Sweden

• Arriva is the largest operator in the region of Skåne, providing half of bus services in Malmö, Sweden's third largest city.
• In June 2007, we began operating trains in the Skåne region of southern Sweden.

The Swedish bus market is regulated and about 95 per cent of routes are tendered. Local authorities are responsible for transport.

Arriva's operations currently comprise only 3.5 per cent of the market, but with increasing municipal privatisation we have the opportunity to win more contracts and achieve consistent growth. We operate bus services in southern Sweden and in June 2007 began operating train services in the Skåne region of southern Sweden.

Bus operations

1997
Arriva entered the Swedish transport market when it bought a Danish company with a Swedish bus operation.

2005
We introduced 61 new environmentally-friendly gas-run buses in Helsingborg, and new timetables – increasing passenger numbers by 20 per cent.

2006
We started to operate a new contract for 84 buses in Malmö featuring black box technology, CCTV and alcolock technology (an electronic device which stops a driver who has exceeded the legal alcohol limit from starting the vehicle).

Helsinborg transport authority has announced its intention to double the number of bus passengers by 2014.

Rail operations

2007
Arriva entered the Swedish rail market in June 2007, having won a nine-year contract to operate the Pågatåg regional train service in the Skåne region of southern Sweden.

As part of the contract, which has a two-year extension option, we will work with Skånetrafiken to grow customer numbers, increase the fleet to around 49 trains, increase the network size, and deliver timetable improvements. The service covers 47 stations in southern Sweden.

Want to know more?

• Visit the Swedish website www.arriva.se (in Swedish)
• Download the Swedish factsheet (in English)

Arriva Sweden: the statistics

• 360 buses
• 30 trains 
• 1,285 employees