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Arriva
TypePublic (LSE: ARI)
Founded1938
HeadquartersSunderland, UK
Key peopleSir Richard Broadbent, Chairman
David Martin, CEO
IndustryTransport
Revenue£1,729 million (2006)
Operating income£120 million (2006)
Net income£105 million (2006)
Employeescirca 37,000 (2006)
Websitewww.arriva.co.uk

Arriva plc (LSE: ARI) is a British-based international public transport operator, headquartered in Sunderland. It has bus and/or rail operations in Denmark, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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[edit] History

The company grew out the Cowie motor retail business which was founded in 1938 and gradually bought various UK bus companies from 1980 onwards. It is the second largest bus operator in the UK and one of the big five operators that have come to dominate the UK bus market since deregulation, the others being Firstgroup (the largest), Stagecoach, Go-Ahead and National Express. The Arriva brand was introduced on its numerous bus operations in 1997. Along with the other major bus groups Arriva also moved into rail operations following privatisation. Also in 1997 Arriva made its first move into the continental European market with acquisition of Danish firm Unibus Holdings.

As well as public transport operations Arriva previously ran a large vehicle rental service in the UK, sold to Ember in late 2005. It disposed of its original motor retail division in 2003.

The company runs a bus & coach distribution business in the UK - Arriva Bus & Coach

[edit] Livery

The company uses a corporate livery adapted according to the vehicle types, whether bus or train, with the exception of its CrossCountry train fleet. The livery features an aquamarine base colour with Cotswold Stone colour sections on the upper front separated by a white stripe. A thin yellow stripe runs around the base of the vehicle, and the same colour is used for any lettering required. To comply with Transport for London's contract requirements, when in London Arriva is required to adapt its livery by using red as the base colour, with cream "ice-cream scoops" or "horns". Latterly, the vehicles have been all-over red, with almost no trace of the Arriva corporate livery. Outside London, there is a new "express" livery with blue skirt and "cow's horns" (like London) instead of the Cotswold Stone Swoop. For "Airlink" services 500 (Liverpool City Centre — Liverpool John Lennon Airport) and 700 (Manchester City Centre — Liverpool John Lennon Airport) the livery used is normal except that the aquamarine is dark blue.

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An Arriva train in Denmark

[edit] Senior management

  • Sir Richard Broadbent — Non-Executive Chairman
  • David Martin — Chief Executive.
  • Steve Lonsdale — Group Managing Director (Finance)
  • Steve Clayton — Group Managing Director (Corporate Affairs)

[edit] Transport operations

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] Bus operations

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An Arriva bus arriving at Telford Central train station

[edit] Vehicle rental

Arriva used to operate a UK-wide vehicle rental business, but this was sold for £96 million to Northgate, an existing rental business, in 2005.

[edit] Train operating companies — current

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An Arriva train in North Wales.

[edit] Train operating companies — former

[edit] The Netherlands

Arriva moved into the Dutch market in 1998, and a year later saw their first venture into Dutch Railways

[edit] Bus operations

Arriva Operate Services in the following areas:

Fares on all local bus services in the Netherlands are set nationally, as per the National Tariff System.

[edit] Rail operations

Arriva runs services over the following lines:

Passes and tickets issued under the National Tariff System are valid on Arriva trains.

[edit] Germany

In Germany, Arriva is one of the largest private rail companies in regional rail transport, the third largest after Deutsche Bahn and Veolia Transportation, according to Arriva themselves. Arriva Deutschland GmbH was formed in 2003 in Hamburg and then moved its seat to Viechtach, the seat of one of its subsidiaries.

Arriva Deutschland operates through five subsidiaries, among them PE Arriva AG which in turn controls the Prignitzer Eisenbahn GmbH (PEG) and a local bus company in Neustrelitz and holds a 50% participation in Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (ODEG). PEG operates several lines in east Germany around Berlin and North-Rhine Westphalia, ODEG in east Germany.

Second comes Regentalbahn AG or Länderbahn, with subsidiary Vogtlandbahn, which operates regional rail services in southern Sachsen, northern and southern Bavaria and eastern Thuringia, and a long distance service to Berlin.

Through a participation in the Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG (OHE), Arriva has with 30.7% indirectly the largest minority participation in Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft operating regional train services on the lines Hamburg - Bremen, Hamburg - Hanover, and Hanover - Göttingen. OHE operates also buses and rail freight. Since April 2007, Arriva-Bachstein GmbH holds about 85% of OHE's capital, communal entities the rest. Arriva-Bachstein GmbH was formed to bid for the sale of the shares of OHE previously owned by the federal government, the Land Niedersachsen, and the Deutsche Bahn, and is owned 86%[3] by Arriva Deutschland GmbH and 14% by a regional transport company, Verkehrsbetriebe Bachstein GmbH in Celle. OHE is also a rail infrastructure owner with 320.5 km own network and 20.4 km through a subsidiary. Arriva is to build a rail cargo center in Celle.

Finally, Arriva Deutschland owns two bus companies, Sippel in the Rhein-Main region near Frankfurt on Main and Bils near Münster, in the north of North-Rhine Westphalia.

[edit] Sweden

Arriva operates bus lines in southern Sweden since 1997 and since June 2007 a nine-year franchise for the Pagatag regional rail services in Skåne County, south Sweden.[4]

[edit] Denmark

Denmark has the first country on the continent where Arriva started its business there in 1997. Arriva Denmark operates buses and trains.

Bus operations

1997 Arriva entered the Danish bus transport market, also running bus services in the south of Sweden.

1999 and 2001 Arriva extended their regional operations in Denmark, where they now have a 30 per cent share of bus services.

2004 With the acquisition of bus operations in Jutland and Copenhagen, Arriva have a 40 per cent share of services in the capital.

2007 Arriva acquired Veolia Scandinavia, Denmark's second largest bus operator.

They also operate demand response vehicles and water buses.

Train operations

2003 Arriva was the first private company to win passenger rail franchises, running services in Mid and North Jutland on eight-year concessions. They continue to bid for new franchises in the phased privatisation of the national rail network.

2004 Arriva introduced 29 new Alstom Coradia Lint trains fitted with environmentally-friendly EURO III engines.


Today they carry five per cent of all rail passengers in the country, and cover 15 per cent of the national network. Arriva was the top-performing rail operator in Denmark , with a total reliability of 98 per cent.

[edit] Italy

Since 2002, Arriva is operating buses in Italy. According to Arriva, they operate 1,770 buses. They provide urban, inter-urban and airport services in the Bergamo, Brescia and Lecco areas, in the Udine area of Fruili-Venezia Giulia region and in the Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta regions near Turin.

2002 Arriva acquired SAB Autoservizi and entered the Italian market, operating in the Lombardy, Liguria and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions of northern Italy. They provide urban, inter-urban and airport services in the Bergamo, Brescia and Lecco areas.

2004 Arriva expanded into the Udine area of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region with the acquisition of 60 per cent of SAF.

2005 Arriva began operating SADAM in the Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta regions of northern Italy, near Turin. They run public transport bus services as well as commercial, contract and private hire services.

2007 Arriva entered a joint venture with Ferrovie Nord Milano Group (FNM SpA) and completed the acquisition of 49 per cent of Italian bus operator SPT Linea.

[edit] Spain

Buses. 1999 Arriva entered the Spanish bus market in Galicia. Their services cover three of the four provinces in the region - La Coruña, Lugo and Ourense - including part of the famous Santiago pilgrimage route. We are now focusing on working with the metropolitan transport authorities to develop our operations in La Coruña and Ferrol.

2002 Arriva began bus service operations in Mallorca. Their Autocares Mallorca and Bus Nord operations cover the northern and western parts of the island, linking the capital Palma with towns such as Soller, Inca and Alcúdia.

2007 Arriva acquired Esfera, an operator in Madrid, providing school contracts and private hire bus services.

[edit] Portugal

Buses. 2000 Arriva entered the Portuguese bus market running inter-urban services in the north-west of Portugal.

2002 Ariva acquired Transportes Sul do Tejo, a scheduled bus and coach operator in the growing commuter region south of Lisbon, an area of some 600 square miles. They also operate schools and works contracts here.

2006 Arriva acquired a 21.5 per cent share of leading transport company Barraqueiro, with bus and rail operations in and around Lisbon.

[edit] Czech Republic

Buses. December 2006 Arriva entered the Czech Republic bus market with the acquisition of Transcentrum Bus s.r.o, a leading company operating bus services to the north-east of Prague.

Based in Mladá Boleslav, they operate in the Central Bohemian Region with additional services in the regions of Liberec and Hradec Králové.

Arriva provide commercial services, contracted services to local authorities, contracted private services and a travel agency. They also have offices in central Prague.


January 2007 Arriva acquired Bosák Bus s.r.o, which operates to the south west of Prague (Příbram), strengthening their position in the Czech Republic bus market.

November 2007 Arriva acquierd OSNADO s. r. o., which operates arround Trutnov district, neer the biggest czech mounains Krkonoše.

[edit] Poland

Joint venture with PCC Rail formed December 2006.[5]. In December 2007 Poland became the 10th country in which Arriva operates transport services. The company won a tender to serve passanger rail traffic on some nonelectrified lines in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, thus effectivley breaking the monopoly of the Polskie Koleje Państwowe.[4]

[edit] See also

Major Public Transport Companies in the United Kingdom
Arriva Group - ComfortDelGro Corporation - FirstGroup
Go-Ahead Group - National Express Group
Stagecoach Group - Transdev Group - Translink
See also:
Transport for London - Passenger Transport Executive
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
v • d • e
Arriva Group UK
Bus companies
Railway companies

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://new.wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/cabinetstatements2006/932432/?lang=en
  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6286904.stm
  3. ^ ÖPNV-Wettbewerb 20.2.2007
  4. ^ a b Rolf Andersson (October 2007). "Skåne springboard as Arriva expands". Railway Gazette International.
  5. ^ (March 2007) "Freightliner prepares to compete in Poland". Railway Gazette International.
Major Public Transport Companies in the United Kingdom
Arriva Group - ComfortDelGro Corporation - FirstGroup
Go-Ahead Group - National Express Group
Stagecoach Group - Transdev Group - Translink
See also:
Transport for London - Passenger Transport Executive
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
v • d • e
Major public transport companies based in England
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