Arriva UK Bus

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 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.



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

Former divisions

 * 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
 * The Original Tour sold to RATP Group in September 2014
 * Tellings-Golden Miller sold to management in 2016
 * Yorkshire Tiger sold to Transdev Blazefield in 2021

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 while interurban services are operated under the Max brand.