Editing Arriva (section)

===Portugal===

====Bus and coach====
[[File:Logo Transportes Sul do Tejo.svg|thumb|200px|Transportes Sul do Tejo logo.]]
In November 2000, Arriva purchased ''João Carlos Soares e Filhos'', ''Viação Costa & Lino Lda'', ''Ami-Transportes'' and ''Abílio da Costa Moreira & C Lda'' who were running inter-urban local bus services in the north west of Portugal.<ref name=Timeline/><ref name=ArrivaPortugal>[http://www.arriva.co.uk/business_activities/transport_services/portugal Arriva Portugal]. Arriva. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111224503/http://www.arriva.co.uk/business_activities/transport_services/portugal |date=11 November 2013 }}</ref>

During June 2002, Arriva bought a 51% shareholding Transportes Sul do Tejo, a scheduled bus and coach operator in the growing commuter region south of [[Lisbon]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.cbwnet.co.uk/editorial/psvnews.asp?s=ed&ss=psvn&article_id=4834 |date=18 July 2002 |title=Arriva in Portuguese acquisition |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |issue=534 |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=14 July 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020913092037/http://www.cbwnet.co.uk/editorial/psvnews.asp?s=ed&ss=psvn&article_id=4834 |archive-date=13 September 2002}}</ref> In September 2003, Arriva exercised an option to buy the remainder of the company.<ref name=ArrivaPortugal/> In May 2006, Arriva acquired a 21.5% share of leading transport company ''Barraqueiro'', with bus and rail operations in and around Lisbon, increasing the shareholding in January 2008 to 31.5%.<ref name=ArrivaPortugal/>

In December 2021, Arriva Portugal announced the closure of its operation by the end of the year.<ref>Arriva Portugal [https://web.archive.org/web/20211215140921/http://www.arriva.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/img2.png Aviso de encerramento]</ref>