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]

ArrivaClick
ParentArriva UK Bus
Founded2017
Service areaMerseyside
Service typeDemand responsive transport
HubsLiverpool
Watford
Fleet25 vehicles (Liverpool)[1]
WebsiteArrivaClick

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 in 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.

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