Arriva Yorkshire

Arriva Yorkshire

Arriva Yorkshire 1913 Little Miss Naughty (YJ58 FHP), an Alexander Dennis Enviro400, in Leeds on route 229.
Parent Arriva
Founded 1997
Headquarters Wakefield
Locale Yorkshire
Service area West Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire and the southern areas of North Yorkshire in England
Web site Arriva Yorkshire website

Arriva Yorkshire is a division of Arriva which operates bus services around West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and the southern areas of North Yorkshire (the northern areas of North Yorkshire, such as Catterick, Richmond, Scarborough and Whitby, are served by Arriva North East) in England.

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History

Arriva Yorkshire was formed as a combination of mergers of previous companies based in West and North Yorkshire. One company is Yorkshire (West Riding) Electric Tramways, who formed in 1904[1], operating tram services in Wakefield before expanding to Castleford in 1906. In 1923, the company was re-named as West Riding Automobile Company when the company started to run road services. Once the company stopped running trams and concentrated on bus services, the company would be re-named as West Riding Buses.

Yorkshire Woollen District Transport is another company that would eventually become part of Arriva Yorkshire. The company operated services mainly in the Dewsbury area.[1] The company later was re-named as Yorkshire Buses.

The two companies were acquired by the National Bus Company, along with Selby and District with the companies maintaining separate identities. The company would also acquire South Yorkshire Road Transport based in Pontefract in 1994[1]. The four companies were taken over by British Bus in 1995[1] before being taken over by Arriva in 1996. Although the company is officially known as Arriva Yorkshire, the company is split into three sub-divisions with Yorkshire Woollen operating as Arriva Yorkshire West, West Riding and South Yorkshire Road Transport operating as Arriva Yorkshire and Selby and District operating as Arriva Yorkshire North.

Since 2008, there has been a sister company in Huddersfield, Centrebus Holdings in which Arriva holds a 40% stake with Centrebus owning the remaining 60%. This was formed when the Huddersfield operations of Stagecoach Yorkshire was purchased along with the separate K-Line bus company, the K-Line name remains and the Stagecoach operations have been since rebranded as The Huddersfield Bus Company[2].

Depots

Services

This is a summary of services run by Arriva Yorkshire[3]:

No. From To Via Depot Notes
4 Goole Selby Howden, Hemingbrough Selby depot
7 Brayton Abbots Road Selby Selby depot
8 Goole Selby Camblesforth Selby depot
35 Pontefract Hemsworth Ackworth Castleford depot Evenings/Sundays only
42 York Selby Cawood Selby depot
46 Pontefract Hemsworth Upton, South Elmsall Castleford depot Evenings/Sundays only
59 Wakefield Royston Sandal, Newmillerdam Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot Sundays Only
100 Eastmoor Kirkhamgate Wakefield, Wrenthorpe Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
101 Eastmoor Wrenthorpe Wakefield Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
102 Healey Portobello Ossett, Lupset, Wakefield Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
103 Eastmoor Wakefield 41 Business Park Wakefield, Wrenthorpe Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
104 Eastmoor Alverthorpe Wakefield Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot Sunday Only
108 Wakefield Bottomboat Wrenthorpe, Stanley Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
110 Hall Green Leeds City bus station Kettlethorpe, Wakefield, Outwood Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
113 Wakefield Wakefield 41 Business Park Paragon Business Village Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
114 Eastmoor Wrenthorpe Wakefield Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
115 Eastmoor Silkwood Park Wakefield, Alverthorpe Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
117 Wakefield Leeds City bus station Ossett, Shaw Cross, White Rose Centre Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
119
120		 Wakefield Batley Horbury, Ossett Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
126
127		 Wakefield Dewsbury Horbury, Ossett Wakefield (Belle Isle)/Dewsbury depots
128 Wakefield Dewsbury Horbury, Overton, Thornhill Dewsbury depot
129 Dewsbury Chickenley Dewsbury depot
135
136		 Castleford Chequerfield Glasshoughton, Junction 32 Outlet, Pontefract Castleford depot
145 Wakefield Knottingley Featherstone, Pontefract, Ferrybridge Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
147 Wakefield Pontefract Normanton, North Featherstone Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
148 Wakefield Knottingley Featherstone, Pontefract, Ferrybridge Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
149 Wakefield Knottingley Featherstone, Pontefract, Ferrybridge Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
150 Wakefield Knottingley Featherstone, Pontefract, Ferrybridge Wakefield (Belle Isle)/Selby depots
Selby
153 Castleford Morley Mickletown, Methley, Woodlesford, Rothwell, East Ardsley Castleford depot
156
159		 Castleford Ferry Fryston Airedale Castleford depot
157 Wakefield Pontefract Normanton, North Featherstone Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
163
166		 Castleford Leeds Bond Street Allerton Bywater, Kippax, Garforth, Colton, Cross Gates Castleford depot
167
168		 Castleford Leeds Bond Street Allerton Bywater, Swillington, Woodlesford Castleford depot
173 Wetherby Wakefield Boston Spa, Aberford, Garforth, Woodlesford, Mickletown, Pinderfields Hospital Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
174 Wetherby Wakefield Boston Spa, Aberford, Garforth, Woodlesford, Pinderfields Hospital Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
175 Castleford Wakefield Micklefield, Garforth, Woodlesford, Pinderfields Hospital Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
177 Castleford Pontefract Featherstone Castleford depot
184
185		 Wakefield Pontefract Normanton, Castleford, Airedale Wakefield (Belle Isle)/Castleford depots
187 Wakefield Castleford Normanton Wakefield (Belle Isle)/Castleford depots
188 Wakefield Knottingley Normanton, Castleford, Airedale Castleford depot
189 Wakefield Leeds City bus station Normanton, Castleford, Airedale Castleford depot
194 Wakefield Barnsley New Crofton, Ryhill, Royston Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
195 Wakefield Hemsworth New Crofton, Ryhill, South Hiendley Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
196 Wakefield Hemsworth New Crofton, Ryhill, Newstead Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
202
203		 Huddersfield Leeds City bus station Mirfield (203), Northorpe (202), Dewsbury, Shaw Cross, White Rose Centre Dewsbury depot
205 Dewsbury Pudsey Shaw Cross, Morley, Gildersome Dewsbury depot
209 Heckmondwike Leeds City bus station Birstall, Gildersome Heckmondwike depot
212 Dewsbury Wakefield Dewsbury & District Hospital, Batley, Kirkhamgate Dewsbury/Heckmondwike/Wakefield (Belle Isle) depots
213 Dewsbury Morley Dewsbury & District Hospital, Batley Dewsbury depot
217 Overton Leeds City bus station Netherton (Wakefield), Horbury, Ossett, Shaw Cross Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
219 Heckmondwike Leeds City bus station Birstall, Gildersome Heckmondwike depot
220 Huddersfield Leeds City bus station Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Birstall, Morley, White Rose Centre Heckmondwike depot
221 Mirfield Leeds City bus station Heckmondwike, Batley, Morley, White Rose Centre Heckmondwike depot
222 Heckmondwike Leeds City bus station Gomersal, Birstall, Morley, White Rose Centre Heckmondwike depot
225 Leeds City bus station Brighouse Drighlington, Birkenshaw, Cleckheaton Heckmondwike depot
229 Huddersfield Leeds City bus station Heckmondwike, Batley, Birstall, Gildersome Heckmondwike depot
231 Huddersfield Wakefield Waterloo, Lepton, Grange Moor, Flockton, Midgley, Netherton (Wakefield), Horbury Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot Sunday daytime only. Monday-Saturday daytime service run by Huddersfield Bus). Evening service run by First West Yorkshire
232 Huddersfield Wakefield Waterloo, Lepton, Emley, Flockton, Overton, Middlestown, Horbury Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot Sunday daytime only. Monday-Saturday daytime service run by Huddersfield Bus. Evening service run by First West Yorkshire
253 Wakefield Bradford Dewsbury, Mirfield, Liversedge, Cleckheaton, Gomersal Dewsbury depot
254 Wakefield Leeds City bus station Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Scholes, Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Birkenshaw, Drighlington Heckmondwike depot
255 Halifax Leeds City bus station Hipperholme, Wyke, Scholes, Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Birkenshaw, Drighlington Heckmondwike depot
256 Bradford Brighouse East Bierley, Hunsworth, Cleckheaton, Hartshead, Clifton Heckmondwike depot
265 Netherton Wakefield Horbury Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot One weekday journey only
268 Dewsbury Bradford Heckmondwike, Cleckheaton, Oakenshaw Heckmondwike depot
278 Wakefield Halifax Dewsbury, Mirfield, Brighouse, Elland Dewsbury depot
281 Thornhill Fieldhead Estate Dewsbury, Batley, Birstall Dewsbury depot
282 Thornhill Fieldhead Estate Dewsbury, Dewsbury & District Hospital, Batley, Birstall Dewsbury depot
283 Thornhill Bradford Dewsbury, Batley, Birstall, Birkenshaw, East Bierley Dewsbury depot
356 Goole Swinefleet Old Goole Selby depot
400
401		 Goole Selby Rawcliffe, West Cowick, Camblesforth Selby depot
402
403		 Selby Leeds City bus station Hambleton, Sherburn, Garforth, Cross Gates Selby depot
405
407		 Selby Doncaster Whitley, Norton, Askern, Bentley Selby depot
408
409		 Pontefract Doncaster Carleton, Wentbridge (408), Womersley (409), Askern, Bentley Selby depot
410 Pontefract Leeds City bus station Junction 32 Outlet, Glasshoughton, Methley, Oulton Castleford depot
415
416		 Selby York Riccall, Escrick, Fulford Selby depot
420 Pontefract Doncaster Knottingley, Cridling Stubbs, Womersley, Askern Castleford depot
425
427		 Wakefield Bradford Wrenthorpe, East Ardsley, Morley, Gildersome, Drighlington Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
430 Pontefract Doncaster Carleton, Wentbridge, Thorpe Audlin, Askern Castleford depot
443 Hall Green Wakefield Cragglestone, Thornes Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
444 Hall Green Leeds City bus station Calder Grove, Thornes, Wakefield, Pinderfields Hospital,Carlton, Rothwell Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
446 Wakefield Leeds Infirmary Street Pinderfields Hospital, Woodlesford Wakefield (Belle Isle)
481 Wakefield Leeds City bus station Wrenthorpe, East Ardsley, Middleton, Hunslet Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
485 Wakefield South Elmsall Crofton, Ackworth, Upton Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
492
493		 Pontefract Tadcaster Knottingley, Ferrybridge, Monk Fryston, South Milford, Sherburn in Elmet Castleford depot
496 Wakefield Doncaster Crofton, Hemsworth, South Elmsall, Upton Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot
870 Wakefield Ilkley Outwood, Leeds, Headingley, Otley Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot DalesBus. Connects with service 874
874 Ilkley Buckden Addingham, Bolton Abbey, Grassington Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot DalesBus. Connects with service 870.
J32 Selby Xscape/Junction 32 Outlet Selby depot Wednesday and Saturdays during summer holidays
X25 Brighouse Leeds City bus station Cleckheaton, M621 motorway Heckmondwike depot
X41 Wakefield Leeds General Infirmary Lofthouse, Leeds Wakefield (Belle Isle) depot

Discrimination

A widely reported case concerned a gothic couple, Dani Graves and his fiancee Tasha Maltby, who wears a dog collar and lead.[4] A driver had refused them travel and made comments to them, allegedly saying "We don't let freaks and dogs like you on."

Arriva Yorkshire has said "We take any allegations of discrimination very seriously" and is investigating the claims and the couple's complaints.[5]

The company confirmed the couple were refused travel on two occasions due to "fears for passenger safety". In a statement the company addressed the issue, claiming that the dog lead was potentially dangerous. Arriva also said they would be writing to Mr Graves "to apologise for any distress caused by the way this matter was handled".[6]

Fleet

The current fleet is as follows:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Arriva Yorkshire - History - About Arriva - Arriva buses". Arriva. http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/content.aspx?id=796. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  2. ^ "Stagecoach operation is sold - but not to Arriva". Huddersfield Examiner. http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/express-and-chronicle/2008/05/03/stagecoach-operation-is-sold-but-not-to-arriva-86081-20874542/. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  3. ^ "Timetable and Tickets - Timetables - Yorkshire". Arriva. http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/timetables-and-tickets/timetables/Yorkshire. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  4. ^ Get off my bus - I'm sick of single mums, Mirfield Reporter, 31 May 2008, http://www.mirfieldreporter.co.uk/news/Get-off-my-bus-.4134447.jp 
  5. ^ "'I'm a human pet': The Goth teenager whose fiance walks her around on a dog lead". Daily Mail. 23 January 2008. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-509713/Im-human-pet-The-Goth-teenager-fiance-walks-dog-lead.html. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 
  6. ^ "Dog-lead goths 'hounded off bus'". BBC News. 23 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7204543.stm. Retrieved 27 September 2011. 

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