Director Shareholding

National Express Group PLC
04 October 2002

National Express Group PLC (the 'Company') announces that on 3 October 2002 the
Trustee of the National Express Group Employee Benefit Trust (the 'Trust')
purchased 100,000 shares in the Company at a price of 386p per share.  The
shares will be held in Trust, at the Trustees' discretion, in order to satisfy
options granted, or the vesting of awards made, under one of the Company's share
schemes or incentive arrangements.  As the executive directors are potential
beneficiaries under the Trust Mr P M White, Mr R O'Toole and Mr W P Rollason are
deemed to have acquired an interest in these shares for the purposes of the
Companies Act 1985.


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