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As well as this, many vehicles operating under different schemes run in different liveries, for example [[Fastrack]] and Maidstone Park & Ride. |
As well as this, many vehicles operating under different schemes run in different liveries, for example [[Fastrack]] and Maidstone Park & Ride. |
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==Depots== |
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[[File:Arriva_bus_depot,_Dartford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2277983.jpg|thumb|[[Dartford]] depot in February 2011]] |
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[[File:Arriva_Guildford_%26_West_Surrey_3942_GK52_YVG_and_3944_GK52_YVL.JPG|thumb|[[Guildford]] depot in January 2009]] |
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[[File:Arriva_Kent_%26_Sussex_Tunbridge_Wells_depot_2.JPG|thumb|[[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] depot in April 2009]] |
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The locations of Arriva Southern Counties's depots and the divisions which operate them are: |
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*[[Dartford]] - Arriva Kent Thameside |
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*[[Grays]] - Arriva Southend |
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*[[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]] - Arriva Medway Towns |
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*[[Guildford]] - Arriva Guildford & West Surrey |
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*[[Maidstone]] - Arriva Kent & Sussex / Arriva Maidstone / New Enterprise Coaches |
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*[[Northfleet]] - Arriva Kent Thameside |
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*[[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] - Arriva Kent & Sussex |
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*[[Sheerness]] - Arriva Medway Towns |
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*[[Southend]] - Arriva Southend |
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*[[Tonbridge]] - New Enterprise Coaches |
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Former depots of Arriva Southern Counties were: |
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*[[Cranleigh]] - Arriva Guildford & West Surrey (outstation of Guildford) (closed 2011) |
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*[[Gatwick]] (Copthorne) - [[easyBus]] (New Enterprise Coaches) (closed 5 December 2009) |
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*[[Hawkhurst]] - Arriva Kent & Sussex (closed 17 February 2008) |
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*[[Horsham]] - Arriva Guildford & West Surrey (closed 2 October 2009, operations sold to [[Metrobus (South East England)|Metrobus]])<ref name=busandcoach3Sep09/> |
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*[[Sittingbourne]] - Arriva Medway Towns (closed 2 July 2006) |
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*[[Tenterden]] - Arriva Kent & Sussex (closed 9 May 2009, following loss of contracts for routes operated) |
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Dartford and Grays garages are the only Arriva Southern Counties depots which do not have commercial services and only handle services operated under contract to [[Transport for London]] with all buses painted in red Arriva livery. |
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Commercial routes previously operated from Dartford depot before it became an all Transport for London depot were transferred to Northfleet. Grays depot switched to all Transport for London services after Arriva Southend withdrew both commercial routes 373 and 383 in the Grays area, partially replacing them by extending route 5 from [[Southend-on-Sea]]. Routes 44 and 150, the remaining services in the Grays area, are operated under contract to [[Thurrock Council]]. The buses used for these routes were transferred to Southend. |
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Dartford garage operates London routes [[London Buses route 160|160]], [[London Buses route 286|286]], [[London Buses route 428|428]], [[London Buses route 492|492]], [[London Buses route B12|B12]], [[London Buses route B13|B13]] and [[London Buses route B15|B15]]. Grays garage operates London routes [[London Buses route 66|66]], [[London Buses route 256|256]], [[London Buses route 346|346]], [[London Buses route 370|370]], [[London Buses route 375|375]] and [[London Buses route 499|499]]. |
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==Fleet== |
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===Bus types in use=== |
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[[File:Arriva_Guildford_%26_West_Surrey_3981_GN07_AUY_2.JPG|thumb|right|Arriva Guildford & West Surrey [[Transport for London]] liveried [[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] in [[Dorking]] in July 2009]] |
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[[File:Arriva_Guildford_%26_West_Surrey_3733_GN54_MYR.JPG|thumb|right|Arriva Guildford & West Sussex [[Wright Eclipse]] bodied [[Volvo B7TL]] in [[Guildford]] [[park & ride]] livery in September 2009]] |
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[[File:Arriva_Kent_%26_Sussex_5928.JPG|thumb|right|Arriva Kent & Sussex [[Northern Counties Palatine]] bodied [[Volvo Olympian]] in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] in April 2009]] |
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[[File:Arriva_Kent_%26_Sussex_1503_3.JPG|thumb|right|Arriva Kent & Sussex [[Optare Solo SR]] in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] in April 2009]] |
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[[File:Arriva Kent Thameside 1623 GN05 AOC.JPG|thumb|right|Arriva Kent Thameside [[Plaxton Pointer]] bodied [[Dennis Dart|Dennis Dart SLF]] in [[Sevenoaks]] in June 2009]] |
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====Double Decker==== |
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*[[Alexander Dennis Enviro400]] |
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*[[Dennis Trident 2]]/[[Alexander ALX400]] (10.5m) |
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*DAF DB250LF/[[Alexander ALX400]] (10.2m) |
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*[[VDL DB250|DAF DB250LF]]/*[[Wright Pulsar Gemini]] |
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*[[VDL DB250]]/[[East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander]] |
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*[[Volvo B5L]] Hybrid/*[[Wright Eclipse Gemini 2]] |
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*[[Volvo B7TL]]/[[Alexander ALX400|TransBus ALX400]] (10m) |
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*[[Volvo B7TL]]/[[Alexander ALX400|TransBus ALX400]] (10.6m) |
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*[[Leyland Olympian]]/[[Walter Alexander Coachbuilders#Double-deck buses|Alexander RL]] |
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*[[Dennis Arrow]]/[[East Lancs Pyoneer]] |
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*Leyland Olympian/[[Leyland Bus|Leyland]] |
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*[[Volvo Olympian]]/[[Northern Counties Palatine]] II |
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*Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine |
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*Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine |
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*DAF DB250/Northern Counties Palatine II |
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*[[Volvo B10M|Volvo Citybus]] B10M-50/Northern Counties Palatine |
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====Single Decker==== |
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*[[Dennis Dart#Low-floor Dart SLF|Dennis Dart SLF]]/[[Plaxton Pointer]] |
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*Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 |
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*Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer SPD |
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*Dennis Dart SLF/[[East Lancs Spryte]] |
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*[[VDL SB120|DAF SB120]]/[[Wright Cadet]] |
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*[[VDL SB120]]/|Wright Cadet |
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*[[DAF SB200]]/[[Wright Cadet]] |
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*[[VDL SB200]]/[[Wright Commander]] |
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*[[VDL SB200]]/[[Wright Pulsar]] |
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*[[DAF SB220]]/[[Plaxton Prestige]] |
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*[[Scania AB|Scania]] L113CRL/[[Wright Axcess-Ultralow]] |
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*[[Volvo B7RLE]]/[[Wright Eclipse|Wright Eclipse Urban]] |
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*[[Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro]] Integral |
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*[[Dennis Lance]] SLF/[[Wright Pathfinder|Wright Pathfinder 320]] |
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*[[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] |
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*[[Optare Versa]] |
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*[[Wright StreetLite]] |
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*[[Dennis Dart]]/*[[Plaxton Pointer]] |
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*Dennis Dart/[[East Lancs EL2000]] |
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*Dennis Dart/*[[Northern Counties Paladin]] |
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*[[Dennis Lance]]/East Lancs EL2000 |
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*[[Volvo B6]]/|Plaxton Pointer |
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*[[Optare Solo]] |
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*[[Optare Solo#SR|Optare Solo SR]] |
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*[[Dennis Dart]] SLF (8.8m)/Plaxton Pointer MPD |
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*[[Dennis Dart#Low-floor Dart SLF|TransBus Dart SLF]] (8.8m)/TransBus Pointer MPD |
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*[[Dennis Dart#Low-floor Dart SLF|Alexander Dennis Dart SLF]] (8.8m)/Alexander Dennis Pointer MPD |
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*[[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] (8.9m)/ADL Enviro200Dart |
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*[[Mercedes-Benz Vario]]/[[Plaxton Beaver]] 2 |
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*[[Mercedes-Benz Sprinter]] 515CDi/Optare Soroco |
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*[[Mercedes-Benz T2|Mercedes-Benz 711D/811D]]/[[Plaxton Beaver]] |
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*[[Optare MetroRider]] MR15/17/*[[Optare]] |
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*DAF SB3000/Ikarus Blue Danube 320 |
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*DAF SB3000/Ikarus Blue Danube 350 |
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*DAF SB3000/[[Plaxton Prima]] Interurban |
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*DAF SB3000/Van Hool Alizée T8 |
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*DAF SB3000/Van Hool Alizée T9 |
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*Transbus Javelin/*[[Plaxton Profile]] |
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*Volvo B10M-62/[[Caetano Enigma]] |
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*Volvo B7R |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 19:12, 15 November 2013
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Parent | Arriva |
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Founded | November 1986 |
Headquarters | Maidstone |
Service area | East Sussex Essex Greater London Kent Surrey West Sussex |
Service type | Bus services |
Depots | 10 |
Fleet | over 700 |
Operator | Arriva Guildford & West Surrey Arriva Kent & Sussex Arriva Kent Thameside Arriva Medway Towns Arriva Southend |
Website | www.arrivabus.co.uk |
Arriva Southern Counties[1] is a bus operator in London, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent and Essex in England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva.
History
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In November 1986 the National Bus Company sold Maidstone & District in a management buyout to Einkorn Limited.[1] In June 1988 New Enterprise Coaches of Tonbridge was purchased, followed in December 1991 by four buses and their associated Kent County Council services from Shearings, and in June 1992 Boro'line Maidstone.[2][3][4]
In 1990 British Bus purchased the Cranleigh, Guildford and Woking based operations of Alder Valley followed in 1993 by Colchester Borough Transport and Southend Transport.[4]
In April 1995 Einkorn was sold to British Bus,[5] which had purchased Kentish Bus in July 1994 and Londonlinks in 1988. In August 1995 Einkorn was renamed Invictaway.[1] Invictaway was previously the name of the Maidstone & District commuter services to London, which were renamed Green Line at the same time.[4]
In July 1996 British Bus was taken over by the The Cowie Group.[6][7] Invictaway was renamed Arriva Southern Counties in April 1998,[1] and Arriva transferred London & Country (also owned by British Bus) to it. The subsidiary operating companies therefore became:
- Maidstone & District:
- Mainly became Arriva Kent & Sussex
- Medway area became Arriva Medway Towns
- Kentish Bus:
- Mainly became Arriva Kent Thameside
- Partly became Arriva Kent & Sussex
- London & Country:
- Became Arriva Guildford & West Surrey
- LondonLinks:
- Became Arriva Croydon & North Surrey
Current operations in the South East area are:
- Arriva Guildford & West Surrey[8]
- Arriva Kent & Sussex[9]
- Arriva Kent Thameside[10]
- Arriva Medway Towns[11]
- Arriva Southend[12]
Many reorganisations of Arriva operations in South East England have followed since and today the company also controls Arriva Guildford & West Surrey, Arriva West Sussex, and Arriva Southend. The Croydon & North Surrey subsidiary was largely transferred to Arriva London.
In August 2004 Arriva Colchester was sold to Tellings-Golden Miller, although with the December 2007 sale of Tellings-Golden Miller, Colchester is once again owned by Arriva, albeit not under the control of Arriva Southern Counties.[13][14] In October 2009 the Horsham depot and routes were sold to Metrobus with 19 buses.[15]
The coach subsidiary, New Enterprise Coaches of Tonbridge, inherited from Maidstone & District continues to trade under its own brand.[16]
Operation Overdrive
The Medway Towns network was upgraded in a £10 million investment marketed as Operation Overdrive.
Maidstone Park & Ride
Arriva also operates Maidstone park & ride under contract to Maidstone Borough Council.[17] The buses are painted yellow with a green stripe swooping down from the top of the back of the bus to the bottom of the front. The fleet comprises two Wright Cadet bodied DAF SB120s and nine Wright Commander bodied DAF SB200s. In September 2007 the Coombe Quarry Park & Ride site (route 504) was closed due to apparent budget difficulties. As a result, some of the buses were absorbed into the main fleet.
Fastrack
Arriva Southern Counties operate the Fastrack busway scheme in the Thames Gateway area of Kent on behalf of the Kent County Council and Prologis. This network currently consists of two routes: Route A runs between Dartford and the Bluewater Shopping Centre, while Route B runs from Temple Hill to Gravesend via Dartford. Since November 2007, Route B has connected with the Eurostar at Ebbsfleet International railway station, and Eurostar passengers are allowed to use the route for free. On 11 February 2008, Arriva started a new "m-tickets" scheme, where passengers are able to pay for bus tickets using their mobile phones. Initially, this will only be available on Route B, but if successful could be extended to other Fastrack routes and possibly even conventional Arriva bus routes.[18]
Livery
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/New_Arriva_bus_in_Chatham_Bus_Interchange_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2771819.jpg/220px-New_Arriva_bus_in_Chatham_Bus_Interchange_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2771819.jpg)
The main corporate Arriva livery is aquamarine for the body, with a cream "swoop" at the front and a white separator line in between, blue Arriva "circles" logos, and a thin yellow line at skirt level. There are many variations of the livery, such as:
- Interurban livery – Aquamarine, with dark blue band to skirt level and cream "cow-horns" (a thined version of the champagne "swoop").
- London livery - The original London livery was red, with champagne "cow-horns" as in the interurban livery, orange Arriva "circles" logo and a thin yellow line at skirt level. The new London livery is completely red, with the thin yellow line at skirt level and the Arriva "circles" in plain white.
- Bluewater livery - No longer used, the Bluewater livery was all over blue, with a water shimmer effect. The services using this livery were replaced by Fastrack in 2006.
As well as this, many vehicles operating under different schemes run in different liveries, for example Fastrack and Maidstone Park & Ride.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Companies House extract company no 2031405 Arriva Southern Counties Limited formerly Invictaway Limited formerly Einkorn Limited
- ^ The supply of bus services in Mid and West Kent Monopolies & Mergers Commission August 1993
- ^ Maidstone & District Motor Services M Dek Bus Club
- ^ a b c History - South East Arriva
- ^ Competition Commission report (1997)|Competition Commission
- ^ Cowie Group plc and British Bus Group Limited: A report on the merger situation Competition Commission 31 October 1996
- ^ Midland Red History: Timeline Menu MidlandRed.net
- ^ Companies House extract company no 2536462 Arriva Guildford & West Surrey Limited formerly Guildford & West Surrey Buses Limited
- ^ Companies House extract company no 114841 Arriva Kent & Surrey Limited formerly Arriva Kent & Sussex Limited formerly The Maidstone & District Motor Services Limited
- ^ Companies House extract company no 2005266 Arriva Kent Thameside Limited formerly Kentish Bus & Coach Limited formerly London Country Bus (South East) Limited
- ^ Companies House extract company no 3943257 Arriva Medway Towns Limited
- ^ Companies House extract company no 1992873 Arriva Southend Limited formerly Southend Transport Limited
- ^ Arriva to acquire Tellings busandcoach.com 20 December 2007
- ^ Arriva plc offer for TGM Group plc Arriva 20 December 2007
- ^ Go-Ahead to acquire Arriva's Horsham Bus busandcoach.com 3 September 2009
- ^ Welcome to New Enterprise Coaches New Enterprise Coaches
- ^ Maidstone Quality Bus Partnership Kent County Council
- ^ "Arriva Mobile ticketing: m-tickets". Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
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