ArrivaClick

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ArrivaClick
RA66WCO Arriva Click Hop Farm Paddock Wood.jpg
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter in Paddock Wood in November 2017
ParentArriva UK Bus
Founded2017
Service areaLeicester
Merseyside
Service typeDemand responsive transport
HubsLiverpool
Leicester
Fleet25 vehicles (Liverpool)[1]
5 vehicles (Leicester)[2]
WebsiteArrivaClick

ArrivaClick is a demand responsive transport service operated by Arriva UK Bus. Passengers book and pay for journeys via a smartphone app,[3] which then matches passengers traveling between similar points, calculating an ad hoc route to the destinations required.[4]

History[]

ArrivaClick was launched in March 2017 in Sittingbourne,[5] with Liverpool becoming the first city to be served by ArrivaClick in 2018.[6]

Operations[]

Liverpool[]

Arriva North West operated ArrivaClick in Liverpool,[7] with services operating from their Birkenhead, Green Lane and Speke depots.

In December 2018, ArrivaClick began operations in Liverpool city centre and the southern areas of the city.[8]

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[9]

New Lubbesthorpe[]

Arriva Midlands commenced operating ArrivaClick services in New Lubbesthorpe, Leicestershire on 29 April 2019.[10]

Sittingbourne[]

ArrivaClick in Sittingbourne is operated by Arriva Southern Counties. As well as operating around the town, it also serves the Kent Science Park.[11] The Sittingbourne trial ended in November 2019 and was replaced by a fixed-route service in part of the area.[12]

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. ^ "Arriva Midlands" (PDF). UK Buses. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ^ "About Arriva Click". Arriva. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. ^ "ArrivaClick on-demand bus service a success". Intelligent Transport. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. ^ Price, Chris. "Sittingbourne becomes first town in UK to launch Arriva luxury minibus service ordered using an app". KentOnline. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. ^ Dunn, Connor. "Arriva launching Uber for buses in Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Liverpool is the first city to take advantage of ArrivaClick". Arriva UK Bus. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Where you can go in Liverpool". Arriva UK Bus. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  9. ^ Grimsditch, Lee (2020-07-30). "Arriva Click say they will not be returning to Liverpool". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  10. ^ Pegden, Tom (April 2019). "Uber-style bus service being launched in new Lubbesthorpe estate". Leicester Mercury. Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Where you can go in Sittingbourne". Arriva UK Bus. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Where you can go in Sittingbourne". Arriva. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019.
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