2025
nearly 1000 zero emissions buses were in our network at the end of 2025.
Highlights
A snapshot of activities from across the Arriva Group to achieve our goal for a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable future
2025
Partnered with Hitachi to deliver nine tri-mode trains for our Grand Central fleet. Representing an investment of £300 million, tri-mode trains can be powered using electricity, battery or diesel. Investing in new battery hybrid train fleet for Grand Central in the UK.
2025
Signed a partnership with Škoda for €300 million to supply new electric trains in Czech Republic. The partnership will deliver 22 modern electric trains capable of reaching speeds of up to 200 km/h. Partnership with Skoda in Czechia to deliver 22 high speed electric trains.
2024
ZEBRA funding awarded to support 72 new zero emission vehicles for Arriva Bus UK's fleets in the North East and the Midlands. Arriva Group welcomes ZEBRA funding bid success in five locations served by its UK Bus division.
2024
Became the first operator of an electric bus fleet in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. This includes 82 fully electric buses. Arriva wins the first zero-emission bus tenders in Budapest.
2023
Invested in 87 new electric buses, 76 double deckers and 11 single deckers for Arriva's London fleet. Arriva wins London Bus contract for new routes.
2022
Partnered with Beam – a crowdfunding enterprise that helps homeless people find work. Our UK Trains division placed a number of candidates into successful roles through this partnership.
2022
Arriva Netherlands recognised as one of the country’s top-performing companies for its work in helping people to find employment who, for a range of reasons, have found it difficult to enter the job market.
2022
Launched Arriva-wide Inclusion strategy with clear goals and targets across all countries of operation.
2022
Launched the ‘I can be me’ campaign to support colleagues who want to share stories on what inclusion means to them, and how Arriva has supported them.
2022
Completed the build of a new low carbon depot in Madrid, Spain, designed to facilitate a transition to zero-emissions bus operations.
2022
Chiltern Railways in the UK introduced first hybrid train into passenger service. Each journey delivers a 25 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions and nitrogen oxide and pollutants are also cut by 70 and 90 per cent respectively.
2022
Arriva Group awarded €5.3 million of funding by European Union for environmental programmes. The three projects are in water saving, air quality, and circularity of materials for infrastructure.
2022
Arriva UK Bus purchased 22 electric double-decker buses in Leicester. The buses will be delivered into our Leicester operation in October 2023 and will be the city’s first ever electric double-decker buses, as well as being Arriva’s first outside of London.
2021
First transport operator in the Netherlands to launch a MaaS (Mobility as a Service) solution to support modal shift away from private car use by making travel by passenger transport easy and convenient.
2021
Arriva Group placed first hydrogen bus order in the Netherlands in 2021 with a fleet of nine buses brought into passenger service in 2023.
2019
Reached the halfway point of zero-emission public transport in Limburg, Netherlands. By 2026, all 200 Arriva buses in Limburg will be fully electric.
2019
Commenced new bike sharing schemes in Slovakia to encourage active travel.
2018
Arriva began powering UK stations, depots and offices with 100% renewable electricity, becoming the first transport operator in the UK to switch to 100% renewable electricity supply.
2017
Together with Stadler, we developed a world-first: a hybrid train that uses diesel engines and recuperation batteries that can be converted to zero-emission and introduced the first train into passenger service in 2020 reducing CO2 emissions by 89%.