Arriva Southern Counties
Arriva Southern Counties is a bus company. It operates services in East Sussex, Essex, Kent, Surrey and West Sussex. It is a division of Arriva.
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2771819.jpg) Arriva Medway Towns Wright StreetLite at Chatham Waterfront bus station in January 2012 | |
| Parent | Arriva UK Bus |
|---|---|
| Founded | November 1986 |
| Headquarters | Maidstone |
| Service area | East Sussex Essex Kent Surrey West Sussex |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Depot(s) | 8 |
| Fleet | 900+ |
| Operator | Arriva Guildford & West Surrey Arriva Kent & Sussex Arriva Kent Thameside Arriva Medway Towns Arriva Southend |
| Web site | www.arrivabus.co.uk |
Divisions
- Arriva Kent & Sussex[1] operates in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells. Buses go to Chequers bus station, Tenterden, Snodland, Tonbridge, High Brooms and Kings Hill.
- Arriva Kent Thameside[2] operates in Dartford. Buses go to Bluewater shopping centre, Dartford, Orpington, Greenhithe, Gravesend.
Fastrack bus in Dartford in August 2015
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- Arriva Kent Thameside operates two Fastrack services, The buses serve Route A from Dartford to Bluewater Shopping Centre, and Route B from Temple Hill to Gravesend.
- Arriva Medway Towns[3] operates in the Medway Towns and parts of Kent. Buses go to the Medway Towns, Bluewater shopping centre and Gravesend.
- Arriva Southend[4] operates in Essex. Buses go to Southend-On-Sea, Rochford and Hadleigh.
- Arriva Colchester operates in Colchester. Buses go to Greenstead, Monkwick and run a Park and Ride service.
Arriva Sapphire
Arriva Southern Counties operates two Sapphire routes in Kent, These buses have luxury seats, free WIFI, charging points (to charge a laptop or phone), display screens to show what stops are next and CCTV screens,
The buses serve route 101 from Gillingham to Maidstone [5][6] and routes 480 and 490 from Valley Drive to Dartford.[7][8] The buses used are Alexander Dennis Enviro400[5] and Wright StreetLite. The buses are painted light blue and dark blue.
Arriva Southern Counties Media
Northern Counties bodied Volvo Olympian in Royal Tunbridge Wells in April 2009
New Enterprise Coaches Scania K113CRB coach in September 2004
Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL in Hadlow in February 2022
Wright Streetlite on Sapphire 490 at Bluewater Bus Station in December 2014
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC in Maidstone Park & Ride livery in September 2020
Fastrack liveried Wright Streetlite at Bluewater in August 2015
Alexander ALX400 bodied Volvo B7TL in Tunbridge Wells in December 2009
Northern Counties bodied Volvo Citybus in the schoolbus livery in Cliffe in August 2009
Transport for London liveried Alexander Dennis Enviro200 in Dorking in July 2009
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References
- ↑ Companies House extract company no 114841 Archived 10 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Arriva Kent & Surrey Limited formerly Arriva Kent & Sussex Limited formerly The Maidstone & District Motor Services Limited
- ↑ Companies House extract company no 2005266 Archived 10 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Arriva Kent Thameside Limited formerly Kentish Bus & Coach Limited formerly London Country Bus (South East) Limited
- ↑ Companies House extract company no 3943257 Archived 10 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Arriva Medway Towns Limited
- ↑ Companies House extract company no 1992873 Archived 13 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine Arriva Southend Limited formerly Southend Transport Limited
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Peat, Chris (10 September 2014). "Arriva launches premium Sapphire service on 101". Bus&Coachbuyer. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "Arriva Sapphire - 101 Timetable". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ Matthews, Alex (3 October 2014). "Arriva invest more than £2 million on 490 and 480 buses running in Gravesend and Dartford". KentOnline. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "Arriva Sapphire - 480/490 Timetable". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
Other websites
Media related to Arriva Southern Counties at Wikimedia Commons
