unloaded for £1

12.01.09
Transport: Dot2Dot, the loss-making airport minibus taxi service has been sold — for just £1... more

700 National Express jobs axed as rail passengers stay at home

17.12.08
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

Airport service knocks Express

31.07.08
National Express chief admits to mistakes as new coach-taxi service loses company £5 million... more

Boom in public transport to beat soaring fuel costs

31.07.08
Soaring fuel prices are causing almost two-thirds of Londoners to consider using public transport rather than going by car, a poll reveals... more

To hell and back from King's Cross

18.03.08
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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