Arriva - Livery

Livery

In the main, for bus and rail operations, Arriva uses a uniform corporate livery. The livery features an aquamarine base colour (Pantone 321) with a Cotswold Stone coloured semicircle on the upper front section, outlined by a white stripe. A thin yellow stripe runs around the base of the vehicle, and the same yellow is used for any lettering on the vehicle, although some vehicles have lettering in the same light green as their logo.

Various route branding schemes see the liberal application of basic colours and wording to some routes, usually through the application of vinyl stickers.

Initially to comply with Transport for London's requirements that buses be 80% red, Arriva London adapted its standard livery with red in lieu of aquamarine, with extra red at the front to form "horns" instead of a full circle. Latterly, London vehicles have been painted all-over red to comply with Transport for London's new requirements.

Exceptions to standard livery include:

• Arriva London - red livery
• Arriva Shires & Essex - red livery for its Transport for London routes
• Arriva Southern Counties - red livery for its Transport for London routes
• Chiltern Railways - existing white and blue livery retained
• CrossCountry - existing Virgin CrossCountry livery modified
• Grand Central - existing black and orange livery retained
• Green Line Coaches
• GlasgowFlyer
• London Overground Rail Operations - livery specified by Transport for London
• New Enterprise Coaches - white with red logos
• The Original Tour - red with cream front
• Tellings-Golden Miller and all of its subsidiaries
• Driver training vehicles - white with deep grey skirt

In late 2009 a decision was made in the United Kingdom to adopt the Interurban livery as standard livery for buses, after a long period of confusion, with both repaints and new deliveries going into both liveries. A repaint programme has now started for all buses in the fleet. Continental European operations continue to carry the previous colour scheme.