ArrivaClick

ArrivaClick

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter in Paddock Wood in November 2017
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 however this is due to end in april 2025 ^[6]

Watford

Arriva Click used to operate within Watford and the surrounding area but stopped operations on 31st December 2023 due to low passenger numbers ^[7]

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. ^[8]

Liverpool

ArrivaClick began operations in Liverpool city centre and the southern areas of the city during December 2018. ^[9] 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 ^[10]

Leicestershire

Arriva Midlands commenced operating ArrivaClick services in partnership with developers of the New Lubbesthorpe housing estate in Leicestershire in April 2019. ^[11] The Leicestershire operations were scaled back in October 2021 to operate during daytimes only. ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Ebbsfleet

Arriva Kent Thameside commenced operating ArrivaClick services at Ebbsfleet on 30 November 2020. ArrivaClick operations in Ebbsfleet ceased on 31 December 2024.

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. "About Arriva Click". Arriva. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
3. "ArrivaClick on-demand bus service a success". Intelligent Transport. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
4. Price, Chris (25 April 2017). "Sittingbourne becomes first town in UK to launch Arriva luxury minibus service ordered using an app". KentOnline. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
5. Dunn, Connor (25 June 2018). "Arriva launching Uber for buses in Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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8. "Where you can go in Sittingbourne". Arriva. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019.
9. "Where you can go in Liverpool". Arriva UK Bus. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
10. Grimsditch, Lee (30 July 2020). "Arriva Click say they will not be returning to Liverpool". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
11. Pegden, Tom (April 2019). "Uber-style bus service being launched in new Lubbesthorpe estate". Leicester Mercury. Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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