bodied vdl db250 in derby in september 2007 parent arriva founded november 1899 headquarters derby service area derbyshire service type bus services hubs derby bus station fleet 144 august 2011 website www.arrivabus.co.uk derby arriva derby 1 is a bus operator in derby . it is a subsidiary of arriva . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit derby corporation liveried roe bodied daimler fleetline in september 1968 blue bus services liveried northern counties bodied leyland fleetline in 1997 city rider liveried east lancs e type bodied scania n113drb in 1997 in march 1880 the derby tramways company commenced operating horse drawn trams between market place and derby railway station . the derby corporation act of 1899 saw the derby corporation take over the tram lines in november 1899 . between 1903 and 1907 the network was extended and electrified . 2 in may 1917 a battery powered bus entered service . a second entered service in 1920 but both were replaced with motor buses in 1924 . between january 1932 and july 1934 derby s trams were replaced by trolleybuses . motor buses continued to operate alongside the trolleybuses until the network began to be closed in the 1960s with the last running in september 1967 . 2 in december 1973 derby corporation purchased blue bus services of willington . 3 in 1974 derby corporation was renamed derby borough transport and in 1977 derby city transport when derby was granted city status . to comply with the transport act 1985 in october 1986 the assets of derby city transport were transferred to a new legal entity . 1 2 following deregulation derby city transport faced competition from camms of nottingham 4 and midland red . 5 the blue bus services name and livery was applied to the whole fleet . 6 in 1994 derby city transport was sold to british bus and rebranded as city rider with a yellow red and blue livery adopted . 6 in august 1996 british bus was purchased by the cowie group 2 and again rebranded as arriva derby with the corporate aquamarine and cream livery adopted . fleet edit as of august 2011 the fleet consisted of 144 buses and coaches . 7 arriva derby inherited a fleet of daimler fleetlines mercedes benz varios scanias and volvo b10ms all of which have been withdrawn . 8 in early 2008 an order was announced for 59 new buses to update the ageing fleet . 9 optare solos scania omnilinks scania omnicitys and wright eclipse gemini bodied volvo b9tls were purchased . see also edit list of bus operators of the united kingdom showbus gallery gallery references edit a b companies house extract company no 2362274 arriva derby limited formerly derby city transport limited a b c d derby corporation transport 1899 1986 peter gould blue bus services tailby and george stephen howarth companies house extract company no 919886 radiogates limited formerly camms of nottingham limited companies house extract company no 1556557 foxhound limited formerly midland red east limited a b arriva midlands in derby the derby bus depot arriva derby fleet list derbybusdepot.co.uk august 2011 derby corporation transport bus fleet list 1899 1986 peter gould new bus routes will provide greater link to pride park derby telegraph 3 october 2008 external links edit company website v t e arriva group uk uk bus arriva london arriva midlands arriva derby arriva fox county arriva midlands north arriva north east arriva north west arriva buses wales arriva shires & essex arriva southern counties arriva guildford & west surrey arriva southend fastrack new enterprise coaches arriva yorkshire green line coaches tellings golden miller network colchester the heritage fleet yorkshire tiger tiger blue bus brands arriva max arriva sapphire uk trains arriva traincare arriva trains wales crosscountry chiltern railways grand central london overground rail operations 50 % northern former divisions arriva scotland west arriva trains merseyside arriva trains northern arriva north west & wales arriva northumbria british bus london & country londonlinks maidstone & district motor services north western road car company stevensons of uttoxeter glasgow flyer grey green the original tour wardle transport wrexham & shropshire future divisions arriva rail london from november 2016 v t e buses in derbyshire operators andrews of tideswell arriva derby bowers centrebus cox s of belper doyles coaches felix of stanley glovers g & j holmes harpurs coaches hawkes coaches high peak hulley s of baslow stagecoach east midlands stagecoach in chesterfield stagecoach manchester tm travel trentbarton warringtons unibus bus stations alfreton bus station ashbourne bus station chesterfield coach station derby bus station glossop henry street hayfield bus station new mills bus station sutton bus station v t e bus operators in the east midlands derbyshire arriva derby high peak buses hulleys of baslow kinchbus stagecoach in chesterfield notts derby tm travel trentbarton yourbus leicestershire 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