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- Mobico Group Plc Mobico Group Plc is a leading international shared mobility operator that designs, mobilizes, and operates bus, coach, rail, transit, and shuttle services worldwide. The company provides urban bus, long-haul coach, private hire coaches, corporate shuttles, rail operations, school bus services, patient transport, and healthcare mobility solutions through key brands and segments including National Express in the UK and Ireland; ALSA in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Switzerland, and Saudi Arabia; German Rail with suburban commuter lines in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Hesse; and WeDriveU for North American transit and shuttles. It operates approximately 13,900 vehicles across 11 countries, serving 25 billion passenger kilometers annually with a workforce of 33,000 employees, and maintains a strategy to transition to a fully zero-emission fleet while focusing on decarbonizing travel and accelerating modal shift from cars to mass transit. Founded in 1972 and headquartered at National Express House, Birmingham Coach Station, Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham, England, the company generates revenue diversified by region with USA and Canada at 35%, Spain at 28%, UK and Ireland at 19%, Germany at 8%, Morocco at 5%, and other areas including Portugal, Bahrain, France, and Saudi Arabia. Recent developments include the completion of the sale of its North America School Bus business to I Squared Capital in July 2025 for net upfront proceeds of $364 million (£273 million), enabling deleveraging and a strategic shift toward higher-return opportunities particularly in ALSA; winning 36 new contracts in 2024 valued at £766 million; acquisitions such as CanaryBus, Transportes Rober, and Vitalia in Spain; expansions into Geneva and Porto with electric fleets; a €1 billion German rail contract award; and a name change from National Express Group in 2023.