Development of awarded contracts and the order book
Awarded transport contracts in bus transport
Transport contracts awarded | Term | Volume (million bus km) | |||
p. a. 1) | Total 1) | ||||
| Italy | Friuli Venezia Giulia — Udine (SAF) | 05/2020 – 12/2030 | 20.5 | 205.4 |
| Czech Republic | Prague region and Central Bohemia 2) | 12/2019 – 12/2024 | 34.5 | 172.3 | |
| Spain | Madrid CRTM 2) | 12/2019 – 12/2024 | 23.0 | 115.0 | |
| Czech Republic | Plzen region south | 06/2020 – 06/2030 | 10.0 | 100.1 | |
| Great Britain | London (19 separate lines) 3) | 2 – 5 years | 20.4 | 82.6 | |
| Czech Republic | Plzen region north | 03/2020 – 03/2030 | 8.2 | 81.9 | |
| Slovenia | Regional transport Slovenia 2) | 12/2019 – 12/2021 | 22.5 | 45.0 | |
| Poland | City of Warsaw II | 09/2019 – 12/2026 | 4.0 | 29.0 | |
| Italy | SAB extension 2) | 12/2019 – 12/2021 | 13.4 | 26.8 | |
| Czech Republic | Jesenicko — Olomucky region (North Moravia) | 01/2020 – 01/2030 | 2.2 | 21.9 | |
| Denmark | NT 16 2) and NT 25 | 2 and 10 years | 5.3 | 21.7 | |
| Slovakia | Zilina regional — LIPTOV and ORAVA | 11/2019 – 11/2021 | 10.6 | 21.2 | |
| Czech Republic | City of Prague 2) | 12/2019 – 12/2024 | 3.9 | 19.4 | |
| The Netherlands | Schiphol Coach Airside | 04/2020–11/2024 | 4.5 | 17.9 | |
| Great Britain | Stansted Airport — London and Regional Coach connections (Batch 2) | 02/2020 – 02/2025 | 3.3 | 16.7 | |
| Czech Republic | Kralovehradecky region 2) | 03/2019 – 08/2020 | 6.6 | 8.8 | |
| Czech Republic | Pardubicky region 2) | 12/2019 – 06/2020 | 5.7 | 8.5 | |
| Czech Republic | Pribram city transport | 12/2019 – 12/2029 | 0.8 | 7.8 | |
Other 3) | 1 – 10 years | 6.8 | 27.8 | ||
Total 1) | 206.2 | 1,029.8 | |||
1) Differences due to rounding are possible.
2) Extension of the existing transport contract.
3) Including extensions of existing contracts.
- In Italy, DB Arriva had a ten-year bus contract renewed in November 2019 with an order volume of € 1.16 billion. As a result, DB Arriva will continue to operate 750 buses in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.
- In December 2019, DB Arriva was awarded a new contract to operate bus services in and around Schiphol/Amsterdam airport. In April 2020, DB Arriva will start operating buses between the terminal and the aircraft. In November 2020, DB Arriva will also start operating bus services between the airport’s parking facilities and the terminal.
Awarded transport contracts in rail transport
| Transport contracts awarded (rail) 2019 | Term | Volume (million train km) | |||
p. a. 1) | Total1) | ||||
| Great Britain | CrossCountry 2) | 10/2019 – 10/2020 | 35.0 | 35.0 |
| Czech Republic | Zlin Region – Package B | 12/2019 – 12/2029 | 1.9 | 18.7 | |
| Czech Republic | Liberec — Stara Paka | 12/2019 – 12/2029 | 0.7 | 7.4 | |
| Czech Republic | MoT Trains (R21, R22, R24, R26) | 12/2019 – 12/2022 | 2.0 | 6.0 | |
Total 1) | 39.6 | 67.1 | |||
1) Differences due to rounding are possible.
2) Extension of the existing transport contract.
- DB Arriva was awarded a one-year extension to the CrossCountry contract.
Order book
| Order book in passenger transport as of Dec 31 (€ billion) | 2019 | 2018 | Change | ||
absolute | % | ||||
| DB Arriva | 15.3 | 20.1 | –4.8 | –23.9 |
secured | 8.6 | 9.5 | –0.9 | –9.5 | |
unsecured | 6.7 | 10.6 | –3.9 | –36.8 | |
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.
In the year under review, the order book declined. This was driven by the rail activities, while UK Bus (+3.2%) and Mainland Europe’s bus operations (+3.9%) recorded growth.
The additions from awarded transport contracts won of about € 2.9 billion were offset by disposals – primarily as a result of service rendered – of about € 4.1 billion and changes in assumptions of about € –3.6 billion. The changes in assumptions include the premature Bcessation of Arriva Rail North Franchise, while positive exchange rate effects had the opposite effect.
