Arriva
Arriva plc, also known as simply "Arriva", is a multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England. It was established in 1938 as T Cowie and through a number of mergers and acquisitions was rebranded Arriva in 1997 and became a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn in 2010. Arriva operates bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus services in 14 countries across Europe.
As at December 2015 it employed 55,000 people and operated 2.2 billion passenger journeys annually. It operates as three divisions: UK Bus, UK Rail and Mainland Europe.[1]
Current Divisions
Arriva UK Bus
Arriva UK Bus is a major operator of local bus services in the United Kingdom.
- Arriva Beds and Bucks
- Arriva Herts and Essex
- Arriva Kent and Surrey
- Arriva London
- Arriva Midlands
- Arriva North East
- Arriva North West
- Arriva Wales
- Arriva Yorkshire
Arriva UK Trains
Arriva operates a number of rail franchises through its subsidiary, Arriva UK Trains.
Former Divisions
This list is incomplete.
- Arriva Denmark
- Arriva Horsham
- Arriva Malta
- Arriva Rail North
- Arriva Scotland West
- Arriva Stockholm
- Arriva Trains Merseyside
- Arriva Trains Northern
- GlasgowFlyer
- London Overground Rail Operations
- New Enterprise Coaches
- Spurt (Dutch Railways)
- Tellings-Golden Miller
- The Original Tour
- VT Transman
- Wardle Transport
- Wrexham & Shropshire
- Yorkshire Tiger