ArrivaClick

ArrivaClick
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter in Paddock Wood in November 2017
ParentArriva UK Bus
Founded2017
Service areaMerseyside
Service typeDemand responsive transport
HubsLiverpool
Watford
Fleet25 vehicles (Liverpool)[1]
WebsiteArrivaClick

ArrivaClick is a demand responsive transport service operated by Arriva UK Bus. Passengers book and pay for journeys via a smartphone app,[2] which then matches passengers traveling between similar points, calculating an ad hoc route to the destinations required.[3]

History

ArrivaClick was launched in March 2017 in Sittingbourne,[4] with Liverpool becoming the first city to be served by ArrivaClick in 2018.[5]

Operations

Speke

Arriva North West currently operate the ArrivaClick service around the Speke area [6]

Watford

Arriva Click used to operate within Watford and the surrounding area but stopped operations on 31st December 2023 due to low passenger numbers [7]

Former Operations

Sittingbourne

ArrivaClick in Sittingbourne was operated by Arriva Southern Counties, During November 2019 Arriva replaced the service with a fixed-route service in part of the area.[8]

Liverpool

ArrivaClick began operations in Liverpool city centre and the southern areas of the city during December 2018.[9] however in July 2020, Arriva announced that it would not be returning its operations to Liverpool after suspending services in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10]

Leicestershire

Arriva Midlands commenced operating ArrivaClick services in partnership with developers of the New Lubbesthorpe housing estate in Leicestershire in April 2019.[11] The Leicestershire operations were scaled back in October 2021 to operate during daytimes only.[12]

Arriva Click operations in Leicester ceased on 31 July 2022 with Vectare East Midlands operating a replacement service Novus Direct and Novus Flex from 1 August.[13]

Ebbsfleet

Arriva Kent Thameside commenced operating ArrivaClick services at Ebbsfleet on 30 November 2020. ArrivaClick operations in Ebbsfleet ceased on 31 December 2024.

Fleet

ArrivaClick services are operated by Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibuses. As of December 2018, it has a total of 30 vehicles.

References

  1. ^ "Arriva Buses Wales and Arriva North West" (PDF). UK Buses. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. ^ "About Arriva Click". Arriva. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. ^ "ArrivaClick on-demand bus service a success". Intelligent Transport. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. ^ Price, Chris (25 April 2017). "Sittingbourne becomes first town in UK to launch Arriva luxury minibus service ordered using an app". KentOnline. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  5. ^ Dunn, Connor (25 June 2018). "Arriva launching Uber for buses in Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Arriva Bus".
  7. ^ "Arriva Bus".
  8. ^ "Where you can go in Sittingbourne". Arriva. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Where you can go in Liverpool". Arriva UK Bus. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  10. ^ Grimsditch, Lee (30 July 2020). "Arriva Click say they will not be returning to Liverpool". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  11. ^ Pegden, Tom (April 2019). "Uber-style bus service being launched in new Lubbesthorpe estate". Leicester Mercury. Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Arriva Bus".
  13. ^ "Arriva Bus".