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  • Three Countries train launch (Photo Arriva)
    News

    Liège – Maastricht – Aachen regional services finally launched

    2024-07-11T11:23:00Z

    EUROPE: A through regional passenger train service linking Liège in Belgium with Aachen in Germany via Maastricht in the Netherlands was finally launched on June 30. Branded as LIMAX for the cities served, the so-called Three Countries Service was originally expected to start running in 2018. ...

  • London Overground operating concessionaire Arriva Rail London is to test technology that translates digital passenger information into British Sign Language which can be accessed through a smart device via a personalised digital avatar.
    Rail Business UK

    Sign language translation to be tested at London Overground stations

    2024-07-02T04:00:00Z

    UK: London Overground operating concessionaire Arriva Rail London is to test technology that translates digital passenger information into British Sign Language which can be accessed through a smart device via a personalised digital avatar. The Luna platform supplied by GoMedia uses translation technology from Signapse. Trials ...

  • Arriva Czech Republic train (Photo Arriva Group)
    News

    Investor sees ‘genuine growth potential’ as DB completes sale of Arriva

    2024-06-03T14:00:00Z

    EUROPE: The sale of Deutsche Bahn’s non-German public transport business Arriva to I Squared Capital has been completed, the companies announced on June 3. DB said it would now focus on rail transport within Germany, while I Squared said it sees opportunities to invest in decarbonisation. ...

  • Elizabeth line Class 345 Aventra
    Rail Business UK

    Tokyo Metro amongst bidders for Elizabeth Line operating contract

    2024-02-16T15:37:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has shortlisted four bidders for the next concession to operate services on the cross-city Elizabeth Line. They are: Arriva UK Trains; First Keolis Elizabeth Line, a joint venture of FirstGroup and Keolis; GTS Rail Operations, a joint venture of Go-Ahead Group, ...

  • Coradia iLint in the Netherlands (Photo Alstom)
    News

    No bids to supply hydrogen trains

    2024-01-31T14:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: No bids were received in response to a call for tenders to supply hydrogen trains for use by Arriva on regional lines in the northern provinces of Groningen and Friesland. An Alstom Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel-cell multiple-unit was tested on the Groningen – Leeuwarden route ...

  • Arriva Stadler Wink multiple-unit
    News

    European Commission approves I Squared’s acquisition of Arriva

    2024-01-08T16:20:00Z

    EUROPE: I Squared Capital Advisors’ acquisition of sole control of Arriva plc from Deutsche Bahn has been approved by the European Commission.

  • David Brown (Photo RDG)
    Rail Business UK

    David Brown takes over as Chair of the Rail Delivery Group

    2024-01-05T13:36:00Z

    UK: David Brown, Managing Director for UK Trains at Arriva, has been appointed Chair of the Rail Delivery Group. He has been a RDG board member since 2020. ‘After unprecedented challenges in recent years, the railways can have a very bright future through meeting the needs ...

  • Steve Best
    Rail Business UK

    Next London Overground Managing Director appointed

    2023-11-06T13:39:00Z

    UK: London Overground concessionaire Arriva Rail London has appointed Finance & Commercial Director Steve Best as Managing Director with effect from January 1 2024. He will succeed Paul Hutchings, who is moving to a role at parent company Arriva UK Trains. In 2013 Best became Finance ...

  • Trieste Glimble
    Metro Report International

    Glimble MaaS app launches in Trieste

    2023-11-02T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: Arriva has begun offering its Glimble mobility-as-a-service platform in Trieste, covering buses, boats, bike sharing and on-demand services. ‘We want to encourage people to view buses, bikes and other modes of transport as a single network rather than separate services’, explained Angelo Costa, Managing Director ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Interview: Rethinking ‘unusual and special’ CrossCountry

    2023-10-24T11:00:00Z

    UK: CrossCountry’s National Rail Contract came into force on October 15, giving the business some medium-term certainty and Managing Director Tom Joyner a chance to reflect with Rail Business UK on its evolving role as a truly national train operator.

  • Arriva Stadler Wink multiple-unit in the Netherlands
    News

    Deutsche Bahn to sell Arriva Group to I Squared

    2023-10-19T09:43:00Z

    EUROPE: German national railway Deutsche Bahn has signed an agreement to sell the whole of Arriva Group to infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital. The transaction announced on October 19 is expected to complete in 2024, subject to customary closing conditions including the approval of the ...

  • CrossCountry Voyager
    Rail Business UK

    Voyager transfer anticipated as CrossCountry gets National Rail Contract

    2023-09-20T04:00:00Z

    UK: The Department for Transport has directly awarded Arriva UK Trains a National Rail Contract to continue to operate CrossCountry long-distance passenger services. The contract announced on September 19 succeeds a unique Operating Cost Franchise Agreement which DfT entered into in October 2020 during the pandemic. ...

  • London Overground at West Croydon
    Rail Business UK

    Arriva’s London Overground operating concession to be extended

    2023-06-27T09:17:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has awarded Arriva a two-year extension to its concession to operate London Overground services. Arriva Rail London has operated London Overground inner-suburban services under a concession model since November 2016. TfL takes the revenue risk, while the operator receives a fixed payment ...

  • Arriva train in Denmark
    News

    Sale of Arriva’s Danish and Serbian businesses completed

    2023-06-09T04:30:00Z

    EUROPE: München-based private equity investor Mutares says it plans to increase operational efficiency and leverage ‘strong expertise in tendering for public sector contracts’ following its acquisition of Arriva’s activities in Denmark and Serbia. The transaction covers bus services in Denmark and Serbia, plus rail, ferry and ...

  • Arriva Wink train
    News

    Netherlands – Belgium – France open access train service planned

    2023-06-08T13:03:00Z

    EUROPE: Arriva Nederland has applied for permission to launch an open access passenger service from the north of the Netherlands to Belgium and Paris.

  • Chiltern Class 168 DMU
    Rail Business UK

    Arriva UK Trains appoints partner to develop ACE digital customer platform

    2023-03-10T09:00:00Z

    UK: Arriva UK Trains has formed a strategic partnership with Nagarro to further develop its Arriva Customer Engine digital ticket retailing and real-time information platform. ACE launched at Arriva’s Chiltern Railways business five years ago and according to the company is now ‘a feature-rich, mature platform’ ...

  • Grand Central train
    Rail Business UK

    Arriva calls for open access summit

    2023-02-15T06:00:00Z

    UK: Arriva has called for an ‘open access summit’ to enable the rail industry to ’collectively work through the barriers and agree practical steps for unleashing more of these innovative services, including through making best use of unused capacity on the network’. In the George Bradshaw ...

  • Arriva contract
    News

    Arriva wins Zutphen – Hengelo – Oldenzaal operating contract

    2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Arriva has won the next contract to operate passenger trains on the Zutphen – Hengelo – Oldenzaal line and local bus services in Twente. Incumbent operator Keolis had also bid for the Twente-ZHO contract awarded by Overijssel province with Gelderland participating in the rail element. The ...

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    News

    Arriva enters the Dutch night train market

    2022-11-02T16:47:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Arriva has confirmed it will launch its first open access night train service from Maastricht to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport with the December timetable change.

  • Arriva Kujawsko-Pomorskie contract
    News

    Polish regional operating contracts awarded

    2022-10-28T11:37:00Z

    POLAND: Kujawsko–Pomorskie voivodship has awarded incumbents and sole bidders Arriva and Polregio tendered eight-year contracts to operate local passenger train services until December 2030. The voivodship was a pioneer in opening the Polish passenger rail market. Arriva said ‘15 years of joint activities show that co–operation ...