Arriva Southern Counties

Arriva Southern Counties

A Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer, a type common to Arriva Southern Counties.
Parent	Arriva
Founded	Various
Headquarters	Invicta House Maidstone Kent
Service area	London Surrey West Sussex East Sussex Kent Essex
Service type	Bus
Routes	16 (London Buses) 99 (non-London Buses) Total: 109
Stations	Waterfront Bus Station (replaces Pentagon Bus Station), Sevenoaks Bus Station, and Maidstone Chequers Bus Station
Fleet	Over 700
Fuel type	Diesel
Web site	Arriva bus UK website

A Volvo B7TL in Alexander ALX400 body at Bluewater bus station.

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Arriva Southern Counties is a bus operator in London, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent and Essex in England. It is a regional division of Arriva.

History

The company was originally founded in 1986 when the National Bus Company sold Maidstone & District (M&D) to its management through a holding company called Einkorn. On 14 April 1995, Einkorn Ltd (with M&D, M&D Advertising and New Enterprise) was bought by the British Bus Group^[1], which had bought Kentish Bus (one of the successor companies of London Country Bus Services) the year before and Londonlinks in 1988. British Bus renamed Einkorn Invictaway, and used it as the management services company for all three businesses. Invictaway was previously the name of the Maidstone & District commuter services to London, which were renamed Green Line at the same time.

In July 1996 British Bus was taken over by the Cowie Group, which was renamed Arriva on 1 January 1998. Invictaway was renamed Arriva Southern Counties on 2 April 1998, 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 Kent & Sussex
• Arriva Kent Thameside
• Arriva Medway Towns
• Arriva Guildford & West Surrey
• Arriva Southend

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.

Arriva Colchester was sold in August 2004 to Tellings-Golden Miller, although with Arriva's recent purchase of the Tellings operations, Colchester has now returned to the group. The coaching subsidiary, New Enterprise Coaches (Tonbridge), inherited from Maidstone & District, remains in operation.

The company offices have been based since its founding at "Invicta House" in Maidstone.

Routes

Arriva's bus routes are generally identified by a route number. Many of the routes serve Maidstone, the Medway Towns, or Tunbridge Wells. The routes include:

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Monday to Saturday every 15 minutes, Sundays and Public Holidays half hour.

No.	From	To	Via	Notes
1	Shoeburyness, Renown	Rayleigh rail station	North Shoebury, Thorpe Bay, Bournes Green, Southchurch, Southend, Leigh, Hadleigh, Thundersley	This route is operated with low-floor buses.
4	Southend Travel Centre	Landwick Police Lodge	Southchurch, Bournes Green, North Shoebury, Great Wakering	The 4 does not run on Sundays as service 4A runs instead (see below).
4A	Southend Travel Centre	Landwick Police Lodge or Shoeburyness East Beach	Southchurch, Bournes Green, Great Wakering	The last journey Monday to Saturday, and all Sunday journeys, go to Shoeburyness East Beach as a 4A service instead of Landwick.
5 "Basildon direct"	Southend Travel Centre	Lakeside bus station	Leigh-on-Sea, Hadleigh, Thundersley, New Thundersley, Pitsea, Basildon, Basildon Hospital, Chadwell St Mary, Grays, South Stifford, West Thurrock	One bus every 30 minutes goes to Basildon bus station, whilst one bus every hour goes to Lakeside via Basildon. No service on Sundays.
5	Maidstone	Sandhurst	Linton, Staplehurst, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Hawkhurst	This route previously continued from Hawkhurst to Battle and Hastings.
6/6A	Maidstone	Tunbridge Wells	Paddock Wood, Pembury
6/7	Grain	Hoo School		Schooldays only.
6A	Belfairs, Woodcutters	Leigh rail station	North Leigh	Service operated during peak hours and Tuesdays only.
7	Shoeburyness, Renown	Rayleigh rail station	North Shoebury, Thorpe Bay, Southchurch, Southend, Prittlewell, Southend Hospital, Rochford, Golden Cross, Ashingdon, Hockley	Runs past Shoeburyness Renown to Great Wakering Church and Little Wakering Corner on Mondays to Saturdays. Due to be operated by Low floor buses in August 2009.
7	Maidstone	Tunbridge Wells	Hadlow, Tonbridge
8	Downswood	Maidstone Hospital	Maidstone, Gatland Lane
8	Shoeburyness, Renown	Rayleigh rail station	North Shoebury, Thorpe Bay, Southchurch, Southend, Prittlewell, Southend Hospital, Rochford, Golden Cross, Hawkwell, Hockley	Due to be operated by Low floor buses in August 2009.
8	Maidstone Hospital	Downswood	Barming, Fant, Maidstone, Madingford
9	Shoeburyness, East Beach	Rayleigh rail station	North Shoebury, Cambridge Town, Thorpe Esplanade, Southend, Prittlewell, Nobles Green, Eastwood
9	Maidstone	Bearsted	Vinters Park, Grove Green
9	Allhallows	Hoo School		Schooldays only.
10	Paglesham Eastend, Plough and Sail Pub	Rayleigh High Street	Canewdon, Ashingdon, Lower Hockley, Hullbridge	Service runs on Wednesdays only. (Hail and ride throughout.)
10	High Halstow	Hoo School		Schooldays only.
11	Lower Stoke	Hoo School		Schooldays only.
12	Maidstone	Tenterden	Langley Heath, Sutton Valence, Headcorn, Biddenden	Only Maidstone - Headcorn on Sundays.
13 "...the sutton shuttle..."	Southend Travel Centre	Temple Sutton, Cokefield Avenue	Sutton Road	Smaller Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer II single-decker low-floor buses are used on this service.
13	Maidstone	Kingswood	Leeds	Saturdays only
17	Maidstone	Armstrong Road	Forest Hill
17	Southend Travel Centre	Eastwood, Tesco	Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, Southend Hospital, Prittlewell	Service runs on Thursdays only.
18	Eastwood Woodcutters Pub	Eastwood Woodcutters Pub	Stroud Green, Hawkwell, Hockley, Ashingdon, Golden Cross, Stroud Green	Circular service, runs on Fridays only.
18	Palace Wood/Allington	Grove Green	Mid-Kent Shopping Centre, Maidstone	Mondays to Fridays only.
19	Maidstone	Bearsted	Grove Green	Mondays to Fridays only.
23	Maidstone	Benover	Tovil, East Farleigh, West Farleigh, Yalding
26	Maidstone	Goudhurst	Tovil, Hunton, Yalding, Laddingford, Collier Street, Marden
27	Maidstone	Goudhurst	Loose, Marden	Positioning journeys for route 26.
28	Guildford	Woking	Stoughton, Worplesdon, Pirbright, Brookwood, Knaphill, Goldsworth Park, Horsell
29 "the twenty-nine"	Southend Travel Centre	Belfairs, Belgrave Road	Prittlewell, North Leigh
33	Shoeburyness, Blackgate Road	Southend, Fossets Park	North Shoebury, Bournes Green, Southchurch	Service runs on Mondays only.
34/35	Guildford	Camberley	Woking, Bagshot or Frimley
42	Guildford	Cranleigh	Godaling, Dunsfold
44	Guildford	Cranleigh	Godaling, Dunsfold, Plaistow
44	Lakeside bus station	Grays bus station	Uplands Estate, Garrison Estate, Purfleet, West Thurrock	Service runs on Sundays only, weekday and Saturday service provided by Ensignbus. Operated under contract to Thurrock Council.
50	Horsham	Cranleigh
59	Maidstone	Grafty Green	Boughton Monchelsea, Chart Sutton, Kingswood, Ulcombe	Saturday service operated by Nu-Venture Coaches.
64	Madingford	Cornwallis Academy	Downswood, Loose	Schooldays only.
66	Headcorn	Cornwallis Academy	Grafty Green, Kingswood, Chart Sutton, Boughton Monchelsea	Schooldays only.
66	Romford Station	Leytonstone Station	Little Heath, Newbury Park, Gants Hill, Redbridge, Wanstead	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Grays garage.
70	Borough Green	Maidstone	Wrotham Heath, West Malling, East Malling, Larkfield	Schooldays only.
71 mainline	Maidstone	Lunsford Park/Leybourne Park/Snodland	Allington, Larkfield
72	Maidstone	Kings Hill	Larkfield, West Malling
77	Tunbridge Wells	Kings Hill	Tonbridge, Hadlow	On Sundays, route 77 extends to Maidstone and includes a modified route 72 service.
79 Penenden Heath shuttle	Penenden Heath	Maidstone
82	Maidstone	Parkwood		Some journeys operate to/from Maidstone Hospital. Some journeys operated by Nu-Venture Coaches.
84	Maidstone	Senacre Wood	Shepway
85	Maidstone Hospital	Senacre Wood	Maidstone, Shepway	Some journeys operated by Nu-Venture Coaches.
86	Maidstone Hospital	Senacre Wood	Fant, Maidstone, Shepway
89	Maidstone	Coxheath/East Farleigh	Loose	Some journeys extended to/from Maidstone Hospital. Some journeys operated by Nu-Venture Coaches.
91	Woking	Knaphill	Goldsworth Park	On Sundays extends over route of service 28 to Guildford and evenings to Pirbright.
100	Chatham Rail Station	St. Mary's Island	Dockside Outlet, Universities	Will no longer run on Sundays
101 (the 101)	Maidstone	Gillingham	Chatham	Extends to Twydall via 182 on Monday to Saturday Evenings and Sundays.
105	Renumbered to 185	(was Chatham - Davis Estate)
113	Chatham	Chatham	Gillingham, Darland Estate, Wigmore, Hempstead, Luton	Monday to Saturday only. Hourly.
114	Chatham	Chatham	Luton, Hempstead, Wigmore, Darland Estate, Gillingham	Monday to Saturday only. Hourly
116	Chatham	Hempstead Valley	Gillingham, Wigmore, Parkwood	Via Dockside outlet centre. Monday to Friday every 20 minutes and Saturdays every Half Hourly.
120	Chatham	Rainham, Otterham Park	Chatham Hill	Mondays to Fridays only.
121	Chatham	Rainham, Otterham Park	Gillingham, Medway Maritime Hospital	Mondays to Fridays only
126	Bromley South Station	Eltham	Grove Park, Mottingham	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Dartford garage.
132	Chatham	Hempstead Valley	Chatham, Jezreels, Watling Street, Rainham, Parkwood, Hempstead Valley, Shopping Centre	Medway Mainline Service Up to every 12 minutes
133	Cliffe	Chatham	Cliffe Woods, Strood, Rochester
136	Chatham	Gravesend	Rochester, Strood, Higham, Chalk	Some peak and evening journeys start and finish at Medway Maritime Hospital.
140	Chatham	Marlowe Park	Chatham, Rochester, Strood, Marlowe Park
141	Chatham	Earl Estate	Chatham, Rochester, Strood, Earl Estate
142	Chatham	Blue Bell Hill	Rochester
145	Chatham	Warren Wood	Rochester
147	Tunbridge Wells	West Malling	Southborough, Tonbridge, Hadlow, Mereworth, Kings Hill
150	Lakeside bus station	Basildon bus station	West Thurrock, South Stifford, Grays, Socketts Heath, Stifford Clays, Orsett Hospital, Stanford-le-Hope, Corringham	Service runs on Sundays only. Operated under contract to Thurrock Council.
151	St Mary's Island	Halling	Chatham, Rochester, Strood	Monday to Saturday evenings only
153	Hadlow	Hugh Christie Technology College
155	Maidstone	Chatham	Aylesford, Wouldham, Rochester	Some services terminate at Borstal M2 Bridge, Late night buses have been axed due to funding being withdrawn by KCC
156	Gillingham	Medway Maritime hospital	Queen Mother Court, Rochester Esplanade, Chatham,	Circular Service owned by Medway Council
160	Sidcup	Catford	Queen Mary's Hospital, Chislehurst, New Eltham, Eltham	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Dartford garage.
164	Chatham	White Road Estate	New Sunday Service hourly under contract from Medway Council
165	Chatham	Princes Park	Luton
166	Chatham	Lords Wood	Luton
167	Chatham	Lords Wood	Luton, Princes Park	Monday to Saturday evenings and Sundays only.
172/173	Chatham	Earl Estate	Rochester, Strood, Salters Cross	Nu-Venture Coaches
176	Lower Gillingham	Walderslade	Gillingham, Medway Maritime Hospital, Chatham, Weedswood	Operates between Lower Gillingham and Chatham only and by Nu-Venture Coaches & Arriva on Sundays. Medway Mainline up to every 12 minutes
181	Chatham	Weeds Wood	Luton, Wayfield	Operated by Nu-Venture Coaches on Sundays and extended to Walderslade.
182	Chatham	Twydall	Brompton, Gillingham	Sundays are hourly
184	Chatham	Alexandra Hospital	Weeds Wood, Walderslade	Mondays to Fridays peak times only.
185	Chatham 105 has now been included in this service	Princes Avenue	Davis Estate, Walderslade, Lords Wood	Monday to Friday peak hours only. Services to chatham at 0630 and 0723 from Princes Avenue and from chatham at 1550 and 1700
191	Chatham	Grain	Rochester, Strood, Wainscott Hoo, High Halstow, Allhallows, Lower Stoke	Buses are every 20 mins.
193	Chatham	Cliffe	Rochester, Strood, Hoo, Cliffe Woods	Sundays only.
196	Chatham	Grain	Dockside Outlet, Neptune Estate, Wainscott, Chattenden, Hoo, Allhallows, Lower Stoke	Mondays to Fridays only. One service a day goes to Grain, three go to Hoo and one stops at Medway City Estate, Neptune Estate
197	Gillingham	Lower stoke	Rochester, Borstal, Strood, Upnor, Lodge Hill, Chattenden, Hoo, Upper Stoke, Middle Stoke	Only goes to Borstal once on a Tuesday some buses terminate at Lodge Hill, Some at Upnor and some at Stoke. Circular Service owned by Medway Council
198	Chatham	Medway City Estate	Rochester, Strood, Frindsbury	1 bus at 0659 at Chatham Bus Station Bay 11 to Medway City Estate 1 Bus at 1705 from Medway City Estate to Chatham Bus Station
200	Hildenborough	Hildenborough Station		Monday to Friday peak hours only. Operated by New Enterprise Coaches.
204	Tonbridge	Underriver	Hildenborough	Saturday service only. On Mondays to Fridays operated by Autocar.
207	Horsmonden	Tunbridge Wells, Bennett Memorial School	Yalding, East Peckham, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge	Schooldays only.
210	Tonbridge	Charcott	Hildenborough, Leigh	Saturdays only. On Mondays to Fridays operated by Autocar.
211	Tonbridge, Cottage Hospital	Barden Park	Molescroft Way. Operated by New Enterprise Coaches.
218/219	Tonbridge	Higham Wood	Trench Wood, Willow Lea
220	Addington	Tunbridge Wells, Culverden Down	Ightham, Tonbridge	Schooldays only
221	Vigo	Tunbridge Wells, Culverden Down	Ightham, Tonbridge	Schooldays only
225	Knights Park	Heathfield	Tunbridge Wells, Eridge Green, Crowborough Cross, Mayfield	1 journey on Friday and Saturday nights only.
228	Tunbridge Wells	Crowborough	Showfields, Eridge Green, Boarshead, Crowborough Cross, Jarvis Brook	(clockwise).
229	Tunbridge Wells	Crowborough	Showfields, Eridge Green, Boarshead, Crowborough Cross, Jarvis Brook	(Anti-clockwise).
231/233/237	Tunbridge Wells	Edenbridge	Penshurst, Bough Beech	Service soon to be transferred to Southdown PSV (mid 2010)
233	Swanley	Eltham	Sidcup	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Dartford garage.
234	Tunbridge Wells	Edenbridge	Fordcombe Green, Cowden	Mondays to Fridays only. Other journeys operated by Kent County Council Passenger Services.
256	Noak Hill, Tees Drive	Hornchurch, St. George's Hospital	Harold Wood, Ardleigh Green	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Grays garage.
257	Hawkenbury	Tunbridge Wells, South Park	Culverden Down School, Tunbridge Wells Boys Grammar School	Schooldays only.
267	Hawkhurst	Bennett Memorial School	Benenden, Cranbrook, Goudhurst, Horsmonden, Tonbridge, Southborough	School days only.
277 (The Sherwood Shuttle)	Tunbridge Wells	Sherwood[disambiguation needed ]		Some Monday to Friday morning journeys extended to/from Knights Park.
281 (The Town Centre Bus Link)	High Brooms	Rusthall	Town Centre
286	Sidcup	Greenwich	Avery Hill, Eltham, Kidbrooke, Blackheath	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Dartford garage.
287	Tunbridge Wells	Pembury	Sherwood, North Farm, Knights Park
297	Goudhurst	Tunbridge Wells	Brenchley, Pembury	1 journey Mondays to Fridays only.
306/308	Bluewater	Sevenoaks	Gravesend, Meopham, Vigo, Borough Green	On Sundays operates Bluewater to Vigo only.
327	Chatham	Sittingbourne	Medway Maritime Hospital, Rainham, Upchurch and Lower Halstow,	Operates on Sundays & Public Holidays only
333	Maidstone	Oare	Detling, Sittingbourne, Teynham, Faversham
334	Maidstone	Sheerness	Detling, Sittingbourne, Iwade, The Meads, Minster
336	Leysdown	Maidstone	Warden Bay, Eastchurch, Minster, Milton Regis	Tuesdays and Fridays only.
337	Leysdown	Lakeside[disambiguation needed ]	Warden Bay, Eastchurch, Minster, Milton Regis, Bluewater	Certain Saturdays only.
338	Leysdown	Chatham	Warden Bay, Eastchurch, Minster, Milton Regis	Mondays only.
339	Leysdown	Hempstead Valley	Warden Bay, Eastchurch, Minster, Milton Regis	Thursdays only.
341/351	Sheerness	Sittingbourne	Minster, Iwade, Milton Regis
346	Upminster Station	Upminster Park Estate, Waycross Road	Cranham	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Grays garage.
347	Sittingbourne	Kemsley	Milton Regis, Newman Drive
349	Sittingbourne	Great Easthall	Snipeshill, Murston
352	Rushenden	Sheerness	Queenborough	Schooldays only.
360	Rushenden	Minster	Queenborough, Halfway, Sheerness, Halfway
361	Sheerness	Queensway
362	Rushenden	Leysdown	Queenborough, Halfway, Sheerness, Halfway, Sheppey Hospital, Minster, Eastchurch	Operated by Kent Top Travel on Sundays.
365	Rushenden	Sheerness	Queenborough, Minster College, Halfway	Schooldays only.
366	Leysdown	Sheerness	Eastchurch, Minster, Cheyne Middle School	Schooldays only.
368	Leysdown	Minster, St George's School	Warden Bay, Eastchurch	Schooldays only.
370	Lakeside bus station	Romford Market	Chafford Hundred, South Ockendon, North Ockendon, Corbets Tay, Upminster, Hornchurch, Gidea Park	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Grays garage.
375	Romford	Passingford Bridge	Stapleford Abbotts, Havering-atte-Bower, Collier Row	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Grays garage.
401	Hullbridge, The Anchor Pub	Southend Travel Centre	Rayleigh rail station, Thundersley Woodman's Arms Pub, SEEVIC College, Hadleigh Church	School bus service, runs along part of route 1 once a day in the morning on college days only.
402	Belfairs School	Bournes Green	Leigh Elms, Westcliff Plough, Victoria Circus Queensway, Southchurch White Horse	School bus service, runs along part of route 1 once a day in the afternoon on schooldays only.
402	Tunbridge Wells	Bromley North Station	Tonbridge, Sevenoaks	This route accepts TfL passes between Knockholt Pound and Bromley.
405	West Kingsdown	Sevenoaks	Otford	Wednesdays only.
407	Greensward College, Hockley	Shoeburyness, East Beach	Ashingdon Schools, Golden Cross Post Office, Rochford East Street, Southend Airport Warners Bridge, Hobleythick Lane (for Southend Hospital), Civic Centre Victoria Avenue, Southend Travel Centre, Shoeburyness High School, Asda North Shoebury, Shoeburyness Renown	School bus service, runs along part of route 7 once a day in the afternoon on schooldays only.
408	Thorpe Bay rail station	Shoeburyness, East Beach	Morning: Bournes Green, Southchurch White Horse, Woodgrange Drive Lifstan Way, Southend Travel Centre. Afternoon: Shoeburyness High School, Asda North Shoebury, Shoeburyness Renown	School bus service, runs along part of route 7/8 once a day in the morning (first half) and afternoon (second half) on schooldays only.
408	Swanley	West Kingsdown	Farningham, Eynsford
414	Dartford	Horton Kirby	Wilmington, South Darenth	School journey extended to Wilmington Hall School.
419	Swanley	West Kingsdown	Farningham, Eynsford	School journey extended to Wilmington Hall School.
423	Dartford	New Ash Green	Fleet Estate, Longfield
424	Temple Hill	Wilmington Hall School	Dartford	Schooldays only.
428	Bluewater	Erith	Dartford, Crayford, Slade Green	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Dartford garage.
431	Otford	Kemsing	Dunton Green, Riverhead, Sevenoaks
432	Kemsing	Otford	Sevenoaks, Riverhead, Dunton Green
433	Bluewater	New Ash Green	Darent Valley Hospital, Longfield
452	Sevenoaks	Chipstead	Riverhead	Rail Link (Monday to Friday peak).
453	Dartford	West Dartford	Temple Hill
455	Dartford	Valley Drive	Greenhithe, Swanscombe, Northfleet, Gravesend
477	Bluewater	Orpington	Dartford, Wilmington, Swanley, Crockenhill	This Route accepts TfL passes between Crockenhill, Crouch Farm and Orpington.
480	Valley Drive	Dartford	Denton, Gravesend, Northfleet, Swanscombe, Stone
485	Riverview Park[disambiguation needed ]	Wilmington Hall School	Denton, Gravesend, Northfleet, Swanscombe, Horns Cross, Dartford, Dartford Heath	Schooldays only.
489	Gravesend	New Ash Green	Pepper Hill, Longfield
490	Valley Drive	Darent Valley Hospital	Denton, Gravesend, Northfleet, Swanscombe, Bluewater, Darent Valley Hospital	Peak journeys extended to Dartford.
492	Bluewater	Sidcup	Dartford, Crayford, Bexleyheath, Bexley	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Dartford garage.
495	Pepper Hill	Kings Farm	Painters Ash, Coldharbour, Perry Hill, Gravesend, Christianfields
497	Dartford	Swan Valley Community School/St. George's School	Stone, Horne Cross, Swanscombe	Schooldays only.
498	Bluewater	Kings Farm	Waterdales, Perry Hill, Gravesend, Christianfields
499	Bluewater	Riverview Park[disambiguation needed ]	Coldharbour, Perry Street, Gravesend, Denton
499	Gallows Corner, Tesco	Rush Green, Dagenham Road	Harold Hill, Noak Hill, Romford, Becontree Heath	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Grays garage.
501	Maidstone	London Road [disambiguation needed ]		Park and Ride. Monday to Friday peak hours only.
502	Riverhead	Bennett School	Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Southborough	Schooldays only.
503	Maidstone	Willington Street		Park and Ride.
505	Maidstone	Maidstone Market		Tuesdays only. Maidstone Market Free Bus.
506	Maidstone	Sittingbourne Road		Park and Ride.
522	Seal	Tonbridge, Weald of Kent School	Greatness, Sevenoaks	Schooldays only.
532	Kemsing	Tonbridge, Weald of Kent School	Sevenoaks	Schooldays only.
544	Sevenoaks	Hugh Christie Technology School		Schooldays only.
562	Dunton Green	Weald of Kent School	Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Hildenborough, Tonbridge	Schooldays only.
570	Wrotham	Maidstone	Borough Green, Wrotham Heath, West Malling, East Malling, Larkfield	Schooldays only.
571	Oakwood Park Schools	Snodland	British Legion Village, Larkfield, Lunsford Park	Schooldays only (2 afternoon journeys).
572	Hildenborough	Tonbridge (morning)/Weald of Kent School (afternoon return)	Brook Street	Schooldays only.
572	Kings Hill	Maidstone Boys Grammar School	West Malling, Larkfield, Aylesford, Allington, Maidstone Town Centre	Schooldays only (mornings only).
573	Kings Hill	Invicta Grammar School	West Malling, Larkfield, Aylesford, Allington, Maidstone Town Centre	Schooldays only.
575	Snodland/Kings Hill	Maidstone/Maidstone Grammar School	Lunsford Park, Larkfield, Maidstone Hospital, Barming, Oakwood Park Schools	Schooldays Only (4 morning journeys, 1 afternoon journey).
576	West Malling (morning)/Kings Hill (afternoon)	Vinters Park, Invicta Girls Grammar School/Maidstone	Leybourne, Larkfield, Aylesford, Allington, Maidstone	Schooldays only.
577	Weald of Kent School	Kings Hill	Schooldays Only
582	Tunbridge Wells	Hugh Christie Technology College	Schooldays Only
600	St Marys Island	Chatham	Chatham, Rochester, Thomas Aveloing School, Chatham, St Marys Island
615	Hugh Christie Technology College	Southborough, Cross Keys Schools	Willow Lea, Tonbridge	Schooldays only.
632	This service will no longer run	was Hempstead Valley - Hoo Marina	was schoolday mornings only.
633	Cliffe	Rochester Grammar Schools	Cliffe Woods, Strood, Rochester	Schooldays only.
638	Borstal	Thomas Aveling School		Schooldays only.
647	Iwade	Sittingbourne Community College	Milton Regis, Chalkwell, Sittingbourne, Snipeshill	Schooldays only.
653	Halling	Rochester and Chatham Schools	Cuxton	Schooldays only.
657	Gillingham	Rochester Schools	Parkwood, Hempstead Valley, Lords Wood	Schooldays only.
658	Lords Wood	Rochester Schools	Princes Avenue	Schooldays only.
659	Wigmore, Queens Head	Rochester Schools	Parkwood, Hempstead Valley, Luton, Princes Park	Schooldays only.
660	Walderslade	Rochester Grammar Schools	Lords Wood	Schooldays only.
668	Chalk	Rochester Grammar Schools	Shorne, Higham, Strood, Rochester	Schooldays only.
670	Strood	Thomas Aveling School	Earl Estate, Strood, Rochester Grammar School	Schooldays only.
675	Lords Wood	Chatham	Princes Avenue	Schooldays only.
676	will no longer run For more details click here	Chatham	Lords Wood	Weeds Wood, Walderslade	Schoolday afternoons only.
689	Chatham	Hoo School	Rochester, Strood	Schooldays only.
692	Lower Stoke	Rochester Grammar Schools	Allhallows, Hoo, Strood	Schooldays only.
700	Rainham	Bluewater	Parkwood, Wigmore, Chatham, Rochester, Strood, Earl Estate
701	Luton	Bluewater	Wayfield, Lords Wood, Princes Park, Chatham, Rochester, Strood, Earl Estate
702	Chatham	Wayfield	Weeds Wood, Lords Wood, Princes Avenue, Luton, Chatham	New service starting from the 17/6 For more details please click here
703	Maidstone	Bluewater	Lunsford Park, Snodland
704	will no longer run	was Tunbridge Wells - Tonbridge	Southborough
705	will no longer run	was Tonbridge, Rail Station - Bluewater	Sevenoaks
707	Coxheath	Romford Market	Loose, Park Wood, Maidstone, Larkfield, Snodland, Lakeside Shopping Centre	First Saturday of month only.
796	Chatham	Grain	Dockside Outlet, High Halstow, Allhallows	Much of this service will be axed on the 17th June - 796 now only operates at 1945 only. For more details please click here
A Fastrack	Dartford	Bluewater	Joyce Green, The Bridge, Crossways, Greenhithe
B Fastrack	Dartford, Temple Hill	Gravesend, Garrick Street	Darent Valley Hospital, Bluewater, Ebbsfleet
B12	Joydens Wood	Erith	Bexley, Bexleyheath, Parsonage Manorway	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Dartford garage.
B13	Bexleyheath	New Eltham	Halfway Street, Blendon	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Dartford garage.
B15	Bexleyheath	Horn Park Estate	Welling, Falconwood, Avery Hill, Eltham	Service operated under contract to Transport for London using buses from Dartford garage.

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. The buses are 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 DAF SB120 10.8m/Wright Cadets and 9 DAF SB200 11.8m/Wright Commanders. 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. This leaves no Park & Ride service for South Maidstone for at least 4 years.

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 near Dartford to Gravesend via Dartford. Since November 2007, Route B has connected with Eurostar at the new Ebbsfleet International railway station, and Eurostar passengers are allowed to use the route for free.^[2] On February 11, 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.^[3]

Livery

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 allover 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 and Ride.

Depots

The locations of Arriva Southern Counties's depots and the divisions which operate them are:

• Cranleigh - Arriva Guildford & West Surrey (outstation of Guildford)
• Dartford - Arriva Kent Thameside
• Gillingham - Arriva Medway Towns
• Grays - Arriva Southend
• Guildford - Arriva Guildford & West Surrey
• Maidstone - Arriva Maidstone / Arriva Kent & Sussex / New Enterprise Coaches
• Northfleet - Arriva Kent Thameside
• Sheerness - Arriva Medway Towns
• Southend - Arriva Southend
• Tonbridge - New Enterprise Coaches
• Royal Tunbridge Wells - Arriva Kent & Sussex

Former depots of Arriva Southern Counties were:

• Gatwick (Copthorne) - easyBus (New Enterprise Coaches) (closed 5 December 2009)
• Hawkhurst - Arriva Kent & Sussex (closed on 17 February 2008)
• Horsham - Arriva Guildford & West Surrey (closed on 2 October 2009, operations sold to Metrobus)
• Sittingbourne - Arriva Medway Towns (closed on 2 July 2006)
• Tenterden - Arriva Kent & Sussex (closed on 9 May 2009, following loss of contracts for routes operated)

Dartford and Grays garages are the only Arriva Southern Counties depots which do not have commercial services and only handle services contracted by TfL. Therefore, all the buses in the Dartford and Grays fleets have the London red Arriva livery rather than the traditional cream and aquamarine livery Arriva uses elsewhere in the United Kingdom and other countries.

Commercial routes previously operated from Dartford depot before the change to all TfL services are now operated from the closest depot at Northfleet. Grays depot switched to all TfL services after Arriva Southend withdrew both commercial routes 373 and 383 in the Grays area, partially replacing them by extending service 5 from Southend-on-Sea. Services 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 the closest garage at Southend, where they are now run from.

Dartford garage currently handles TfL routes 126, 160, 233, 286, 428, 492, B12, B13 and B15. Grays garage currently handles TfL routes 66, 256, 346, 370, 375 and 499.

Fleet

There are over 700 vehicles in the Southern Counties fleet. The non low-floor buses are gradually being withdrawn from service. 30 04 reg double decker buses are due to be allocated to southern counties during 2012, as well as 11 Y/X reg double Decker buses to Grays Garage also in 2012. Below is a list of some of the most interesting vehicles, and sole survivors from previous fleets:

• 1450 (GX55 LNF) Optare Solo M920 9.2m (Horsham depot) is a hybrid bus.
• 1455 (YN53 ELU) Optare Solo M850 8.5m (Tunbridge Wells depot) is used for ESCC route 256.
• 3018 (M520 KPA) Dennis Lance SLF 11SDA / Wright Pathfinder 320 (Tunbridge Wells depot) is the only remaining ex-London & Country Lance SLF in the Southern Counties fleet.
• 3045 (F45 ENF) Leyland Lynx LX112L10ZR1R (Tunbridge Wells depot) is the only remaining Lynx, as 3041/3/49/65 (E885/7 KYW, H256 YLG & G45 VME) have all been transferred to the training fleet.
• 3384 (M274 JPA) Dennis Lance SLF 11SDA / Wright Pathfinder 320 (Tunbridge Wells depot) is the only remaining ex-Southend Transport Lance SLF in the South East fleet. 3379 suffered severe fire damage.
• 3730 (LF02 PVA) Volvo B7L / Wright Eclipse (Guildford depot) was the Arriva "Bus of the Future". It was transferred to Arriva Shires & Essex after a short spell at Northfleet depot.
• 3980 (YJ60 GGE) is the first MCV Evolution to operate with Arriva. It also has a new type of chassis for the body, a VDL SB180. It is seen running London route 233.

Double-deck, low-floor

Double-deck, step-entry

Single-deck, low-floor

Arriva Kent and Sussex 3176, (P176 LKL), a Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer SPD, in Maidstone Transport Centenary livery

Single-deck, step-entry

Midibuses, Low-floor

Midibuses, Front-engined

Coaches

A New Enterprise Coaches coach, 2054 (M54 AWW), a Scania K113CRB coach with a Van Hool Alizée HE-II body

See also

• List of bus operators of the United Kingdom
• Chatham Waterfront bus station
• Pentagon bus station

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Arriva Southern Counties

• Arriva bus UK website
• Medway (Towns) Mainline
• The101, Medway - Maidstone (It now redirects to 101 page on Arriva's own site, Not sure if it's temp )
• Maidstone Borough Council's Park & Ride webpage
• The official Fastrack website

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