Arriva UK Bus Ltd
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPublic transport
HeadquartersSunderland, England
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Iain Jago (Interim managing director)
ProductsBus services
OwnerDeutsche Bahn
Number of employees
16,000 (January 2015)
Websitewww.arrivabus.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Arriva UK Bus is a major bus operator in the United Kingdom based in Sunderland, England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva which runs transport services across Europe, which was a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn from 2010. As of 2024 Arriva will be owned by I Squared Capital.

Arriva UK Bus operates 5,900 buses in the North East, North West, South East, Yorkshire & the Humber, West Midlands, East Midlands, Greater London and Wales. It employs 16,000 people.[1]

Sapphire branded Arriva North East Wright StreetLite in Saltburn in April 2017
Arriva North West Wright Cadet bodied DAF SB120 in Liverpool in May 2013
Arriva London Wright Gemini 2 in Wanstead in June 2022

Divisions

Arriva's bus network in the UK originates from its acquisition of Grey-Green in 1980 and British Bus in August 1996.[2][3] It has the following operating units:

Network Information
Arriva Buses Wales Separated from Arriva North West & Wales in January 2009.
Arriva London Arriva London North and South. Regulated by Transport for London.
Arriva Midlands Arriva Derby, Arriva Midlands East and Arriva Midlands North
Arriva Herts & Essex Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex
Arriva Southern Counties Arriva Colchester, Arriva Kent & Surrey, Arriva Kent Thameside, Arriva Southend
Arriva North East Arriva Teesside, Arriva Tees & District, Arriva Durham County & Arriva Northumbria
Arriva North West Arriva Merseyside & Arriva North West
Arriva Yorkshire All five Yorkshire based depots now operate under Arriva Yorkshire Limited
Green Line Operates express coach services between London and the Home Counties

Former divisions

Branding

Fleet livery is aquamarine and blue. Arriva London buses operating services for Transport for London are painted red. Yorkshire Tiger buses were painted in an orange livery and Tiger Blue blue. New Enterprise Coaches retains its existing white and red livery.

In some regions, premium services are operated under the Sapphire brand[10] while interurban services are operated under the Max brand.[11]

References

  1. ^ Arriva appoints Kevin O'Connor as Managing Director, UK Bus Arriva 14 January 2015
  2. ^ The Arriva London Story Arriva London
  3. ^ Overview Arriva
  4. ^ "Arriva exits Scotland with Sale to McGill's" Archived 6 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 14 December 2011
  5. ^ Bus firm McGill's to take over rivals Arriva BBC News 13 December 2011
  6. ^ RATP Dev acquires leading London sightseeing operator Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine RATP Dev
  7. ^ History Tellings-Golden Miller
  8. ^ "Transdev takes over Yorkshire Tiger buses in West Yorkshire from Arriva". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  9. ^ Team, routeone (7 June 2021). "Team Pennine brand to oust Yorkshire Tiger under Transdev". routeone. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  10. ^ Home Arriva Sapphire
  11. ^ Max - new inter-urban express services from Arriva Arriva
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