ArrivaClick explained

ArrivaClick
Parent:Arriva UK Bus
Founded:2017
Service Area:Merseyside
Service Type:Demand responsive transport
Hubs:Liverpool
Watford
Fleet:25 vehicles (Liverpool)[1]
Website:ArrivaClick

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]

History

ArrivaClick was launched in March 2017 in Sittingbourne,[4] with Liverpool becoming the first city to be served by ArrivaClick in 2018.[5]

Operations

Speke

Arriva North West currently operate the ArrivaClick service around the Speke area [6]

Watford

Arriva Click currently operates within Watford and the surrounding area [7]

Ebbsfleet

ArrivaClick launched in the Ebbsfleet area of Kent on 30 November 2020.[8]

Former Operations

Sittingbourne

ArrivaClick in Sittingbourne was operated by Arriva Southern Counties, During November 2019 Arriva replaced the service with a fixed-route service in part of the area.[9]

Liverpool

ArrivaClick began operations in Liverpool city centre and the southern areas of the city during December 2018.[10] however 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[11]

Leicestershire

Arriva Midlands commenced operating ArrivaClick services in partnership with developers of the New Lubbesthorpe housing estate in Leicestershire in April 2019.[12] The Leicestershire operations were scaled back in October 2021 to operate during daytimes only [13]

Arriva Click operations in Leicester ceased on 31 July 2022 with Vectare East Midlands operating a replacement service Novus Direct and Novus Flex from 1 August.[14]

Fleet

ArrivaClick services are operated by Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibuses. As of December 2018, it has a total of 30 vehicles.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arriva Buses Wales and Arriva North West . UK Buses . 25 March 2019.
  2. Web site: About Arriva Click . Arriva . 3 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190703113426/https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/arrivaclick/about-arrivaclick/ . 3 July 2019.
  3. Web site: ArrivaClick on-demand bus service a success . Intelligent Transport . 3 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190703113617/https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-news/65899/arrivaclick-on-demand-bus-service-a-success/ . 3 July 2019 . 8 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Price . Chris . Sittingbourne becomes first town in UK to launch Arriva luxury minibus service ordered using an app . KentOnline . 25 April 2017 . 21 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Dunn . Connor . Arriva launching Uber for buses in Liverpool . Liverpool Echo . 25 June 2018 . Liverpool Echo . 21 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Arriva Bus.
  7. Web site: Arriva Bus.
  8. Web site: Arriva Bus.
  9. Web site: Where you can go in Sittingbourne . https://web.archive.org/web/20190403150718/https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/arrivaclick/about-arrivaclick/where-you-can-go/where-you-can-go-sittingbourne/ . 3 April 2019 . Arriva .
  10. Web site: Where you can go in Liverpool . Arriva UK Bus . 21 December 2018.
  11. Web site: Grimsditch. Lee. 2020-07-30. Arriva Click say they will not be returning to Liverpool. 2020-07-30. liverpoolecho.
  12. Web site: Pegden . Tom . Uber-style bus service being launched in new Lubbesthorpe estate . Leicester Mercury . April 2019 . Leicester Mercury . 9 April 2019.
  13. Web site: Arriva Bus .
  14. Web site: Arriva Bus .

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