Editing Arriva (section)

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In July 2008, Arriva entered the Slovak bus market with the purchase of an 80% share in Eurobus Invest,<ref name=Bus&Coach23Apr08/><ref>[http://www.arriva.co.uk/media/news/2008/14-04-2008 Eurobus Deal Takes Arriva into Hungary and Slovakia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804231626/http://www.arriva.co.uk/media/news/2008/14-04-2008 |date=4 August 2016 }} Arriva 3 April 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.arriva.co.uk/media/news/2008/16-07-2008 Arriva Completes Eurobus Acquisition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118163250/http://www.arriva.co.uk/media/news/2008/16-07-2008 |date=18 November 2016 }} Arriva 16 July 2008</ref> getting control over the SAD Nové Zámky<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.finstat.sk/36545317/obchodny_register|title=ARRIVA Nové Zámky, akciová spoločnosť (v skratke: ARRIVA Nové Zámky, a.s.) - historický názov: Slovenská autobusová doprava Nové Zámky, akciová spoločnosť (v skratke: SAD Nové Zámky, a.s.) - Obchodný register|website=finstat.sk}}</ref> and SAD Michalovce<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.finstat.sk/36214078|title=ARRIVA Michalovce, a.s. - historický názov: Slovenská autobusová doprava Michalovce, akciová spoločnosť - zisk, tržby, hospodárske výsledky a účtovné závierky|website=finstat.sk}}</ref> bus companies. In July 2015, it purchased SAD Liorbus and SAD Trnava.<ref>[http://www.arriva.co.uk/media/news/2015/23-07-2015 Arriva Strengthens Bus Business i Slovakia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804233349/http://www.arriva.co.uk/media/news/2015/23-07-2015 |date=4 August 2016 }} Arriva 23 July 2015</ref> Coach services are operated under the Arriva Express brand.<ref>[http://arrivaexpress.sk/en Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813012022/https://arrivaexpress.sk/en/ |date=13 August 2018 }} Arriva Express</ref> By November 2016, Arriva was employing 2,390 people and operated 1,335 buses.<ref>http://www.arriva.co.uk/~/media/Files/A/Arriva-Corporate-V2/countries/fact-sheet-slovakia.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118163303/http://www.arriva.co.uk/~/media/Files/A/Arriva-Corporate-V2/countries/fact-sheet-slovakia.pdf |date=18 November 2016 }} Arriva in Slovakia</ref>
In the meantime, Arriva also bought the bus company Veolia transport Nitra.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.finstat.sk/36545082 |title = ARRIVA NITRA a.s. – historický názov: Veolia Transport Nitra a.s. – zisk, tržby, hospodárske výsledky a účtovné závierky}}</ref> 

[[File:Autobus nového župného autobusového dopravcu Arriva.jpg|thumb|Arriva SOR bus for Bratislava Region]]
During 2021, Arriva was awarded a ten-year contract to operate IDS BK regional buses in [[Bratislava Region]] via its subsidiary Arriva Mobility Services s.r.o.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://imhd.sk/ba/doc/sk/20970/Od-15-novembra-bude-region%C3%A1lnu-autobusov%C3%BA-dopravu-v-Bratislavskom-kraji-zabezpe%C4%8Dova%C5%A5-Arriva |title = Od 15. novembra bude regionálnu autobusovú dopravu v Bratislavskom kraji zabezpečovať Arriva| date=11 October 2021 }}</ref>