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{{Infobox Company
| company_name = Arriva
| company_logo = [[Image:Arriva (logo).gif]]
| company_type = [[Public company|Public]] ({{lse|ARI}})
| foundation = [[1938]]
| location = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Sunderland]],[[UK]]
| key_people = [[Richard Broadbent|Sir Richard Broadbent]], [[Chair (official)|Chairman]] <br> David Martin, [[CEO]]
| industry = [[Transport]]
| products =
| revenue = [[Pound sterling|£]]1,729 million ([[2006]])
| operating_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]120 million ([[2006]])
| net_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]105 million ([[2006]])
| num_employees = circa 37,000 ([[2006]])
| parent =
| subsid =
| homepage = [http://www.arriva.co.uk www.arriva.co.uk]
| slogan =
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'''Arriva plc''' ({{lse|ARI}}) is a [[United Kingdom|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]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Poland]], [[Hungary]], [[Slovakia]], and the [[United Kingdom]]. It is listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] and is a constituent of the [[FTSE 250 Index]].
==History==
[[Image:Arriva DAF SB120 Cadet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|An example of an Arriva bus]]
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 third largest bus operator in the UK after First and Stagecoach and has become one of the big five operators that have come to dominate the UK bus market since [[Bus deregulation|deregulation]], the others being [[First Group]] (the largest), [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]], [[Go-Ahead Group|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 [[Privatization of British railways|railway privatisation]]. Also in 1997, Arriva made its first move into the [[continental]] [[Europe]]an market with the acquisition of [[Denmark|Danish]] firm [[Unibus Holdings]].
As well as public transport operations Arriva previously ran a large UK-wide vehicle rental business, but this was sold for £96 million to [[Northgate PLC|Northgate]], an existing rental business, in [[2005]]. It disposed of its original motor retail division in 2003.
The company runs a bus and coach distribution business in the UK called [http://www.arrivabusandcoach.co.uk/ Arriva Bus and Coach].
==Livery==
[[Image:Scania Omni in Liverool on 500.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The "Airlink" blue livery]]
[[Image:Green Line coach on finchley road.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Green Line [[airport bus|airport branded coach]] in Finchley Road, London]][[Image:New Enterprise Coach M54 AWW.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[New Enterprise Coaches]] livery]]
In the main, for bus and rail operations, Arriva uses a uniform corporate livery. The livery features an aquamarine base colour with a ''Cotswold Stone'' coloured semi-circle on the upper front section, outlined by a white stripe. A thin yellow stripe runs around the base of the vehicle, and the same yellow is used for any lettering on the vehicle, although some vehicles have lettering in the same light green as their logo.
Various route branding schemes see the liberal application of basic colours and wording to some routes, usually through the application of [[vinyl]] stickers.
Initially to comply with [[Transport for London]]'s contract requirements, [[Arriva London]] adapted its livery by using red as the base colour, with extra red at the front to form "horns" instead of a full circle. Latterly, London vehicles have been painted all-over red, with almost no trace of the Arriva corporate livery.
===Exceptions to standard livery===
*[[Arriva London]] - Red livery
*[[Arriva North West and Wales]] Airlink services 500 and 700
*[[CrossCountry]] trains.
*Express branded buses: blue skirt and "cow's horns"
*[[Green Line Coaches]]
*[[New Enterprise Coaches]]: White with red logos
*[[The Original Tour]]
*[[Tellings-Golden Miller]] and all of its subsidiaries
*Driver training vehicles - White with deep grey skirt.
==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)
==Transport operations==
===United Kingdom===
====Bus operations====
[[Image:The Original Tour EMB767.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An example of a bus from [[The Original Tour]] fleet.]]
{{See also|Bus transport in the United Kingdom}}
*'''[[Arriva London]]''' - trading as Arriva London North, Arriva London South and Leaside Travel.
*'''[[Arriva Midlands]]''' - trading as Arriva Derby, [[Arriva Fox County]], Arriva Midlands North and Stevensons of Spath Ltd.
*'''[[Arriva North East]]'''
*'''[[Arriva Northumbria]]'''
*'''[[Arriva North West and Wales]]''' - trading as Arriva Cymru, Arriva Liverpool, Arriva Manchester, Arriva Merseyside and Arriva North West.
*'''[[Arriva Scotland West]]'''
*'''[[Arriva Shires & Essex]]''' - trading as Arriva East Herts & Essex, Arriva The Shires and [[MK Metro]].
*'''[[Arriva Southern Counties]]''' - trading as [[Arriva Guildford and West Surrey]], Arriva Kent & Sussex, Arriva Kent Thameside, Arriva Maidstone, Arriva Medway Towns, [[Arriva Southend]] and [[New Enterprise Coaches]].
*'''[[Arriva Yorkshire]]'''
*'''[[Centrebus Holdings]]''' - 40% shareholding, trading as [[Teamdeck|K-Line]] and The Huddersfield Bus Company.
*'''[[Green Line Coaches|Green Line]]''' - operates express coach services between the London and the [[Home Counties]].
*'''[[Tellings-Golden Miller]]'''
*'''[[The Original Tour]]''' - also trading as Arriva Wandsworth.
*'''[[The Heritage Fleet]]'''
====Train operating companies — current====
[[Image:Arriva NWalesTrain.JPG|thumb|right|250px|An Arriva train in North [[Wales]].]]
*[[Arriva Trains Wales]]/[[Trenau Arriva Cymru]], operates the majority of passenger rail service in [[Wales]] and the [[Welsh Marches]]. Gained franchise in 2003 and due to run for 15 years, subject to [[Welsh Assembly Government]] reviews every five years.<ref>http://new.wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/cabinetstatements2006/932432/?lang=en</ref>
*[[CrossCountry]], long distance cross country routes in [[England]] and [[Scotland]] from [[11 November]] [[2007]] to April [[2016]] (franchise taken over from [[Virgin CrossCountry]]).<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6286904.stm BBC NEWS | Business | Virgin loses Cross Country rail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
====Train operating companies — former====
*[[Arriva Trains Northern]] ran local rail services in Northern [[England]] from 2000 to 2004.
*[[Arriva Trains Merseyside]] ran urban rail services on [[Merseyside]] from 2000 to 2003.
===Netherlands===
Arriva moved into the Dutch market in [[1998]], and a year later saw their first venture into Dutch Railways.
====Bus operations====
[[Image:Bus Arriva.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An Arriva bus in service in The Netherlands]]
Arriva Operate Services in the following areas:
*Groningen ([[Groningen (city)|city]] and [[Groningen (province)|province]]), but controlled by the municipality
*North- and [[Midden-Drenthe|Mid]]-[[Drenthe]]
*[[Friesland]]: only South East Friesland and [[Leeuwarden]]
*[[Gelderland]] (Rivierenland)
*[[South Holland|Zuid-Holland]]: [[Drechtsteden]] , [[Alblasserwaard]], [[Vijfheerenlanden]], [[Hoeksche Waard]], [[Goeree-Overflakkee]]
*[[North Holland|Noord-Holland]] (Waterland)
====Rail operations====
Arriva runs services over the following lines:
*Groningen – [[Leeuwarden]]
*Groningen – [[Delfzijl]]
*Groningen – [[Roodeschool]]
*Groningen – [[Nieuweschans]] – [[Leer]] ([[Germany]])
*Leeuwarden – [[Harlingen, Netherlands|Harlingen Haven]]
*Leeuwarden – [[Stavoren]]
*[[Dordrecht]] - [[Gorinchem]] - [[Geldermalsen]]
Passes and tickets issued under the [[National Tariff System]] are valid on Arriva trains.
===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|Prignitzer Eisenbahn GmbH]] (PEG) and a local bus company in [[Neustrelitz]] and holds a 50% participation in [[Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn|Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH]] (ODEG). PEG operates several lines in east Germany around [[Berlin]] and [[North Rhine-Westphalia|North-Rhine Westphalia]], ODEG in east Germany.
Second comes [[Regentalbahn|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|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%<ref name="Convia_2007-02-20">[http://www.oepnvwettbewerb.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=637&Itemid=27 ÖPNV-Wettbewerb 20.2.2007]</ref> 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 [[Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region|Rhein-Main region]] near [[Frankfurt|Frankfurt on Main]] and Bils near [[Münster]], in the north of [[North Rhine-Westphalia|North-Rhine Westphalia]].
===Sweden===
Arriva has operated bus lines in southern Sweden since 1997 and won a nine-year franchise for the ''Pagatag'' regional rail services in [[Skåne County]], south Sweden in June 2007.<ref name="skane">{{cite journal| journal=[[Railway Gazette International]]| month=October | year=2007 | author=Rolf Andersson | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/features_view/article/2007/10/7802/skaringne_springboard_as_arriva_expands.html | title=Skåne springboard as Arriva expands }}</ref>
Since 2004, Arriva has also operated services in Jönköping, run by [[Jönköpings Länstrafik]].
===Denmark===
[[Image:Tim, Denmark, Train Station 8599.JPG|thumb|right|250px|An Arriva train in [[Denmark]].]]
Denmark was the first country on the continent Arriva expanded into, in 1997. Arriva Denmark operates buses and trains.
====Bus operations====
In 1997 Arriva entered the Danish bus transport market, running bus services in the south of [[Sweden]].
In 1999 and 2001 Arriva extended their regional operations in [[Denmark]], where they now have a 30 per cent share of bus services.
With the acquisition of bus operations in [[Jutland]] and [[Copenhagen]] in 2004, Arriva have a 40 per cent share of services in the capital.
In 2007 Arriva acquired Veolia Scandinavia, Denmark's second largest bus operator.
They also operate demand response vehicles and water buses.
====Train operations====
In 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.
In 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.
===Italy===
Arriva has been operating buses in Italy since 2002. 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 the [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]] region and in the [[Piemonte]] and [[Valle d'Aosta]] regions near [[Turin]].
In 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.
In 2004 Arriva expanded into the Udine area of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region with the acquisition of 60 per cent of SAF.
In 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.
In 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.
===Spain===
====Bus operations====
In 1999 Arriva entered the Spanish bus market in [[Galicia (Spain)|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. They are now focusing on working with the metropolitan transport authorities to develop our operations in [[La Coruña]] and [[Ferrol]].
In 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]].
In 2007 Arriva acquired Esfera, an operator in [[Madrid]], providing school contracts and private hire bus services.
===Portugal===
====Bus operations====
In 2000 Arriva entered the Portuguese bus market, running inter-urban services in the north-west of [[Portugal]].
In 2002 Arriva 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.
In 2006, Arriva acquired a 21.5 per cent share of leading transport company Barraqueiro, with bus and rail operations in and around [[Lisbon]].
===Czech Republic===
====Bus operations====
In 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 Region|Liberec]] and [[Hradec Králové Region|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.
In 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.
In November 2007, Arriva acquierd OSNADO s.r.o., which operates around [[Trutnov]] district, near the [[Krkonoše]] mountains.
=== Poland ===
Arriva formed a joint venture with [[PCC Rail]] in December 2006.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=[[Railway Gazette International]]| month=March | year=2007| url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2007/03/7117/freightliner_prepares_to_compete_in_poland.html | title=Freightliner prepares to compete in Poland }}</ref>. In December 2007 Poland became the 10th country in which Arriva operates transport services. The company won a tender to serve passenger rail traffic on some non-electrified lines in the [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship]], thus effectively breaking the monopoly of the [[Polskie Koleje Państwowe]].<ref name="skane" />
== See also ==
* [[List of bus operating companies]]
* [[List of railway companies]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.arriva.co.uk Arriva Website]
*[http://www.axisto.com/webcast/media/arriva/190705/ Corporate Video]
*[http://www.theheritagefleet.com/ The Heritage fleet website]
*[http://www.theoriginaltour.com/ The Original Tour]
*[http://www.londonsightseeingtours.com/ London Sightseeing Tours]
*[http://www.greenline.co.uk/ Green Line]
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