National Express
Because Travel Doesn’t Have to Cost the Earth
National Express Group serves more than one billion passengers a year worldwide on its bus, train, light rail and express coach operations. We have leading positions in each of our markets – the United Kingdom, North America and Spain. Over 25% of our operations are now in international markets.
The Group is made up of complementary businesses with a single common theme: a passion for travel and transport. Each of our businesses has a local focus providing local services for local people. As transport is fundamental to the success of society, by the very nature of what we do we contribute positively to communities by providing socially inclusive services with environmental benefits.
In 2007, National Express will continue to promote the crucial role public transport has to play in reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases. There are large net savings to be had from customers using our services instead of the car or plane. We are committed to taking the lead in climate change and our strategy involves growing the use of public transport as well as taking steps to improve the efficiency of our operations.
We will also promote the environmental credentials of our services more widely with policy makers. In addition, we will look to educate people about the benefits of using public transport and explain how they can play their role in reducing climate change by changing their travel habits. We’re teaming up with other like-minded organisations to promote simple steps people can take.
But we’ve got to make public transport attractive if all this is to happen. Our vision can be summed up in three words: Making Travel Simpler. We want to deliver integrated transport, environmentally sustainable transport and value for money transport. This will involve joining up our services where appropriate, using technology to a greater degree, developing marketing relationships which are meaningful and securing support and funding from Government where it is appropriate. The National Express Group is an organisation of 40,000 people committed to that one vision.
