Arriva UK Bus

Arriva UK Bus Ltd
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPublic transport
HeadquartersSunderland, England
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Iain Jago (Interim managing director)
ProductsBus services
OwnerI Squared Capital
Number of employees
35,000[citation needed]
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. 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
  1. ^ Arriva appoints Kevin O'Connor as Managing Director, UK Bus Arriva 14 January 2015