Arriva Guildford and West Surrey
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Arriva Guildford and West Surrey is a bus company part of Arriva Southern Counties, and is based in Guildford, Surrey with outstations in Cranleigh and Horsham. It is part of Arriva, a major transport group in the United Kingdom and in mainland Europe.
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[edit] History
Arriva West Surrey was formerly London Country but was taken over in 2001 by Arriva. The company covers parts of West Sussex as well as Surrey.
[edit] Garages
[edit] Routes
Arriva West Surrey operates a large number of routes: [1] [2] [3] [4]
| No. | Route | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Guildford Research Park - Royal Surrey County Hospital - Guildford Town Centre - Bellfields | Jointly operated with Safeguard Coaches between Guildford and Bellfields. |
| 4 | Guildford - Aldershot Road Estate - Park Barn - Guildford | Circular service jointly operated with Safeguard Coaches. |
| 5 | Guildford - Park Barn - Aldershot Road Estate - Guildford | Circular service jointly operated with Safeguard Coaches. |
| 17 | Guildford - Wood Street - Fairlands | |
| 18 | Guildford - Onslow - Guildford | Onslow end of route runs in a clockwise loop. |
| 21 | Guildford - Strood Green | |
| 22 | Guildford - Shalford - Chilworth - Albury - Shere - Gomshall - Holmbury St Mary | |
| 24 | Guildford - Shalford - Bramley - Nanhurst Corner - Cranleigh | |
| 25 | Guildford - Shalford - Chilworth - Albury - Shere - Gomshall - Peaslake - Ewhurst - Cranleigh | |
| 26 | Guildford - Grange Park - Shepherd's Lane - Royal Surrey County Hospital - University of Surrey - Guildford | Anti-Clockwise circular, opposite of service 27 |
| 27 | Guildford - University of Surrey - Royal Surrey County Hospital - Shepherd's Lane - Grange Park - Guildford | Clockwise circular, opposite of service 26 |
| 28 | Guildford - Worplesdon - Pirbright - Brookwood - Knaphill - Goldsworth Park - Horsell - Woking | Route 91 extends to cover the route on Sundays, but omits Horsell (as per the usual 91 route). On weekday evenings, extra buses run between Woking and Horsell, while the rest of the route to Pirbright is again covered by the extension of the 91. |
| 32 | Guildford - Dorking - Redhill | |
| 34 | Guildford - Woking - Lightwater - Bagshot - Camberley | |
| 35 | Guildford - Woking - Lightwater - Deepcut - Camberley | Additional services run between Woking and Lightwater. |
| 36 | Manor Park - Royal Surrey County Hospital - Guildford University - Town Centre - Weylea Farm - Burpham - Merrow Park - Merrow - Town Centre - Guildford University - Royal Surrey County Hospital - Manor Park | Clockwise circular, opposite of service 37 |
| 37 | Royal Surrey County Hospital - Guildford University - Town Centre - Merrow - Merrow Park - Burpham - Weylea Farm - Town Centre - Guildford University - Royal Surrey County Hospital - Manor Park | Anti-Clockwise circular, opposite of service 36 |
| 42 | Guildford - Farncombe - Godalming - Busbridge - Hascombe - Plaistow - Cranleigh | |
| 44 | Guildford - Farncombe - Godalming - Busbridge - Hascombe - Plaistow - Cranleigh | |
| 47 | West End - Surrey - Brookwood Station | Rail link service connecting with trains at Brookwood Station for London Waterloo. Runs at peak times only. |
| 50 | Cranleigh - Horsham | Limited service |
| 51 | Horsham - North Heath | |
| 53 | Guildford - Cranleigh & Ewhurst | |
| 61 | Horsham - North Heath | |
| 62 | Horsham - The Common | |
| 63 | Guildford - Horsham & Oakhill; | Sunday service run by Metrobus between Horsham and Cranleigh. |
| 89 | Horsham - Haywards Heath - Princess Royal Hospital | |
| 91 | Woking - Goldsworth Park - Knaphill - Knaphill, Sainsbury's | On evening weekdays continues past Knaphill to Pirbright over route of service 28 (see above). On Sundays, it continues on the route of the 28 further, to Guildford. |
| 93 | Dorking - Capel - Horsham | |
| 98 | Southwater - Horsham - Roffey | Includes short workings to Hop Oast Park and Ride |
| 100 | Guildford - Spectrum Leisure Centre | Mondays to Fridays doubles up as a Guildford Park and Ride service. The Saturday alternative is service 101 (below) |
| 101 | Guildford - Ladymead Allianz-Cornhill car park | Part of the Guildford Park and Ride network. Saturdays only, Mon-Fri alternative is route 100 (above). |
| 200 | Guildford - Artington | Part of the Guildford Park and Ride network |
| 436 | Woking - Sheerwater - West Byfleet - Byfleet - Mercedes-Benz World - Weybridge Station | Serves the Mercedes-Benz World centre, see below |
| 465 | Dorking - Mickleham - Leatherhead - Chessington World of Adventures - Hook - Surbiton - Kingston | Run under contract to London Buses. See also article on route. |
[edit] Guildford Park and Ride
Arriva operates the Guildford park and ride for Surrey County Council.[5] The buses are in the same style of livery, with oak tree leaves on the sides, but in different colours.
There are 4 car parks.
- Artington: Route 200 (Monday - Saturday)
- Spectrum Lesiure Centre: Route 100 (Monday - Friday)
- Ladymead: Route 101 (Saturday only)
The Ladymead P&R site replaces the Spectrum Lesiure Centre car park on Saturdays because the Spectrum car park is too small for Park and Ride and the lesuire centre purposes on a Saturday.
- University of Surrey Car Park 3: Normal Arriva Routes 3, 26, 27, 36, 37 (Saturdays only)
In 2007 construction began of a new Park and Ride site at Merrow.
[edit] Mercedes-Benz World
Three Mercedes-Benz Citaros are operated on route 436, which serves the Mercedes-Benz World complex. This route used to run to Guildford - Burpham - Direct on A3 - Ripley - Sendmarsh - Send - Kingfield - Woking - Sheerwater - West Byfleet - Byfleet - Manor Farm - Brooklands M&S/Tescos, but now only serves Woking - Sheerwater - West Byfleet - Byfleet - Manor Farm - Mercedes-Benz World - Brooklands Museum - Weybridge Station.
Arriva totally withdrew the Woking - Guildford section, with Countryliner Coaches making their 463 the 463 and 462.
The Citaros are in the normal style of Arriva livery, see below, but with light blue instead of Cream, and Silver in place of the aquamarine. Despite being 56 registered, the buses are only Euro 3-engined.
[edit] Fleet
[edit] Guildford
The fleet in Guildford is mainly low floor Dennis Darts with Plaxton Pointer bodywork (with a few Pointer 2 and East Lancs Spryte examples), and DAF SB120/Wrightbus Cadets. There are also 3 Dennis Dominators with East Lancs bodywork; 5 Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urban for Guildford Park and Ride (new in 2004); and 3 Mercedes-Benz Citaros, for the service to Mercedes-Benz World. "Bus of the future" is a Volvo B7L/Wright Eclipse.[6]
[edit] Cranleigh
This depot's allocation again comprises mainly Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointers and DAF SB120/Wright Cadets, but also includes a Leyland Olympian double decker.
[edit] Warnham (Horsham)
The vehicles here include different varieties of Dennis Dart SLFs, and again a Leyland Olympian. There are also six Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Darts for use on route 465.
[edit] Pictures
Here is a picture fleet list of Arriva Guildford and West Surrey. Buses running from Horsham depot are shown here.
[edit] References
- ^ arrivabus.co.uk - services from Guildford
- ^ arrivabus.co.uk - services from Horsham
- ^ arrivabus.co.uk - services from Woking
- ^ arrivabus.co.uk - area map of all routes
- ^ Surrey County Council - "Guildford town park and ride"
- ^ British Bus Publishing - "Arriva Bus Handbook 2008" ISBN 1-904875-27-7
[edit] External links
- Bus services from Camberley
- Bus services from Cranleigh
- Bus services from Dorking
- Bus services from Godalming
- Bus services from Guildford
- Bus services from Horsham
- Bus services from Redhill
- Bus Services from Reigate
- Bus services from Woking
- Area map of all routes
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