News Releases

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

• Tom Joyner to bring strong passenger services background to new role

• He formally took up the new leadership role of CrossCountry on 1 June 2019

• Former Managing Director, Andy Cooper, retires after running CrossCountry for over a decade