6月底,英国最大的公路和地铁客运服务提供商——英国国家快运公司宣布,将退出伦敦公交业务。由于金融危机的影响,英国的公路运输普受重创,再加上近期乘客数量减少的因素,英国国家快运公司债台高筑。为了减轻债务,英国国家快运公司在公交车和地铁运营服务之间迟疑不定,但最后还是放弃了公交车业务。 By the end of June, British National Express, the UK’s largest provider of road and subway passenger services, announced it would withdraw from London’s bus operations. Due to the impact of the financial crisis, the road transport in the United Kingdom has been hit hard. Coupled with the recent decline in the number of passengers, the National Express Company is heavily indebted. In an effort to ease its debt, the National Express company hesitated between bus and subway operations but finally gave up its bus operations.