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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.
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.
Merseytravel acts as the responsible authority for the planning and commissioning of local bus services in Liverpool and throughout the wider Merseyside area. [4] Currently, Arriva and Stagecoach provide the vast majority of local bus services within the city, with a number of smaller operators providing specific routes where there is a defined public need. [5]
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 ...
Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire's Gold network was launched in November 2015, following the delivery of eighteen Alexander Dennis Enviro300s for use on services 1 and 2 between Liverpool, Wirral and Chester, as well as a fleet of 24 Alexander Dennis Enviro400-bodied Scania N230UD double-decker buses delivered for service 125 between ...
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 ...
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 ...
MTL Trust Holdings was an English bus, coach and train operator based in Liverpool, Merseyside.MTL was originally part of the MPTE.To comply with the Transport Act 1985, the bus operations were divested into a new independent company, Merseyside Transport Limited (MTL).