RNS Number:8507J
Arriva PLC
09 April 2003

9 April 2003



                                   Arriva plc


                       Repurchase of shares in Arriva plc

Arriva plc announces that on 9 April 2003, it purchased for cancellation 85,000
ordinary shares of Arriva plc at a price of 287.0 pence per share.


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