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Annual Report & Accounts 2007

Group overview

New contracts



January 2008

Started operating the seven-year Hoeksche Waard and Goeree Overflakkee (HWGO) bus contract to the south of Rotterdam, won in July 2007.

December 2007

Began rail operations in Poland as part of the PCC Arriva 50/50 joint venture, with a three-year contract in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voidvodship region in the north-west of the country.

December 2007

Rail subsidiary Metronom began two new franchises in Germany. We also began operation of two 10-year rail contracts in southern Germany, and the ODEG operation, in which we have a 50 per cent interest, started a two-year rail contract in the centre of the country.

December 2007

Started a seven-year bus contract in the Vordertaunus area near Frankfurt, Germany.

November 2007

Began the transformational CrossCountry rail franchise serving 131 stations across England and Scotland with services extending over 1,650 route miles.

June 2007

Started our first Swedish rail contract in the Skåne region in the south of the country.

January 2007

Started operating an eight-year bus contract in the East Brabant region of Holland.


Contracts yet to start in 2008

June 2008

Our existing operations in the Jönköping area in Sweden have been secured for another eight years, with a bus tender won in October 2007. The contract adds extra routes starting in June.

December 2008

The ODEG joint venture will start operating the 10-year Spree-Neisse rail contract in eastern Germany.

December 2008

Expanding our footprint in the Frankfurt area, we will start operating two five-year bus contracts and a six-year contract.

Also in 2008

In December 2007 we were awarded two five-year bus contracts in Stockholm, Sweden, starting later this year.

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