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Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL with PrimeLines 13 branding in 2006. PrimeLines was a partnership between National Express Coventry, other bus operators, Coventry City Council and Centro to deliver high quality bus corridors in Coventry complete with real-time information, bus priority schemes and modern buses.
National Express had previously standardised on the double-deck variant of the MCW Metroliner for 'Rapide' coach services in 1980s, however by January 2007, the double-decker coach fleet had been reduced to 12 Neoplan Skyliners, all of which were later withdrawn from National Express service following a speeding driver overturning a Skyliner on ...
[28] [29] The Travel Coventry operation was also rebranded as National Express Coventry. [30] National Express West Midlands aimed for their whole fleet to be low floor by March 2010, [31] a goal that was achieved in July of that year with the withdrawal of the final MCW Metrobuses in public service at Acocks Green garage. [32]
Mobico Group, formerly National Express Group, is a British multinational public transport company with headquarters in Birmingham, England. [4] Domestically it currently operates bus and coach services under brands including National Express.
National Express Coventry began taking delivery of an order of 130 Enviro400EVs in late 2022 as part of a plan for Coventry to have the first all-electric bus fleet in a UK city, [25] with the completion of the order in September 2023 coverting the National Express Coventry fleet to 80% zero-emission vehicles. [26]
For a structured list of current operators, see List of current bus operators of the United Kingdom. This is a list of bus and coach operators of the United Kingdom. The list includes both current and historic entities, private companies and public operators, sub-brands and holding companies and public transport, private hire and tour operators.
The route and bus pass operated in direct competition with National Express Coventry's 11, 11U and 12X services, which operated every 10 to 15 minutes with a fleet of similar-specification Enviro400 MMCs delivered during 2019, as well as their £125.90 term-long bus pass. [34]
WMT remained in public ownership under the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority until 1991, when it was sold to its management and employees for £60 million. WMT was subsequently purchased by National Express in April 1995. However, WMT could have been purchased by Stagecoach instead if Brian Souter's £85 million was accepted. It was ...