National Express finalise Yellow Buses buyout saving 50 jobs

The move has saved 50 jobs at Yellow Buses, with the remaining employees being made redundant. 

A spokesperson for National Express said: “We are pleased that this will safeguard 50 jobs and look forward to welcoming our new colleagues into the National Express family. 

National Express has saved 50 jobs at Yellow Buses

“Our management team has already been speaking to individuals and teams to manage the relevant processes and we are positive about the future of our operations in Bournemouth. 

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“This purchase will ensure we can maintain the services previously run by Bournemouth Transport Ltd on behalf of National Express and continue to offer the UK-wide network of great value, convenient and quality intercity scheduled coach services that we are so well known for.” 

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Last week National Express was revealed as the “national operator” who were in advance talks with Yellow Buses and the administrators to buy part of the business.

Yellow Buses ceased to exist last week

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National Express currently frequently operates coaches from Bournemouth train station and Poole to London. 

On Friday, it was revealed Yellow Coaches, a separate part of the business which operates school and college runs, was to be bought by Hampshire-based Xela Bus. 

Morebus has taken on more than 100 former Yellow Buses drivers after also taking over 13 main routes which would have gone unserved. 

Routes 1/1b, 1a, 2, 4, 5/5a, 6/6a and 737 as well as the 18, 33 and 36 services are now being operated by Morebus, albeit with a few minor tweaks to the route.