Ray O'Toole to Start as Chief Operating Officer

NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC
28 October 1999

                          NATIONAL EXPRESS GROUP PLC
                              Board Announcement

                Ray O'Toole to start as Chief Operating Officer
                                       
National Express Group PLC ('the Group'), the leading mass passenger transport
services company, announces that Ray O'Toole is to start on 1 November 1999 as
Chief Operating Officer. He will be responsible for the Group's UK operational
performance and will report to Phil White, Group Chief Executive.

Ray,  aged  44, joins from First Group plc where he was responsible for  their
operations in Yorkshire and the North-West and group engineering. He has  over
20  years experience in transport management and has an excellent track record
in  improving the operational and financial performances of the businesses  in
which he has been involved.

Ray's  arrival  will  complete the changes that  were  announced  in  July  to
strengthen the Group Board

Commenting on the announcement, Michael Davies, Chairman, said; 'I am
delighted that Ray is to start. He will bring considerable operational
experience to the Group.

'  We  are  a Group with an increasingly wider range of activities.  With  the
executive  Board  now  complete  we  can  fully  exploit  existing   and   new
opportunities within the global transportation market.'


For further information contact:

Phil White, Chief Executive                  020 7529 2000
National Express Group PLC

Helen McCorry, Group Communications Manager  020 7529 2000
National Express Group PLC

Nicola Marsden / Lucy Davies                 020 7831 3113
Financial Dynamics