North East transport giant Arriva Group has won a contract to run trains in the Czech Republic in a deal worth €94m.
The Sunderland firm runs CrossCountry and Chiltern train services for the Department for Transport; the London Overground for Transport for London; Grand Central between London and the North, and bus services around the UK.
Now the business has been awarded a rail contract worth the equivalent of £80.2m to operate trains in the South Moravian region of the Czech Republic in moves to further strengthen Arriva’s footprint. The signing follows the recent 15-year rail contract awarded to the company to operate services in the Pilsen region of the country – a deal worth €82.5m (£70.4m) – securing Arriva’s position as its second largest private rail operator.
