RNS Number:3989T
Arriva PLC
17 December 2003

17 December 2003



                                   Arriva plc


                       Repurchase of shares in Arriva plc

Arriva plc announces that on 17 December 2003, it purchased for cancellation
300,000 ordinary shares of Arriva plc at a price of 376.38 pence per share.


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