The National Express Group is a leading international transport company and provider of passenger transport services based in Birmingham, UK. In Germany, National Express currently employs around 260 staff and has been operating 35 TALENT 2 trains on the RE 7 and RB 48 lines in North Rhine-Westphalia since December 2015. In June 2019 the RRX Project startet and National Express took over the RE 5 (RRX).