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Arriva The Shires evolved from the purchase of the Luton, Aylesbury and Hitchin depots of United Counties by Luton & District Transport (LDT) in a management buy-out in 1987. [4] Depots at Watford, High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, Amersham and Slough were acquired with London Country North West in 1990, [ 5 ] although Amersham has since closed ...
In 2017, four Arriva Shires & Essex depots (Milton Keynes, Luton, Aylesbury and High Wycombe), and their routes, were transferred into the management of Arriva Midlands. The vehicles were renumbered in late 2018 and early 2019 to avoid multiple Arriva Midlands vehicles sharing the same fleet numbers. [21]
Arriva North East's route 7 Darlington to Durham [5] Arriva Shires & Essex's route 280 Aylesbury to Oxford [6] In 2014, the brand was extended to 11 more routes with another six scheduled for conversion in late 2015. [7] [8] [9] In 2017, Arriva Sapphire was rebranded with a new logo and livery, in line with the switchover to the new Arriva brand.
As of June 2024, the Arriva Midlands East fleet consists of approximately 170 vehicles. [14] From January 2023, a brand new fleet of 8 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 MMCs and 28 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMCs entered service in Leicester, replacing Optare Versas and 2016 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMCs respectively.
In September 2014, Arriva launched the Max brand for interurban express services. The first services were launched by Arriva North East, which is cited as the creator and home of the brand (alongside jointly managed Arriva Yorkshire), with routes X10 and X11 from Newcastle to Blyth using refurbished double-deck vehicles.
Arriva Southern Counties Limited, [1] trading as Arriva Southern Counties, is a bus operator in Kent, Essex, Hemel Hempstead, and Watford in England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva UK Bus . History
Luton & District was bought in 1994 by British Bus, [18] which, in turn, was purchased by the Cowie Group on 1 August 1996 and rebranded as Arriva the Shires in 1998. [19] [20] [21] Milton Keynes Citybus was acquired by Cambus (a privatised part of Eastern Counties), which was, itself, sold to Stagecoach in 1996.
In August 2010, TGM Group took over the Arriva Shires & Essex services from Harlow garage, with a Network Harlow identity for the local routes (similar to Network Colchester). On 31 May 2014, Tellings-Golden Miller once again became a Transport for London contracted operator when it commenced operating route E10 from its Heathrow depot, the ...