RNS Number:5791T
Arriva PLC
22 December 2003

22 December 2003



                                   Arriva plc


                       Repurchase of shares in Arriva plc

Arriva plc announces that on 22 December 2003, it purchased for cancellation
600,000 ordinary shares of Arriva plc at a price of 374 pence per share.


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