Arriva UK Bus

UK bus operating company

Arriva UK Bus LtdCompany type| Subsidiary

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Industry| Public transport
Headquarters| Sunderland, England

Area served

| United Kingdom

Key people

| Iain Jago (Interim managing director)
Products| Bus services
Owner| I Squared Capital

Number of employees

| 35,000[citation needed]
Website| www.arrivabus.co.uk

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. In October 2023, Deutsche Bahn agreed terms to sell Arriva to I Squared Capital with the transaction completed in June 2024. This included Arriva UK Bus.

Arriva UK Bus operates 793 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 New Routemaster in Battersea in October 2024

## Divisions

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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

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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 Durham County & Arriva Northumbria. Originally included Arriva Teesside and Arriva Tees and District which were brought under the Durham County Division.
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

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* Wardle Transport (later including D&G Bus) sold to D&G Bus in 2015
* Arriva Scotland West sold to McGill's Bus Services in March 2012[4][5]
* The Original Tour sold to RATP Group in September 2014[6]
* Tellings-Golden Miller sold to management in 2016[7]
* Yorkshire Tiger sold to Transdev Blazefield in 2021[8][9]

## Branding

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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 were operated under the Sapphire brand[10] while interurban services are operated under the Max brand.[11] In 2022, Arriva started to phase out the Sapphire and Max brand nationally, with the majority of buses being repainted into the standard Arriva livery or replaced with new buses.

## References

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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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Arriva

UK Bus|

* Arriva Buses Wales
* Arriva Herts & Essex
* Arriva London
* The Heritage Fleet
* Arriva Midlands
* Arriva Derby
* Arriva Midlands East
* Arriva Midlands North
* Arriva North East
* Arriva North West
* Arriva Southern Counties
* Arriva Colchester
* Arriva Kent Thameside
* Arriva Southend
* Fastrack
* Arriva Yorkshire

UK Bus brands|

* ArrivaClick
* Arriva Max
* Arriva Sapphire
* Green Line

UK Trains|

* Arriva Rail London
* Arriva TrainCare
* Chiltern Railways
* CrossCountry
* Grand Central

European operations|

* Arriva RP
* ASF Autolinee (25%)
* NoordNed
* Spurt

Former operations|

* Alliance Rail Holdings
* Arriva Bus & Coach
* Arriva Deutschland
* Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen
* Vogtlandbahn
* Arriva Guildford & West Surrey
* Arriva Malta
* Arriva North West & Wales
* Arriva Northumbria
* Arriva Rail North
* Arriva Scotland West
* Arriva Trains Merseyside
* Arriva Trains Northern
* Arriva Trains Wales
* British Bus
* London & Country
* Londonlinks
* Maidstone & District Motor Services
* North Western Road Car Company
* Stevensons of Uttoxeter
* Glasgow Flyer
* Grey-Green
* London Overground Rail Operations (50%)
* New Enterprise Coaches
* Tellings-Golden Miller
* The Original Tour
* Wardle Transport
* Wrexham & Shropshire (50%)
* Yorkshire Tiger

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