Arriva

Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom, with major offices in London and Croydon. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each year. Arriva is the third-largest bus operator in the UK (behind First Group and Stagecoach). The company was founded by T.S. Cowie in Sunderland in 1938 as a second hand motorcycle dealer trading as T.Cowie Limited. In 1948 the business was re-launched by Tom Cowie, the founder's son, still selling motorcycles. It moved into motor retailing in the 1960s. In 1972 it formed Cowie Contract Hire which...