page_title: National Express Coaches
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: National Express Coaches / Operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaxton Elite bodied Volvo B9R coach in National Express livery, YN10 FKM, operated by Selwyns of Runcorn, on the 09:30 Liverpool-London service 550 pictured on Edge Lane, Liverpool.
context_page_description: National Express is an intercity and Inter-regional coach operator providing services throughout Great Britain. It is a subsidiary of National Express. Most services are subcontracted to local coach companies. The company's head office is in offices above Birmingham Coach Station.
context_section_description: National Express offers many routes to destinations across the country. In addition, shuttle and airport services are also operated, although there is no obvious difference to the passenger between a standard, shuttle or airport service with regard to branding.
  Many National Express coach routes pass through several town centres, which increases journey times for longer journeys considerably. A smaller number of shuttle services operate at least once an hour over faster direct routes.
  National Express operates coach services direct to the terminal for all major UK airports, 24 hours a day, with 1,100 airport services every day, including East Midlands, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted. The Airport brand was created in 2003 when the National Express image brand was updated, merging the former Airlink, Flightlink, Jetlink and Speedlink brands. In the 2007 re-brand, the Airport branding was dropped, although the 'Airport' coding is still used on tickets.
caption: Selwyns Travel's Plaxton Elite bodied Volvo B9R in Liverpool
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