News Releases

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

• Two bus contracts won in Warsaw over the past twelve months
• Reinforces Arriva’s strong market position in Poland’s Capital
• 54 new eco-friendly buses set to reduce NOx and CO2 emissions

• Rollout of electric buses reaches significant milestone in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands
• Public transport network on course to go emission-free by 2026
• Part of Arriva’s ambition to reduce its carbon footprint across Europe

• Arriva signs pan-European contract with TomTom Telematics, a Bridgestone company, to drive up standards even higher in its bus operations
• By using advanced driving techniques Arriva expects to reduce CO2e emissions by up to 72,000 tonnes a year
• Access to real-time data, combined with driver coaching, will support over 32,000 bus drivers to be the best they can be and deliver more comfortable and environmentally efficient journeys for passengers