arriva and db regio s train operations in the uk founded 2011 key people chris burchell managing director parent arriva subsidiaries alliance rail holdings arriva traincare arriva trains wales chiltern railways crosscountry grand central london overground rail operations 50 % northern db regio tyne & wear website arriva.co.uk countries uk arriva uk trains arriva uk trains limited 1 is the company that oversees arriva s train operating companies in the united kingdom . it gained its first franchises in february 2000 . these were later lost though several others were gained . in january 2010 with the take over of arriva by deutsche bahn arriva uk trains also took over the running of those formerly overseen by db regio uk limited . 2 after taking control of the northern franchise arriva uk trains now operates almost a quarter of all british train operating companies more than rivals firstgroup and stagecoach . arriva trains wales class 158 chiltern railways class 168 crosscountry class 220 grand central class 180 contents 1 divisions 2 history 2.1 arriva s operations 2.2 former db regio uk operations 3 future 3.1 post merger growth strategy 4 references divisions edit arriva currently runs the following railway companies 3 alliance rail holdings arriva traincare formerly lnwr arriva trains wales chiltern railways crosscountry grand central london overground rail operations 50 50 joint venture with mtr corporation northern db regio tyne & wear arriva rail london take full control of london overground operations from november 2016 . 4 history edit arriva s operations edit arriva trains wales operates the majority of rail services in wales . the wales & borders franchise runs from 7 december 2003 until 13 october 2018 subject to welsh assembly government reviews every five years . 5 crosscountry operates long distance cross country routes . the new cross country franchise runs from 11 november 2007 until 9 november 2019 . 6 arriva traincare operates train maintenance depots at bristol cambridge crewe eastleigh and newcastle . arriva trains merseyside ran urban rail services on merseyside from february 2000 until march 2003 and arriva trains northern ran local rail services in northern england from february 2000 until december 2004 . both franchises were lost to serco abellio . n december 2015 arriva regained the northern franchise with northern commencing operations in april 2016 . 7 former db regio uk operations edit in january 2008 it was announced that subject to regulatory approval deutsche bahn would purchase laing rail 8 9 which had itself just started operating the london overground concession in partnership with mtr corporation . as a result of the deutsche bahn purchase laing rail limited was renamed db regio uk limited in april 2008 . db regio uk continued to expand when in february 2009 it was shortlisted 10 and on 3 december 2009 awarded a contract to operate the tyne & wear metro 11 taking over operations on 1 april 2010 . following the purchase of arriva by deutsche bahn in august 2010 arriva uk trains expanded to taking over deutsche bahn s existing db regio uk division which consisted of chiltern railways db regio tyne & wear a 50 % shareholding in the now closed wrexham & shropshire open access operation and a 50 % shareholding in london overground rail operations . future edit post merger growth strategy edit arriva uk trains wishes to expand the number of uk rail businesses it operates by developing open access operations and successfully bidding for further department for transport rail franchises . 12 as part of this strategy in november 2011 arriva bought open access operator grand central railway for an undisclosed price . 13 disappointingly in the last full financial year before the purchase grand central s seven return trains a day lost 8.5 m leaving an overall deficit of 35m . 14 alliance rail holdings continues to develop new open access proposals following the rejection of their initial plans by the office of rail regulation in 2011 . 15 in june 2014 alliance successfully concluded negotiations with network rail for access paths to run between euston and blackpool huddersfield and leeds from 2017 using pendolino trains . however in january 2015 and despite network rail support the office of rail regulation refused all proposed gnwr services and the application for reasons that included protection of the revenues of virgin trains the incumbent inter city operator on the wcml and thence payments to the department for transport . also because of capacity issues . 16 this followed a proposed in december 2013 to run services between kings cross and skipton via garforth and keighley but were withdrawn in 2014 by the office rail of regulation . during 2012 arriva s applications to bid for the intercity west coast greater anglia essex thameside and thameslink franchises were all rejected by the department for transport . following this run of failure arriva was publicly critical of the government s prequalification process and called for it to be abolished . however arriva was shortlisted to bid for the aborted greater western franchise in march 2012 17 and the caledonian sleeper and crossrail franchises in 2014 . 18 19 references edit companies house extract company no 3166214 arriva uk trains limited companies house extract company no 3076782 db regio uk limited united kingdom trains arriva business activities arriva wins 1.5 bn london overground contract . bbc news . 18 march 2016 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . train firm to get 1.6 bn bbc news 20 october 2003 virgin loses cross country rail bbc news 10 july 2007 arriva and firstgroup win northern and transpennine rail franchises the guardian 9 december 2015 deutsche bahn announces acquisition of laing rail . vector1 media . 2008 02 27 . retrieved 2010 11 27 . deutsche bahn buys laing rail the railway magazine issue 1283 march 2008 page 11 foreign bids for metro contract . bbc news . 2009 02 02 . archived from the original on 5 february 2009 . retrieved 2009 02 03 . db regio preferred bidder for tyne & wear metro operating contract . railway gazette international . 2009 12 03 . rail professional interview bob holland rail professional october 2011 arriva acquires open access operator grand central . railway gazette international . london . 4 november 2011 . york train operator grand central makes loss of 8.5 m york press 23 august 2011 new rail link plans to blackpool and carlisle rejected . bbc news . 2 march 2011 . barrow keith 8 january 2015 . west coast main line open access bid rejected . international railway journal . bidders to oversee improvements on rail franchises announced department for transport 29 march 2012 caledonian sleeper train service bidders named bbc news 28 june 2013 arriva pre qualifies for crossrail concession 25 june 2013 v t e arriva group uk uk bus arriva london arriva midlands arriva derby arriva fox county arriva midlands north arriva north east arriva north west arriva buses wales arriva shires & essex arriva southern counties arriva guildford & west surrey arriva southend fastrack new enterprise coaches arriva yorkshire green line coaches tellings golden miller network colchester the heritage fleet yorkshire tiger tiger blue bus brands arriva max arriva sapphire uk trains arriva traincare arriva trains wales crosscountry chiltern railways grand central london overground rail operations 50 % northern former divisions arriva scotland west arriva trains merseyside arriva trains northern arriva north west & wales arriva northumbria british bus london & country londonlinks maidstone & district motor services north western road car company stevensons of uttoxeter glasgow flyer grey green the original tour wardle transport wrexham & shropshire future divisions arriva rail london from november 2016 v t e deutsche bahn departments db bahn db netze db schenker arriva business areas db dienstleistungen db fernverkehr db netze energie db netze fahrweg db 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