Order book
Awarded transport contracts
TRANSPORT CONTRACTS AWARDED (Rail) – H 1 2023 | Term | Volume (million train km) | ||
p. a. 1) | total 1) | |||
Czech Republic | Southern Moravia Rail (southern part) | 12/2024 ‒12/2034 | 1.4 | 13.8 |
Czech Republic | Plzen West Rail | 12/2023 ‒12/2038 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
The Netherlands | Twente ZHO (rail part of the contract) | 12/2023 ‒12/2027 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
Total | 3.6 | 30.7 | ||
1) Differences due to rounding are possible.
TRANSPORT CONTRACTS AWARDED (Bus) – H 1 2023 | Term | Volume (million bus km) | ||
p. a. 1) | total 1) | |||
Slovakia | Trnava | 01/2024 ‒12/2033 | 10.3 | 103.0 |
United Kingdom | TfL Contracts x 112) | Variable | 13.7 | 65.6 |
The Netherlands | Twente ZHO (bus part of the contract) | 12/2023 ‒12/2027 | 12.6 | 50.4 |
Hungary 3) | B3/B4 | 05/2023 ‒Variable | 16.6 | 33.1 |
Total | 53.2 | 252.1 | ||
1) Differences due to rounding are possible.
2) Including extensions of existing contracts.
3) Extension of the existing transport contract.
Major commissionings
- After winning the public tender in December 2022, DB Arriva Slovakia, under the ARRIVA Liorbus brand, launched new bus operations under a new contract on June 1, 2023.
- DB Arriva Croatia signed a new seasonal transport contract for services in summer 2023 with RegioJet, a private Czech railway and bus operator. Arriva’s bus services will be tailored to connect with RegioJet’s three times weekly train arrivals, providing onward travel from Rijeka and Ogulin to the Adriatic coastal holiday resorts.
- DB Arriva has been mobilizing a new contract in Hungary in the Budapest area with 162 new MAN vehicles entering service in three slots, during May, June and July 2023. The contract is for ten years with a potential two-year extension.
Major contract cessations
Major contract cessations (BUS) 2022 – H 1 2023 | Cessation | Million bus km p. a. | thereof versus H 1 2022 | |
Czech Republic | Pardubicky Region | 06/2022 | 4.3 | –2.1 |
Total | 4.3 | –2.1 | ||
Order book
ORDER BOOK / € billion | Jun 30, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Change | |
absolute | % | |||
DB Arriva | 10.1 | 11.0 | –0.9 | –8.2 |
secured | 7.5 | 7.9 | –0.4 | –5.1 |
unsecured | 2.6 | 3.1 | –0.5 | –16.1 |
Revenues that are directly connected with transport contracts or concessions are either independent of (secured revenues, primarily concession fees) or dependent on (unsecured revenues, primarily revenues from fares) the number of passengers.
Overall, in the first half of 2023 the order book declined. The additions from transport contracts awarded of about € 1.3 billion were offset by disposals, mainly as a result of services rendered, of about € 1.6 billion and changes in assumptions of € –0.6 billion. The changes in assumptions mainly included the sale of activities in Denmark, Serbia and Poland (bus business).