Arriva Southern Counties

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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.

Arriva Southern Counties
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Arriva Medway Towns Wright StreetLite at Chatham Waterfront bus station in January 2012
ParentArriva UK Bus
FoundedNovember 1986
HeadquartersMaidstone
Service areaEast Sussex
Essex
Kent
Surrey
West Sussex
Service typeBus services
Depot(s)8
Fleet900+
OperatorArriva Guildford & West Surrey
Arriva Kent & Sussex
Arriva Kent Thameside
Arriva Medway Towns
Arriva Southend
Web sitewww.arrivabus.co.uk

Divisions

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

References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Companies House extract company no 3943257 Archived 10 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Arriva Medway Towns Limited
  4. Companies House extract company no 1992873 Archived 13 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine Arriva Southend Limited formerly Southend Transport Limited
  5. 5.0 5.1 Peat, Chris (10 September 2014). "Arriva launches premium Sapphire service on 101". Bus&Coachbuyer. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  6. "Arriva Sapphire - 101 Timetable". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  7. 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.
  8. "Arriva Sapphire - 480/490 Timetable". Retrieved 10 December 2014.

Other websites

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