James Dark
The situation at Tube Lines will be exacerbated by the lack of a chief executive following the announcement that Dean Finch has been head hunted to... continue

Dean Finch is to join transport operator National Express as the company’s group chief executive, starting early next spring. He is currently... continue

Terence Bendixson, Deputy secretary, Independent Transport Commission, University of Southampton
John Wootton makes a good case for inter-urban roads financed by road charges. He then invites debate. One point that needs to be included in that... continue

The announcement that Go Ahead has set up a joint venture with US operator Cook Illinois to explore opportunities in the American school transport... continue

Richard Anderson, Managing Director, Railway and Transport Strategy Centre, Imperial College London
I was interested to read Peter Stonham’s recent article in about the insufficient transfer of knowledge between operators throughout the world... continue

Advertising campaigns promoting the environmental consciousness of major corporations are becoming increasingly common, even among industries which... continue

Andrew Garnett
When you are one of the richest men in the world you should be able to afford a pretty impressive train set, and billionaire Warren Buffett, the... continue

National Express Group is set to launch a £360m rights issue despite opposition from its largest shareholder the Cosmen family which owns 19%... continue

Profits at FirstGroup have been propped up by Department for Transport revenue support payments to the First Great Western and First Capital Connect... continue

Go Ahead has set up a joint venture with US school bus operator Cook Illinois. The JV will bid for new school bus contracts outside of Cook’s... continue

The Cosmen family, 18% owners of National Express Group, has slammed the conduct of the company’s board of directors. Following NEG’s... continue

James Dark
Go Ahead Group has signed a joint venture agreement with large US school bus operator Cook-Illinois to pursue new contracts. The 50/50 joint venture... continue

National Express Group has announced that talks with Stagecoach over it's proposed all-share merger deal with the group have now ceased in order to... continue

Stagecoach has proposed a merger with National Express Group following CVC/Cosmen’s decision to abandon its bid for the company. The all-share... continue

James Dark
In the aftermath of the CVC/Cosmen consortium’s decision to withdraw its interest in National Express on October 16, rumour after rumour swept... continue

Problems at troubled National Express Group have continued with the group today warning that profit's for the current financial year will be lower... continue

Robert Jack
Globalisation is a key feature of our time. Borders are being broken down as commerce takes advantage of the liberalisation of markets, and public... continue

After years of procrastination, passenger transport operations in Europe and elsewhere have been steadily opening up to competition, giving UK... continue

The impression that First’s latest trading statement is designed to put over is that conditions are difficult, but the group is standing up to... continue

The Spanish have given up and the Scots have moved in. October saw Spain’s Cosmen family and its CVC Partners consortium drop its £765m... continue