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In December of 2001 it was announced that Arriva was going to operate passenger trains on certain lines in Western Jutland.
Århus - Langå - Struer
Thisted - Struer
Struer - Skjern
Århus - Herning
Herning-Skjern-Esbjerg
Esbjerg-Tønder
Before that Arriva was only operating busses in Denmark (20 % of all bus traffic). The decision was met with a certain amount of scepticism, because of reports from the UK about Arriva's bad reputation as a railway operator.
The first Arriva train departed on January 5th 2003 and chaos ensued: Heavy delays, cancellations and busses replacing trains. Many cancellations were due to lack of staff. The rolling stock were MR-trainsets preciously operated by the DSB.
Most have since been replaced by German "Lint"-trainsets from Alstom. There are 29 of these currently running on Danish tracks. Arriva will be keeping some MR-trainsets refurbished in Arriva colours.
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