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The effort simplified routes, increased bus frequency, connected more locations, and reduced bus congestion in downtown Columbus. The redesign doubled the agency's number of frequent lines and significantly increased weekend service. [58] [59] COTA began its CMAX service, the first bus rapid transit service in Columbus, on January 1, 2018. [60]
In 1996, British Bus was bought by the Cowie Group. [7] [8] In November 1997 Cowie was rebranded as Arriva with North Western becoming Arriva North West in 1998. In February 2000, Arriva North West purchased MTL Trust Holdings, which created a larger presence in the Merseyside area and more than doubled the size of the company.
Merseybus was a bus operator running bus and coach services predominantly in and around Merseyside, England.Based at Edge Lane, Liverpool, Merseybus was formed as an "arm's length" operation of the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (Merseyside PTE) out of its bus operations following bus deregulation in Great Britain and was later sold to Merseybus management and staff in a £5.9 ...
As of September 2024, the two largest bus operators within the boundaries of the Liverpool City Region are Arriva Merseyside, who purchased MTL Trust Holdings in 2000, and Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire, who purchased Gillmoss-based Glenvale Transport in 2005. A small number of independently-owned bus operators, such as Aintree ...
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]
Operation Overdrive is the name of a series of improvement programmes carried out by Arriva in their UK bus operations. The original Operation Overdrive was done by Arriva Southern Counties in the Medway Towns in 2004, with further operations occurring in Maidstone (), Merseyside, Leicestershire, County Durham, and Southend-on-Sea ().
Stagecoach Merseyside was formed in July 2005 with the acquisition of Glenvale Transport, which in turn had initially been formed by ex-MTL managers bidding for the company, following a Competition Commission ruling that Arriva Merseyside must sell their newly acquired Gillmoss depot to preserve competition between bus operators within the ...
Arriva North West and Wales was a division of Arriva that operated bus services around North West England and Wales.It was made up from several previous bus operators, including North Western (in Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire), most of MTL North (formerly Merseybus), the Bee Line Buzz Company (in Greater Manchester), and most of what was once Crosville Motor Services (in Cheshire and Wales).