Admiral Way
Doxford International Business Park
Sunderland
United Kingdom
www.arriva.co.uk
No. employees: 42,300
Turnover: 4,918.44 (US$m)
Financial year end: December
Company Overview
Arriva plc (Arriva) is one of the largest passenger transport provider in Europe. The company provides a broad range of transport services through various means of transport such as buses, trains, commuter coaches and water buses. It also provides airport related transport services and manages bus and coach distribution. The company classified its business operations through two segments, UK operations and Mainland Europe operations. Arriva with it associate companies possess 16,150 vehicles and serves approximately 1.5 billion passengers annually. The company principally operates in 12 European countries, including Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the UK. In August 2010, the company was acquired by Deutsche Bahn, one of the world’s leading passenger and logistics service providers. As a result, the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of DB UK Holding Ltd. The company is headquartered in Sunderland, the UK.