National Express West Midlands
National Express West Midlands is one of the largest employers in the West Midlands, employing over 5,500 people. In January 2016, we became the region’s largest private sector Living Wage employer.
National Express is also the largest bus operator in the West Midlands. Our fleet of 1,600 buses carries a million people to work, school, college, the shops and to see their friends and family every day.
National Express West Midlands is part of the award-winning West Midlands Bus Alliance. This partnership will see £150 million invested by operators and partners between now and 2021 to tackle emissions, maximum fares and frequency.
NXWM has a long history of working in partnership with manufacturers, DfT, TfWM and local authorities to explore new technology coming onstream to make our vehicles cleaner and greener.
All 192 buses we’ve bought since 2015 have been top-spec Platinums with Euro VI engines.
NXWM has retrofitted over 200 older buses to reduce harmful emissions of particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen by as much as 96%. Nearly two thirds of our fleet now operates to Euro V or VI standards.
NXWM has the largest fleet of low-carbon certified buses outside London. Our 190 cleaner, greener buses played a big part in our 2017 Carbon Saver Gold Award - demonstrating our impressive seven-year track record in continually reducing carbon emissions.
The National Express Foundation is a charity that helps disadvantaged young people. Since it was launched in 2012, Foundation funding has helped over 14,000 young people. The 2018 funding totals £242,760 and will benefit a further 2,000 young people by supporting them with the cost of their studies and helping groups to deliver educational and developmental activities for youth in the community.
To polish the image and standards of our professional drivers, National Express runs a unique IAM-accredited Master Driver scheme. So far, 400 drivers have qualified after training and rigorous assessment of their customer service abilities and advanced driving skills.
National Express takes great care of its greatest asset - its staff. Our Health Bus, which regularly tours garages and offices offering free, confidential health checks and advice, has won two national awards and proved very popular with everyone who’s visited it.ed it.
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