(15 Oct 2022, 5:46 pm)Starscream wrote Can see no reason why they wouldn't continue to expand by acquisition. It's the easiest way to make all the lines in the financials go upwards.

NatEx may be rethinking their own posession of uk regional operators now their list of potential mergers is decreasing, so that's an obvious target.

While GA did could not make Diamond Bus work out for them, maybe it would be different if they purchased former West Midlands Travel from National Express.

In practice, I think it is unlikely National Express sell it, as one of their reasons for taking it over had been to have a more continuous revenue stream rather than just coach work skewed more towards the summer.