Our history
Mobico Group traces its history back to 1992 when National Express Group was floated on the London Stock Exchange. This timeline sets out the key events since formation.
National Express Group floats on London Stock Exchange
UK
Acquisition of West Midlands Travel, one of the UK's largest bus companies
UK
Enters UK rail market with acquisition of Gatwick Express and Midland Mainline
North America
Enters US transport market with acquisition of Durham School Services
UK
Enters London bus market with acquisition of Travel London
ALSA
Enters Spanish coach and bus market with the acquisition of Alsa
ALSA
Acquisition of Continental Auto in Spain
- Integration of Petermann into the North American business
- Launch of the National Express Foundation to support young people
Middle East
- Launch of joint venture - Bahrain Public Transport Company to operate bus services in Bahrain.
- Entered German rail market operating the Rhine-Munster Express
UK
Exit from UK rail operations with the sale of the c2c rail franchise to Trenitalia
- A strategic investment in WeDriveU enables the development of shuttle services across the USA.
- Creation of National Express Accessible Transport to take over the West Midlands operations of Accessible Transport Group
- Start of operations on the Rhine-Ruhr Express in Germany.
UK
- Entry into Ireland with the launch of the Dublin Express airport shuttle
- Launched National Express Transport Solutions - bringing together the Kings Ferry and Lucketts businesses
We acquire Transportes Rober, an operator of regional and urban services in Andalusia
- We acquire Spanish patient transport services provider Vitalia
- National Express UK celebrates 50 years on the road
- We begin operating bus services in Lisbon, Portugal
- National Express Group changes its name to Mobico Group
- We begin bus operations in Geneva with a 100% electric fleet
- We start bus operations in Porto, Portugal
- Alsa celebrates its centenary
- We are awarded a €1bn German rail contract