Topic: Arriva

Three Country Train completes festive first run between Aachen, Maastricht and Liège

Last Sunday, the long-awaited ‘Three Country Train’ was incorporated into an international timetable. Travellers can now travel between Liège (Belgium), Maastricht (the Netherlands) and Aachen (Germany) and almost…

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Arriva’s Three-Country train launch delayed due to damaged tracks

The much-anticipated launch of Arriva’s Three-Country Train, scheduled for 9 June, has been delayed. This news, already anticipated due to storm damage requiring track repairs between Maastricht and…
Arriva starts using ETCS trains for its Three-Country Trains

Carrier Arriva has put the first FLIRT trains with ETCS into use for the Three-Country Train between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Travellers can now transit between Maastricht,…
Limburg: ‘If necessary, both NS and Arriva on Eindhoven-Heerlen-Aachen’

The Dutch province of Limburg is pushing for a potential collaboration between NS and Arriva to maintain the intercity service between Eindhoven, Heerlen, and Aachen if necessary. They…
Brussels does not accept the main rail network concession for NS

The European Commission does not accept the awarding of the main domestic train traffic for the coming years to NS. The Netherlands must provide explanations again. The case…

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Deutsche Bahn sells Arriva to US-based investor

German state-owned railway company Deutsche Bahn is selling Arriva group, active in passenger transport in 10 countries across Europe, to the global investment fund I Squared Capital. The…
CrossCountry wins new contract and proposes historic Edinburgh-Cardiff train

The UK government’s Department for Transport (DfT) has granted CrossCountry, an arm of the Arriva Group, a new contract to continue operating its extensive long-distance and inter-regional services…

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Dutch Arriva temporarily switches back to diesel due to high HVO prices

Since May this year, many of Arriva’s regional trains in the Netherlands have stopped running on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). According to Arriva, the cost of this more sustainable…
Arriva and Qbuzz request access for trains between the Netherlands and Paris

Competition for the Thalys between the Netherlands and Paris may just arrive within several years. Both Arriva and Qbuzz have officially requested to operate trains in open access…
The hurdles of the Dutch-German Eindhoven-Aachen train: ‘not operational this year’

Various Dutch media reported in recent days about the forthcoming intercity connection from Eindhoven to the German Aachen. It should start operating at the end of this year…
Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands sign for new cross-border service

Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have signalled their intention to start a new cross-border rail service between the German city of Aachen and Liège in Belgium in December.…
New Dutch-German cross-border train should run in 2023

By December 2023, it should become possible for the first time to travel between the Dutch city Eindhoven and the German Aachen by train. The Dutch provincial government…
UK negotiations deadlocked as new wave of strikes called

Two UK trades unions have called a fresh round of strikes for later this month. There has been a failure to find any resolution to the wide-ranging disputes…
Finnish VR Group takes over Arriva Sweden

VR Group from Finland is acquiring Swedish bus and railway company Arriva Sweden, previously owned by Deutsche Bahn. With the takeover of Sweden’s third largest train operator, VR…
Dutch trial runs with modified Stadler WINK train set successful

Arriva, Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and Stadler have evaluated last week’s trial runs with a modified Stadler WINK train set, labelling it a success on Thursday.