NLD-Arriva Achterhoek-Rivierenland
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Startdate: dd: 2025-12-14
Observations Concession ends 8 December 2035.
General information
Arriva Achterhoek-Rivierenland
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Arriva won the concession Achterhoek-Rivierenland, which it already operated, for the period December 2025 to December 2035.
The new concession covers the same areas, sees expanded services and includes the railway services Tiel-Arnhem, Arnhem-Doetinchem-Winterswijk and Winterswijk-Zutphen. The additional rail service Arnhem-Doetinchem, supplementing the Arriva service on that part of the service to a 15-minute schedule, was transferred to Arriva.
Another major change was that the long-time subcontract with operator Juijn in the Rivierenland area, with important services to Den Bosch, was not renewed. Arriva now operates all services with large buses; services with minibuses are now operated by Citax of Tiel.
For the new concession, a fleet of electric buses was ordered with Solaris (14 15-meter buses) and VDL, and 40 eight-seater diesel minibuses with Tribus. However, VDL already announced it would not be able to deliver the buses before the start of the concession, Solaris did not have all the buses ready in time and Tribus had only some ten buses ready. This meant that a temporary fleet needed to be maintained, partially composed of the existing buses, supplemented by surplus buses from other concessions. Also, because of the end of the Juijn contract, Arriva needed more buses.
The livery for the new concession is the RRReis scheme as applied to all public transport in Gelderland, Overijssel and Flevoland (except Almere) provinces. Temporary buses are allover white.
Ontwikkelingen na 1 january 2026 / developments since January 1, 2026
1904-1905: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2017 (Bravo-kleuren, 23-03-2026, 17-02-2026)
1909-1911: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2015 (Bravo-kleuren, 04-03, 11-03, 12-03-2026)
7547: Mercedes-Benz Intouro L, 2015 (blauw gebleven) (06-02-2026)
Vloot per 1 januari 2026/fleet per 1 January 2026:
Aangezien de 86 bestelde VDL elektrische bussen pas in 2026 geleverd worden, rijdt in deze concessie een vloot tijdelijke bussen.
As the 86 ordered VDL buses will only be delivered in 2026, a fleet of temporary buses is used.
Per 1 januari 2026 waren bij Arriva Achterhoek-Rivierenland de volgende grote bussen in dienst die al in de oude concessie reden. Al deze bussen werden voor de start van de concessie wit geplakt met grote, tijdelijke, RRReis-stickers. Alleen de Solaris Urbino bussen, die wel blijven, kregen de definitieve RRReis-uitvoering:
As of January 1, 2026, the following large buses that were already operating under the old concession were in service at Arriva Achterhoek-Rivierenland. All these buses were wrapped in white with large, temporary RRReis stickers prior to the start of the concession. Only the Solaris Urbino buses, which will remain, received the definitive RRReis livery:
1302-1309: Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen, 2023<
8466-8467: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2013
8508-8513, 8515, 8539: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2012
8735/36/97: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2012
8948, 8953-8959: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2014
9074–9101: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2016
9152-9158: VDL Citea LLE-99, 2016
9211/20/21/23/24/27-30/36/44/46/48: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2016
De volgende grote bussen werden in december 2025 naar de nieuwe concessie overgeplaatst:
The following large buses were transferred to the new concession in December 2025:
1906-1907: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2017
1908: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2015
7546: Mercedes-Benz Intouro L, 2015 (blauw gebleven)
7551: Mercedes-Benz Intouro L, 2017 (blauw gebleven)
7788-7790: Volvo B8R-LE 8900, 2014
8118/23/24/34/36/53/54/61/62/68/77/78/80/81/83: VDL Citea SLF120, 2014
8610: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2013 (in Bravo uitvoering)
8724/27/32/54/55/66/69/81/88: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2012
8775: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2012 (witte Arriva Techniek uitvoering)
8934: VDL Citea LLE-120, 2014
9304-9307: VDL Citea SLF-120, 2016
Het merendeel van deze bussen is wit geplakt met de tijdelijke RRReis-stickers. Naast de hierboven vermelde uitzonderingen zijn ook enkele bussen uit de serie 8724….8788 nog in ZHN-uitvoering.
Aanwezige kleine bussen/present small buses:
6434: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City 45, 2018 (POD bus Groenlo?)
6435-6437: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City 35, 2017
6438-6445, 6448-6449: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter -Tribus, 2016
6450: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2018
6523-6525: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2015
6526-6541: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter -Tribus, 2016
6542: Volkswagen Crafter -Tribus Civitas, 2020
6742-6743: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter -Tribus, 2014
6802-6805: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter -Tribus, 2019
6811-6816: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2023
De 6434 en 6435-6437 hebben 13 zitplaatsen; de overige busjes 8. De 6435-6437 zijn wit geplakt en rijden op de nieuwe lijn 25, Doetinchem-Didam.
Meerdere busjes uit de series 6438…6449, 6526-6541 en 6811-6816 zijn wit geplakt.
Nieuwe grote bussen/new large buses:
5601-5614: Solaris Urbino 15LE Electric, 53/–, 2025
Niet alle bussen waren per 1 januari 2026 al geleverd/in dienst. Ze worden ingezet op de lijnen 73 en 74, Enschede-Winterswijk en Enschede-Doetinchem.