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===Europe=== ====Bus and coach==== =====Bus===== [[File:Travel Surrey 8708 R508 SJM.JPG|thumb|[[Travel Surrey]] [[Plaxton Pointer]] bodied [[Dennis Dart]] in [[Byfleet]] in December 2008]] In May 2009, National Express sold some of its bus operations to [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]]: * [[Travel London]] (bus operation under contract to [[Transport for London]] in [[London]]) * [[Travel Surrey]] (bus operation [[Surrey]] and [[South West (London sub region)|South West London]] β a subsidiary of Travel London) In December 2020, National Express sold its [[Xplore Dundee]] business to [[McGill's Bus Services]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/xplore-dundee-and-xplore-more-sold-to-greenock-based-firm-mcgills-buses/amp/ |title = Bus Firm Xplore Dundee Sold to McGill's Services |work = [[Evening Telegraph (Dundee)|Evening Telegraph]] |date = 22 December 2020}}</ref> =====Coach===== * [[Scottish Citylink]] sold to [[Metroline]] in August 1998 in order to comply with a [[Competition Commission]] requirement for National Express to operate the [[ScotRail (National Express)|ScotRail]] rail franchise * [[City2City]] an express coach services in Germany that ceased on 14 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.passengertransport.co.uk/2014/09/national-express-exits-german-coach-business/ |title = National Express exits German coach business |publisher = Passenger Transport |date = 17 September 2014}}</ref> * Stewarts Coaches (private coach hire and tours), previously part of National Express Transport Solutions, sold to the Coach Travel Group in December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Coach Travel Group signs a deal to acquire Stewarts Coaches {{!}} Coach Travel Group |url=https://coachtravelgroup.com/news-and-media/coach-travel-group-signs-deal-acquire-stewarts-coaches |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=coachtravelgroup.com}}</ref> ====Railway and tram==== =====Railway===== [[File:Upminster station MMB 15 357046.jpg|thumb|[[c2c]] [[British Rail Class 357|Class 357]] at [[Upminster railway station|Upminster]] in September 2010]] [[File:Central Trains 153375 at Lincoln Central 01.jpg|thumb|[[Central Trains]] [[British Rail Class 153|Class 153]] at [[Lincoln railway station|Lincoln]] in May 2004]] Rail franchises formerly operated: * [[Wales & Borders]] passed to [[Arriva Trains Wales]] in December 2003 * [[ScotRail (National Express)|ScotRail]] passed to [[First ScotRail]] in October 2004 * [[Wessex Trains]], absorbed into [[Greater Western franchise]] and passed to [[First Great Western]] in April 2006 * [[West Anglia Great Northern]] split into two parts: West Anglia services transferred to [[National Express East Anglia]] April 2004, Great Northern services passed to [[First Capital Connect]] in April 2006 * In November 2007 several franchises were lost in a general restructure: **[[Central Trains]] split between [[CrossCountry]], [[East Midlands Trains]] and [[London Midland]] **[[Midland Mainline (train operating company)|Midland Mainline]] absorbed into [[East Midlands Trains]] franchise **[[Silverlink]] split between London Midland and [[London Overground Rail Operations|London Overground]] * [[Gatwick Express]] incorporated into [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] franchise in June 2008 * [[National Express East Coast]] passed to [[Directly Operated Railways]] in November 2009 * [[National Express East Anglia]] (including [[Stansted Express]] service) passed to [[Greater Anglia]] in February 2012 * [[c2c]] operated from May 1996 until sold to [[Trenitalia]] in February 2017<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/newsmedia/corporate-news/2017/acquisition-of-c2c-franchise-by-trenitalia/ |title = Acquisition of c2c franchise by Trenitalia |publisher = National Express |date = 11 January 2017}}</ref> =====Tram===== * [[National Express Midland Metro]] (now [[West Midlands Metro]] tram line), passed to [[Transport for West Midlands]] in 2018. =====London & Continental Railways===== National Express had a 17.5% shareholding in [[London & Continental Railways]] (L&CR) from its formation in September 1994 until it was nationalised by the [[Government of the United Kingdom]] in 2009. L&CR was responsible for building the [[High Speed 1]] project. National Express also held a 40% stake in the Inter-Capital and Regional Rail consortium which held the management contract for the UK arm of the [[Eurostar]] operation, L&CR's subsidiary [[Eurostar International]] from 1998 to 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eurostar restructure sees UK expand rail stake |publisher=AllRailJobs.co.uk |url=http://www.allrailjobs.co.uk/article/eurostar-restructure-sees-uk-expand-rail-stake-5377.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061754/http://www.allrailjobs.co.uk/article/eurostar-restructure-sees-uk-expand-rail-stake-5377.htm |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Annual Report and Accounts 2010 |publisher=National Express Group plc |url=http://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/ar2010/business-review/performance-and-financial-review.html |url-status=dead |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061517/http://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/ar2010/business-review/performance-and-financial-review.html |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref>
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