Arriva Derby

Arriva Derby
An Arriva bus in the new corporate livery in August 2017
ParentArriva
Founded1996 as Arriva (November 1880 as Derby Tramways Company)
HeadquartersDerby
Service areaDerbyshire
Service typeBus services
HubsDerby bus station
Fleet150 (January 2020)
Chief executiveSimon Mathieson
Websitewww.arrivabus.co.uk/derby/

Arriva Derby[1] is a bus operator in Derby. It is a subsidiary of Arriva Midlands.

History

Derby Corporation liveried Roe bodied Daimler Fleetline in September 1968
Blue Bus Services liveried Northern Counties bodied Leyland Fleetline in 1997
City Rider liveried East Lancs E Type bodied Scania N113DRB in 1997

In March 1880 the Derby Tramways Company commenced operating horse-drawn trams between Market Place and Derby railway station. The Derby Corporation Act of 1899 saw the Derby Corporation take over the tram lines in November 1899. Between 1903 and 1907 the network was extended and electrified.[2]

In May 1917 a battery-powered bus entered service. A second entered service in 1920, but both were replaced with motor buses in 1924. Between January 1932 and July 1934 Derby's trams were replaced by trolleybuses. Motor buses continued to operate alongside the trolleybuses until the network began to be closed in the 1960s with the last running in September 1967.[2]

In December 1973 Derby Corporation purchased Blue Bus Services of Willington.[3] In 1974 Derby Corporation was renamed Derby Borough Transport and in 1977 Derby City Transport when Derby was granted city status. To comply with the Transport Act 1985, in October 1986 the assets of Derby City Transport were transferred to a new legal entity.[1][2]

Following deregulation, Derby City Transport faced competition from Camms of Nottingham[4] and Midland Red.[5] The Blue Bus Services name and livery was applied to the whole fleet.[6]

In July 1994 Derby City Transport was sold to British Bus and rebranded as City Rider with a yellow, red and blue livery adopted.[6] In August 1996 British Bus was purchased by the Cowie Group[2] and again rebranded as Arriva Derby with the corporate aquamarine and cream livery adopted.

Services

Most services depart from Derby Bus Station although some use on street stops around the City Centre [7][8] Service X38 was jointly operated with TrentBarton,[9] however following a dispute, both operators are now competing on the route.[10] Arriva have operated University of Nottingham HopperBuses around Nottingham since September 2018.[11]

Services:

• 1A (Alvaston circular)

• 1B (Alvaston then on to Boulton Moor)

• 1C (Alvaston circular)

• 2 (Derby - Chellaston (then on to West Chellaston or Melbourne and Swaadlincote)

• 2A (Derby - Chellaston Fellowlands Way)

• 4 (Derby - Alvaston then on to Derby Commercial Park)

• 5 (Derby - Littleover circular)

• 5A (Derby - Littleover circular)

• 5S (Derby - Littleover and Sunnyhill circular)

• 6 (Derby - Sinfin Asda via Normanton and Sunnyhill)

• 7 (Derby - Sinfin Asda via Normanton and Oaklands Avenue)

• 8 (Derby - Mackworth Estate)

• 20 (Derby - Chaddesden Roosevelt Avenue)

• 22 (Derby - Oakwood circular)

• 24 (Derby - Oakwood ciruclar)

• 26 (Derby - Oakwood Smalley Drive)

• 38 (Derby - Sinfin Asda then on to Stenson Fields)

• The Wyvern (Derby - Wyvern Business Park

Fleet

As of January 2020 the fleet consisted of 150 buses.[12]

Arriva announced in early 2008 that an order for 59 new buses to update had been placed.[13] Optare Solos, Scania OmniLinks, Scania OmniCitys and Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TLs were purchased.

During 2014, seven Alexander Dennis Enviro400s were ordered in Sapphire specification for service 38 to Sinfin.

During 2019, nineteen Wright StreetLites joined the fleet to help meet clean air targets for buses in Derby city centre.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Companies House extract company no 2362274 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Arriva Derby Limited formerly Derby City Transport Limited
  2. ^ a b c d Derby Corporation Transport 1899 - 1986 Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Peter Gould
  3. ^ Blue Bus Services (Tailby and George) Archived 23 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Stephen Howarth
  4. ^ Companies House extract company no 919886 Radiogates Limited formerly Camms of Nottingham Limited
  5. ^ Companies House extract company no 1556557 Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Foxhound Limited formerly Midland Red (East) Limited
  6. ^ a b Arriva Midlands - In Derby Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Derby Bus Depot
  7. ^ "Arriva Bus". Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  8. ^ Derby networkarrivabus.co.uk Archived 11 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Arriva Bus". Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  10. ^ Deakin, Tim (19 August 2024). "Strong words between Arriva and Trentbarton over X38 competition". routeone. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  11. ^ "New Hopper Bus service - the University of Nottingham". Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  12. ^ Arriva Derby Fleet List Archived 29 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine derbybusdepot.co.uk
  13. ^ New bus routes will provide greater link to Pride Park Derby Telegraph 3 October 2008