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Arriva now runs around 100 buses in the city of Derby from the Ascot Drive depot. In 1924 Derby Corporation began operating local buses in Derby. Daimler was the main provider of vehicles at this time ranging from the COG5s to the Fleetline. The buses carried a Green and cream livery. Trolley buses played a big part too. Some model buses have been produced, and many vehicle from this era have been preserved and are stored at various locations around the country.

The company became Derby City Transport. The livery changed to Blue and cream. There was a lot of competition around the late 80s and early 90s when Camms of Nottingham and Midland Red began to compete with the council owned company. Camms mainly ran a fleet of worn out buses, such as older versions of the Fleetline and some coaches. Some of these were found to be unroadworthy when checked, as were some of the DCT example during the period of fierce competition. Camms cheap fares often temped passengers to "Catcha Camms".

Mercian Midland Red also gained passengers in this way, often running free services for a week to attract custom, hoping that paying passengers would return again the following week. Unlike camms they ran a fleet of what were often described as breadvans. Camms was later taken over by Dunn Line in 1999.The competition ceased to be and the name changed to Blue Bus Services, with this name appearing on a similar livery.

At this time many vehicles still carried the Derby City Transport name and some were even painted into the camms livery as this attracted passengers. Volvo Citybuses, as-well as Fleetlines and Ailsas, made up the double deck fleet. Scania K92s with Alexander bodywork made up the single deck fleet, alongside a variety of mini buses including the short lived Optares. When the cowie group, now Arriva, took over in the 1990's, yet another name change was in store. This time it was to be City Rider. The blue City Rider name accompanied with the logo of a compass was put on a background of bright yellow with a blue stripe at the bottom and a red one at the top. Some new Darts and Olympians were introduced into the fleet, and a number of routes and times were revised quite drastically. A promise was also made that no mini buses would be over 5 years old, something that has not been kept to this day.

The Corporate image has led to most of the present fleet being in the well known Arriva livery. However at the time this was beginning to be introduced, Arriva Derby had vehicles not only in the City Rider livery, but also in the Derby City Transport and Blue Bus liveries. There was a great variety. Older vehicles such as some of the Ailsas and some of the Fleetlines were withdrawn, being sold or scrapped. more Citybuses were brought in from London, newer Scanias (L113s). Mini Pointer Darts, and standard Alexander bodied Darts arrived, introducing SLFs to the fleet. A Leyland National Greenway, previously a trainer bus, made a comeback for about a year, being used regularly before being sent to Fox County (Leicester) in 2001. Recent years have seen the withdrawal of more Fleetlines, Scanias and the last remaining Ailsas. in the march 2008 arriva derby made announcement to the media and the said:Derby bus travelers are set for a huge boost later this month when Arriva Midlands brings in new night bus services and other positive changes for passengers as part of a £7-million service upgrade.

Arriva launches its new routes and services on Sunday 26 October, with more than 50 brand new buses being added to Arriva’s Derby fleet over the coming months. Passengers will see more frequent services on 12 existing routes and six new services launched.

Four new Night Linx services on Friday and Saturday nights from Victoria Street to Oakwood, Sinfin, Boulton and Chellaston are expected to be particularly popular with people who have had an evening out in the city. Buses will depart every 30 minutes from around midnight until around 3.30am with a single fare costing just £3. There are also new circular routes between Derby and Alvaston, calling at Pride Park and Allenton Centre.

The 50 new buses all meet the Euro 4 environmental emissions standard and are fitted with CCTV for passenger and staff safety. Ten routes will now have easy-access low floor buses, improving the services for passengers with buggies and wheelchairs. Other innovations include digital passenger information displays on the outside of the buses which give details about the route, places of interest and fares.

Following consultation with disability groups, the majority of the new buses will also be fitted with a lift-up arm mechanism which can be used to help wheelchair users easily into the spaces provided.

Keith Myatt, communications manager for Arriva Midlands, said: “We have been working very closely with many groups representing passengers and other stakeholders to ensure our investment in Derby provides what people want from their local bus service.

“We are very excited about the new buses and the new routes and believe the new services including the Night Linx buses will give people more convenient, value-for-money options for travel in Derby.”The last remaining Fleetline, 4301 (GTO 301V) was withdrawn mid 2008. Most of the Citybuses are expected to be withdrawn in the near future, following the arrival of brand new Scania single deckers, and new double deckers. Brand new Solos should replace all of the Minibuses by the end of October 2008, when most services in the city are to be improved. The entire front line fleet is expected to be low floor by early 2009.

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29-Derby-Ashbourne Rd-Mackworth Estate

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I think what's really holding it back is a lack of references. I've just had a go at sorting out the grammar, but I think I've missed a few. Thanks, 94.171.75.101 (talk) 20:04, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What needs to be done to get this article to B class?

What is really holding it back is the lack of references. I've had a go at sorting out the grammar, but I think I missed a few.

Thanks, 94.171.75.101 (talk) 20:14, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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