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Arriva UK Bus

UK bus operating company

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 2010.2 It employed about 16,000 people in 2015.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • Industrypublic transport1
  • HeadquartersSunderland1
  • Websitewww.arrivabus.co.uk
  • Legal formcompany1
  • LEI529900358HL4HJD9US473
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address1 Admiral Way, Doxford International Bus Park, SR3 3XP Sunderland, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 041666723

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Photo: Alan Sansbury from Liverpool, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

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 2010.2

Corporate structure

Arriva UK Bus is part of a group headed by Deutsche Bahn. 376 entities, 48 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Arriva UK Bus reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Employees over time

  • 201516,0001

Timeline

  1. Dec 13, 2017Parent Directly consolidated by Deutsche Bahn3
  2. Feb 23, 2001Founded Arriva UK Bus is founded3

Sources

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