Group overview

Spreading our net

A leading pan-European transport services provider
10 years in mainland Europe
Transport networks across 10 countries
More than a billion passenger journeys each year
15,000 buses*
Almost 500 train sets*
40,000 employees*

* Including share of associates

Transport markets across Europe are at varying stages of liberalisation. As transport markets open up to competitive tendering across mainland Europe we have a host of opportunities to establish and grow our operations. As governments see the growing appeal of the money-saving and service enhancing benefits of private passenger transport operators, the future looks bright for spreading our network further across mainland Europe.

Our different networks work in different ways, according to whether we operate contracted, or non-contracted business. As a result, revenue across the group is derived from a combination of passenger revenue, and non-passenger revenue, which can include support payments from governments. The table below highlights the 2007 revenue split for different parts of the group.