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.

1992

National Express Group floats on London Stock Exchange

UK
1995
TWM 2000 (1995 Acquisttion Of West Mids Trav)

Acquisition of West Midlands Travel, one of the UK's largest bus companies

Midlandmainlinestn 2001 (1996 Rail Entry) (1)
UK
1996

Enters UK rail market with acquisition of Gatwick Express and Midland Mainline

North America
1998
Durham School Services (1998 Acq)

Enters US transport market with acquisition of Durham School Services

2004 Travel London Acquisition
UK
2004

Enters London bus market with acquisition of Travel London

ALSA
2005
ALSA PUERTA ALCALA 2006 (2005 ALSA Acq)

Enters Spanish coach and bus market with the acquisition of Alsa

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ALSA
2007

Acquisition of Continental Auto in Spain

2012
Foundation History
  • Integration of Petermann into the North American business
  • Launch of the National Express Foundation to support young people
(2015 Bahrain Launch)
Middle East
2015
  • Launch of joint venture -  Bahrain Public Transport Company to operate bus services in Bahrain.
  • Entered German rail market operating the Rhine-Munster Express
UK
2017
C2c Train And Customer At Fenchurch St (2017 Rail Exit)

Exit from UK rail operations with the sale of the c2c rail franchise to Trenitalia

Wedriveu Transit
2019
  • 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
2020
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  • 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
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2021

We acquire Transportes Rober, an operator of regional and urban services in Andalusia

2022
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  • 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
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2023
  • 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

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