News Releases

Paul O'Neil, Managing Director, Arriva UK Bus

I welcome the Government’s announcement of a new temporary support package for UK bus operators. It allows us to play our part in the national effort to deal with the Covid-19 crisis by providing the services required to enable key workers to get to where they need to go, as well as enabling members of our community to make essential journeys.

Arriva responds to the announcement [03 April 2020] by the UK Government on a funding support package for the bus sector.

Manfred Rudhart, Arriva CEO 

Following my address to delegates at Forum Europe's 'Future of Transport' conference in March 2020, I shared some thoughts on the central role that modal shift to public transport must play in the minds of policymakers if we’re to succeed in reaching net zero by 2050.

Response to the announcement [29 January 2020] by the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, that Arriva’s Northern franchise will be transferred to the Operator of Last Resort.

Manfred Rudhart, Arriva CEO 

The unprecedented environmental challenge we face is too important for me to ignore, both as a father who wants to leave the world in the best possible state for my children, but also as a CEO of a multi-billion Euro public transport operator.

• Bus contract retained in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in North-Eastern Italy
• Arriva to continue to run 750 buses in the region
• TPL FVG consortia, which includes Arriva, will run services for a minimum of 10 years

• Further growth for ArrivaClick as new service set to launch in March 2020
• New flexible bus service combines the cost effectiveness of public transport with the convenience of a private taxi 
• The fourth such service to be launched by Arriva in the UK since 2017

• Arriva now the second largest operator of electric buses in the Netherlands
• Arriva’s ‘Samen voor Groen’ environmental programme is cutting carbon emissions
• Preparations underway for a green transformation of rail operations in the north

• Marianne Bøttger appointed to lead Arriva’s Danish passenger transport operations  
• Promoted from within having joined the company 18 years ago  
• She joins as Arriva gears up to become the largest operator of eco-buses in Denmark 

• Arriva begins new contracts in the Polish towns of Oborniki and Elbląg
• Reinforces Arriva’s position as one of Poland’s leading private transport operators
• Contracts required rapid mobilisation at the outset

• Innovative car-sharing concept reaches 100k customers
• DriveNow celebrates four-year anniversary in Copenhagen
• Expansion continues with the rollout of electric vehicles

• A survey of 1,400 ArrivaClick customers in Merseyside shows 40 percent have switched from single use cars and taxis
• 9 out of 10 customers would recommend it to family and friends
• 27,000 app downloads in Merseyside after one year