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Arriva with Médicos Sin Fronteras, fighting against Infant Malnutrition

Arriva — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:37:06 +0000

At Arriva we have responded to the request of Médicos sin Fronteras in order to make the public aware of the risk of death to which 20 million children are exposed due to severe malnutrition.

We will distribute 3.500 MUACs amongst our passengers at our ticket offices at the bus stations in Ferrol, A Coruña, Lugo and Santiago de Compostela, in November 2008.
In developing countries, MUACs (Middle-Upper Arm-Circumference) are bracelets placed on a child’s upper arm to measure his nutritional state.
Each MUAC handed out will mean another person sending out the message that millions of children can be saved from starvation by being provided with Reddy to consume, therapeutic food. A solution which, at the moment, only reaches 3% of victims.
We also encourage participation in an online-marathon to promote this initiative on the web www.tratamientorevolucionario.com.

STATEMENTS

During the presentation of this initiative, at the Ferrol bus station, on November 4th 2008, Tony Williamson, Managing Director of Arriva in Spain and Portugal, stated:

Arriva’s Code of Conduct states that all professionals in the company, “should contribute to improve the quality of life of society”, as well as “making efforts to reduce the impact of our activity on the environment”.
Solidarity and on-going development are part of the company’s values and both are closely related to the fight against famine in the third World. That’s why we’re delighted to collaborate with Médicos sin Fronteras in this initiative.

María Díaz Martínez, representative of Médicos sin Fronteras in the Northwest of Spain was also present, she stated:

It’s necessary for people to be aware of the causes, consequences and Solutions of infant malnutrition. We hope that, by living out MUACs and doing the on-line marathon, we will be able to make the Galician population aware of the fact that 20 million children suffer severe malnutrition every year.

IMAGES

You can download photos of the presentation on our Flickr:

DOCUMENTATION

You can download this press release pressing print at the end of this article. There’s also the following related material available:

Leaflet Infant malnutrition, an unattended medical emergency (Spanish PDF 1,10MB).
Link to press release Twenty million children in danger of dying need an answer, by Médicos sin Fronteras (Spanish).

REACTIONS

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Travel in the A Coruña University Service bus to the Ferrol campus

Arriva — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:21:21 +0000

If you live in Coruña and study at the Ferrol campus, Arriva has a special bus service to offer that might interest you. For only 131 € per month, a 41.5% discount on the cheapest regular fare, and eight free trips in Wi-Fi connect direct between Ferrol and A Coruña on the AP9, you will have the following options:

OUTBOUND IN THE MORNING

6.30 H. Regular Service leaves A Coruña Bus Station. Stops in Guísamo, O Pedrido, Laraxe and Ferrol Bus Station. Arrives at the Campus in Serantes at about 7.50 hrs.
7.30 H. Special Service. Leaves Salesianos School. Stops at Plaza de España, calle Juan Florez y la Iglesia de San Pedro de Mezonzo. At around 7.50 h., you have to transfer to another bus at Ronda de Outeiro (Disco Láser). Then the bus takes AP9 direct and arrives at the campus in Serantes and Esteiro, in Ferrol, at around 8.30 h.
7.20 H. Special Service. Leaves Os Castros (Iglesia del Carmen). Makes three stops at Ronda de Nelle and another three at Ronda de Outeiro, then takes the AP9 direct and arrives at the campus in Serantes and Esteiro, in Ferrol, at around 8.30 h.

MORNING SHIFT

14.10 H. Special Service. Departs Esteiro Campus in Ferrol. Goes by the Ferrol Bus Station at around 14.20 h. Makes various stops going towards Fene, then takes the AP9 direct to the Campus in Elviña y A Zapateira in A Coruña. Then goes on to stop at Os Castros, Cuatro Caminos, Ronda de Nelle, Avenida Finisterre, Escuela de Empresariales, Salesianos, Plaza de España, Juan Flórez and Iglesia de San Pedro de Mezonzo, until it arrives at the last stop Estación del Ferrocarril, at around 15.35 h.
14.10 H. Special Service. Departs the Campus in Serantes, Ferrol. At around 14.20 h., there´s a transfer at the Bus Station in Ferrol. Then, it carries out various stops going towards Fene before taking the AP9 direct to Elviña y A Zapateira campuses in A Coruña. Then it goes on to stop at Os Castros, Cuatro Caminos, Ronda de Nelle, Avenida Finisterre, Escuela de Empresariales, Salesianos, Plaza de España, Juan Flórez and Iglesia de San Pedro de Mezonzo, until it arrives at the last stop Estación del Ferrocarril, at around 15.35 h.

OUTBOUND AFTERNOON

13.35 H. Special Service. Departs Os Castros (Iglesia del Carmen). Goes by Cuatro Caminos, Ronda de Nelle, Salesianos, Plaza de España, Juan Flórez, Iglesia de San Pedro de Mezonzo and Estación del Ferrocarril, in A Coruña. Arrives at the campus in Elviña at around 14,15 h. Then takes the AP9 towards Ferrol. Stops in Fene, Caranza, Porta Nova, calle Cuntis and at the Ferrol Bus Station, arriving at Esteiro and Serantes at around 15.00 h.

INBOUND AFTERNOON

Between 15.30 and 20.30 H. Regular Services. You can take any of the direct services on the motorway which leave every half hour and on the hour from the Ferrol Bus Station.

Travel on Ferrol’s University bus to the campuses in A Coruña

Arriva — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:13:22 +0000

If you study at the University campus in A Coruña and you live in Ferrol, Arriva offers you a special bus service which might be of interest. For only 131 euros per month, with a 41,5% discount off the cheapest rate and eight free trips on Conéctate Wi-Fi, direct between Ferrol and A Coruña on the AP9 (in both directions), you have the following options:

OUTBOUND MORNING

7.15 H. Special service leaves O Puntal (Neda). Pick up passengers in Narón and Ferrol Bus Station, at 7.40 h. Then, it takes the AP9 direct and arrives at the campus in Coruña at Elviña, A Zapateira and Riazor, between 8.25 and 8.45 h.
7.40 H. Special service. Leaves the Bus Station in Ferrol. Then, takes the AP9 direct and arrives at the Coruña campuses of Elviña, A Zapateira y Riazor, between 8.25 and 8.45 h.

IN BOUND MORNING

14.05 H. Special service. Leaves the Campus of Riazor in A Coruña. Then Elviña campus and joins the bus from A Zapateira at 14.15 h.
14.10 H. Special Service. Leaves A Zapateira Campus A Coruña. Arrives at Elviña at 14.15 h. takes the AP9 direct towards Ferrol. Stops at Calle Cuntis and the Ferro Bus Station. Ends its route in Narón and Neda (O Puntal), between 15.15 and 15.30 h.
14.15 H. Special service. Leaves Campus of Elviña in A Coruña. Takes the AP9 direct to Ferrol. Ends its route in Narón and Neda (O Puntal), between 15.15 and 15.30 h.

OUTBOUND AFTERNOON

14.20 H. Special Service. Leaves the Ferrol Bus Station. Stops in Fene before it takes the AP9 direct to A Coruña. Stops at the Elviña, A Zapateira y Riazor campuses, between 15.00 and 15.20 h.

INBOUND AFTERNOON

21.25 H. Special Service. Leaves the campus in A Zapateira. Merges at around 21.30 h. at the Elviña campus (marquesina Alfonso Molina). Takes the AP9 direct to Fene, where it stops. It also stops at calle Cuntis and ends up at the Ferrol Bus Station at about 22.20 h.

Save up to 40% on your bus tickets with Arriva in Galicia

Arriva — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:05:06 +0000

Travelling regularly on Arriva buses is becoming much cheaper. In Galicia, you can reduce the price of your ticket by between 5 and 40% by using the following options:

Tarjeta Metropolitana (Metropolitan Card)

The Xunta de Galicia funds up to 40% of the bus ticket with the Metropolitan transport card in the following Arriva lines:

H18 A Coruña-Betanzos
H26 Ferrol-Ares-Mugardos
H2 A Coruña-Ferrol, between Ferrol and Pontedeume, both ways.

If you’re interested you can ask at and request your card Caixa Galicia.

20 trip pass

If you would like a monthly pass valid for 20 trips on the same route, we will reduce 15% from the normal price of the ticket. You can buy it at Arriva ticket offices at the bus stations.

10 trip pass

If you buy a monthly pass for 10 trips on the same route, we ill take off 10% of the usual ticket price. You can buy it at Arriva ticket offices at the bus stations.

Return tickets

If you pay for a return ticket on the same route, you will save 5% of the regular ticket price. You can buy it at Arriva ticket offices at the bus stations.

For further information go to customer care.

Arriva, one of the first bus operators along with De Blas y Cía

Arriva — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:17:33 +0000

Arriva, one of the leading European groups of passenger transport, also became one of the first suppliers of bus services in Madrid after acquiring the operator Blas y Cía, who have more than 35 million passengers a year in the southwest of the Autonomous Community of Madrid with 222 buses and a staff of 679.

De Blas y Cía were founded in 1939 by the De Blas and Gomez families and started operating between Madrid and Navalcarnero. Today, their 34 routes take them to Alcorcon, Mostoles, Navalcarnero, Madrid-Norte, Fuenlabrada and Villaviciosa de Odón mainly.
De Blas y Cía also possesses 30% of the limited liability company which which manages the Transport changer Príncipe Pío, where the lines of the Metro, bus and commuter trains between Madrid and the southwest of the Community meet. And it also counts on two companies, Servicios Integrales Bus & Truck S.A. and Greisi S.L., which are in charge of the maintenance of their own and other buses.
Along with acquisition of De Blas y Cía, Arriva also bought the operators Grupo Esfera and Autocares Fray Escoba, both in Madrid, in 2007. This way, Arriva establishes a staff of 782 and 264 buses in the Community of Madrid.

Statements

According to the Chief Executive of Arriva, David Martin:

“This last acquisition consolidates us in a rising position in the Spanish market”.

“Madrid offers great development opportunities with 13,45% of the Spanish public, a growing demand for public transport and initiatives like the Metrobús, similar to Fastrack which we manage in the British County of Kent”

Images

A bus from the company De Blas y Cía, Arriva operator in the southwest of Madrid covering route 527 between Móstoles and Loranca:

Documents

Download maps and Arriva bus routes Arriva in Mallorca

Arriva — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:00:19 +0000

If you wish, you can discover the main routes of our buses of Autocares Mallorca and Bus Nord on these tourist maps of Mallorca:

Download all the bus timetables of Arriva in Galicia

Arriva — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:29:13 +0000

If you need a bus timetable of Arriva Noroeste handy, here you can download all of the routes we offer in Galicia:

Arriva Noroeste, certificates in Quality and Environment

Arriva — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:21:56 +0000

In Arriva, we work towards a quality and sustainable public transport system. But it is not enough to say so, it has to be demonstrated. Undergoing a Quality and Environment audit is a good way of doing it. Arriva Noroeste has passed this test with flying colours.

Our operator in Galicia has, since May 2008, an ISO 9001 certificate for Quality and another ISO 14001 certificate for Environmental Management.

The Customer Satisfaction and Environmental Management certificates in Arriva Noroeste were presented to the Executive Director of the company, Tony Williamson, by the General Director of Transport of the Xunta de Galicia, Mar Chao, and the assistant to the Trade Department of Bureau Veritas.

Get up to date with Arriva on RSS

Arriva — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:24:29 +0000

When you start using RSS, you won’t stop. You will discover how to multiply what you get out of the Intenet by a factor of 1000. And seriously, it’s not complicated.

Here you can watch a fun and easy to follow video which explains the best way to follow up on contents on the net.

If you wish, there is a RSS channel on the Arriva website. Go to Suscribe and enjoy it.

The influence of Arriva’s Fastrack on the Metrobús of Madrid

Arriva — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:55:54 +0000

In Arriva, we have had the honour of supporting the initiative of the Metrobús in Madrid offering our experience with the Fastrack in Kent, in the United Kingdom.

Our Executive Director in Spain, Tony Williamson, and myself [Javier Fuentes] had the chance of accompanying the Regional Minister for Transport, Mr. Lamela to Kent to explain the characteristics of this bus based public transport system.

Qualities of Fastrack

Here are some of the notes on the Kent Fastrack that were taken during that visit:

New, modern and specialised buses.
Reserved lanes to avoid traffic jams.
Alternative bus routes to avoid other traffic.
Priority at intersections over other vehicles.
New bus stops with amenities for the waiting passengers.
Connections between key destinations.
More frequent services and ample timetable than normal buses.
Contrasted and improved timetables.