Editing Arriva (section)

===Czech Republic===

[[File:Mladá Boleslav, autobus Dennis, 5861, pravá přední strana.jpg|thumb|[[Alexander ALX200]] bodied [[Dennis Dart]] in [[Mladá Boleslav]]]]
Arriva group bought three medium-sized bus transport companies (Transcentrum Bus s.r.o., Bosák Bus s.r.o. and Osnado s.r.o.) in 2006 and 2007 end established its own rail transport company Arriva vlaky s.r.o. in 2009. These four companies are owned through Arriva holding Česká republika s.r.o. which is owned by the Dutch company Arriva Coöperatie W.A. (majority of 99.9% since 2008).

In July 2013, the current Veolia Transport Česká republika a.s. with its four subsidiary companies fell under Arriva group as Arriva Transport Česká republika a.s. The daughter companies were simultaneously renamed and rebranded as Arriva Praha s.r.o., Arriva Teplice s.r.o., Arriva Vychodni Cechy a.s. and Arriva Morava a.s. They operate primarily buses (it is the biggest bus transport operator in the Czech Republic) but also trolleybuses in Teplice (Arriva Teplice) and Desná Railway (Arriva Morava).{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

The two Arriva holdings in the Czech Republic have not any direct interconnection yet. Moreover, the Arriva group operated in the Czech Republic also through the German rail transport company Vogtlandbahn GmbH. The former [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio]] companies Probo Bus and PT Real, purchased in December 2013, are owned by DB Czech Holding s.r.o. which is owned by German DB Mobility Logistics AG.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

====Bus and coach====
In December 2006, Arriva purchased Transcentrum Bus, operating services in [[Mladá Boleslav District]] of the [[Central Bohemian Region]], north east of [[Prague]]. In January 2007, Arriva acquired Bosák Bus, which operates to the south west of [[Prague]] and the [[Příbram District]] of the Central Bohemian Region.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.arriva.co.uk/media/news/2007/31-01-2007 |title = Arriva Acquires Second Operator in Czech Republic |publisher = Arriva |date = 31 January 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.busandcoach.com/news/articles/archive/second-czech-bus-firm-bought-by-arriva/ |title = Second Czech bus firm bought by Arriva |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161118165237/http://www.busandcoach.com/news/articles/archive/second-czech-bus-firm-bought-by-arriva/ |archive-date = 18 November 2016 |publisher = Bus & Coach Professional |date = 6 February 2007}}</ref> In November 2007, Arriva acquired Osnado, which operates bus and coach services in the north of [[Hradec Králové Region]] in East Bohemia, in the foothills of the [[Giant Mountains]]. The three bus companies retain their original names but with the Arriva corporate logo and livery. At the turn of 2014/2015, Bosák Bus s.r.o. was merged with Transcentrum Bus s.r.o. and Transcentrum Bus s.r.o. renamed to Arriva Střední Čechy s.r.o.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In July 2013, [Veolia Transport] Česká republika a.s. was purchased with its four subsidiary companies which were renamed Arriva Morava, Arriva Praha, Arriva Teplice and Arriva Východní Čechy. These four companies are owned by holding company Arriva Transport Česká republika. It also operates trolleybuses in [[Teplice]] (Arriva Teplice) and trains in Desná Railway (Arriva Morava).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.busportal.cz/modules.php?name=article&sid=10781&secid=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001008/http://www.busportal.cz/modules.php?name=article&sid=10781&secid=1 |url-status=dead |title=Arriva: Společnost Veolia Transport Central Europe součástí skupiny Arriva |archive-date=4 March 2016 |website=busportal.cz |date=16 May 2013}}</ref>

During December 2013, [[Abellio (transport company)|Abellio's]] Probo Bus and PT Real operations were purchased with 110 buses.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.arriva.co.uk/media/news/2013/29-11-2013 |title = Arriva strengthens its presence in Czech Republic |publisher = Arriva |date = 29 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url = https://archive.today/20140305102228/http://www.abellio.com/pers/?key=1000000112&template=uk-pressreleases1&persitem=&pid=95 |archive-date = 5 March 2014 |url = http://www.abellio.com/pers/?key=1000000112&template=uk-pressreleases1&persitem=&pid=95 |title = Completion of Sale of Probo Bus and PT Real to DB Arriva |publisher = Abellio |date = 2 December 2013}}</ref> As at November 2016, Arriva operated 1,960 buses in the Czech Republic.<ref name=ArrivaCzech>[http://www.arriva.co.uk/countries/czech-republic Arriva Czech Republic] Arriva</ref>

====Train====
German rail transport company [[Vogtlandbahn]], owned by Arriva since 2004, operated several train routes in the Czech Republic as a subcontractor of [[České dráhy]] (München – Regensburg – Hof – Plzeň – Praha, line VB2 Zwickau – Plauen – Bad Brambach – Františkovy Lázně – Cheb – Mariánské Lázně, line VB8 Marktredwitz – Schirnding – Cheb) and [[GW Train Regio]], formerly Viamont (line VB1 Zwickau – Klingenthal – Kraslice – Sokolov). Since December 2010, Vogtlandbahn operates under its own name the line Trilex (Liberec – Zittau – Varnsdorf – Rybniště/Seifhennersdorf). After Arriva was bought by Deutsche Bahn in 2010, Vogtlandbahn was resold to the Italian state railways [[Ferrovie dello Stato]] together with Luxembourg infrastructure fund Cube.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Between September 2013 and December 2013, Arriva vlaky tried operating a commercial service from [[Praha Masarykovo nádraží]] to [[Kralupy nad Vltavou]] in competition with subsidised lines of České dráhy.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/europe/single-view/view/arriva-launches-pilot-czech-passenger-service-at-its-own-risk.html |title = Arriva launches pilot Czech passenger service at its own risk |publisher = Railway Gazette International |date = 26 September 2013}}</ref> The company did not succeed with its effort to gain a subsidy for it to continue.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/arriva-to-launch-praha-suburban-service.html |title = Arriva to launch Praha suburban service |publisher = Railway Gazette International |date = 3 February 2016}}</ref>

Four trains on the local Desná Railway, operated by Connex Morava (lately Veolia Transport Morava) since 2002, were taken over by Arriva Morava in July 2013.<ref name=ArrivaCzech/> In March 2016, Arriva introduced a weekly service from Praha to [[Trenčín]] in Slovakia and daily service from Praha to [[Benešov]]. It has applied to increase this to twice daily from December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/en/news/ports/single-view/view/arriva-to-increase-czech-republic-slovakia-services.html |title = Arriva to increase Czech Republic – Slovakia services |publisher = Railway Gazette International |date = 12 August 2016}}</ref>