arriva founded 2 may 1997 ceased operation 2010 headquarters milton keynes service area bedfordshire buckinghamshire northamptonshire service type bus operator fleet 120 february 2006 operator arriva shires & essex chief executive nigel snow website www.arrivabus.co.uk mkstar mk metro 1 was a bus company operating in milton keynes from 1997 until 2010 . contents 1 history 2 fleet 2.1 fleet summary 3 routes 3.1 former key services 3.2 intermediate services 3.3 other former services 4 references 5 external links history edit the original mk metro logo mercedes benz midibus at milton keynes station in may 2009 uvg urbanstar bodied dennis dart wright solar bodied scania l94ub branded for route 5 in central milton keynes shortly after the takeover by arriva optare solo on high frequency route 8 at milton keynes station in early 2009 mercedes benz citaro in a dedicated silver livery on route 300 after the arriva takeover in 1997 stagecoach was ordered by the office of fair trading to divest of its operations in milton keynes and huntingdon . this followed an investigation in 1996 into its acquisition of cambus holdings which was deemed to have led to an unacceptable monopoly of bus operations in cambridgeshire corby east northamptonshire kettering wellingborough bedford and mid bedfordshire . 2 the assets of milton keynes citybus 3 were purchased on 2 may 1997 by bus entrepreneur julian peddle using a new company premier buses limited 4 both to operate in huntingdon under the premier buses brand name and also as a holding company with which to purchase mk metro . 5 the operation was rebranded as mk metro with a bright yellow and blue livery introduced . in february 2006 the business was purchased by arriva and integrated into its arriva shires & essex subsidiary . 6 7 the mk metro brand was retained with a new logo introduced in 2007 . on 25 april 2010 the arriva brand and livery were introduced . milton keynes services began to operate under the sub brand of mk star and the change of name coincided with a number of controversial service changes . fleet edit the fleet ranged from mainly dennis darts high floor and low floor with a variety of bodywork to mercedes benz minibuses and optare solos . double deck optare spectras and wright solar bodied scania l94ubs were also operated . fleet summary edit dennis dart dennis dart slf vdl sb120 mercedes benz vario optare solo optare spectra scania l94ub alexander dennis enviro300 mercedes benz citaro routes edit mk metro ran over 30 services . most routes passed through or served central milton keynes . however routes 16 and 30 31 did not . the routes were generally numbered from 1 to 30 although there were some omissions and some routes in the 30s as well as a new service numbered 300 . 8 9 the key services were numbered 1 to 8 and ran every 10 to 20 minutes . key services ran through the busiest parts of the city for example to bletchley and the district centres . intermediate services ran from every 20 minutes up to every hour . these routes cover areas in more detail for example serving through the grid squares while key services mostly ran on the main roads . the other routes ran at a frequency of every hour or less . these services linked locations outside milton keynes into the city or linked neighbourhoods into the nearest centre . note that this list of routes is for historical interest . it is not a list of the current routes operated by arriva shires & essex . former key services edit 1 b c city centre green park newport pagnell olney bedford northampton 2 westcroft oxley park grange farm city centre willen poets estate newport pagnell 4 a e wolverton stony stratford city centre hospital whaddon way bletchley 5 e wolverton bradville city centre hospital bletchley lakes estate 7 e wolverton stantonbury city centre bletchley newton longville lakes estate 7 a wolverton great linford neath hill city centre 8 westcroft shenley brook end city centre kingston bletchley woburn sands intermediate services edit these routes were operated by mk metro after its take over by arriva but before the rebranding and new timetable launch on 24 april 2010 . 2e wolverton heelands city centre willen poets estate newport pagnell 3e wolverton great linford city centre shenley church end furzton westcroft 6 a wolverton bradville heelands city centre hospital emerson valley bletchley 9 a city centre shenley lodge furzton west bletchley bletchley 12 wolverton greenleys bradwell city centre kents hill open university caldecotte 20 bletchley tattenhoe westcroft city centre hospital walnut tree 26e bletchley furzton city centre walnut tree kingston centre 29 bletchley hospital oldbrook city centre crownhill shenley church end 32 city centre buckingham little tingewick peak hours 39 bletchley whaddon way oldbrook city centre crownhill shenley church end 300 city centre broughton gate kingston magna park other former services edit 11 milton keynes monkston kingston woburn sands bow brickhill bletchley 13 stony stratford stantonbury city centre bletchley lakes estate 14 city centre stony stratford old stratford deanshanger wicken 16 bletchley west bletchley emerson valley westcroft 17a milton keynes moulsoe cranfield 17b city centre great linford newport pagnell cranfield 18 city centre woolstone woughton park simpson bletchley 30 31 newport pagnell wolverton stony stratford bletchley 32a buckingham town service 33 milton keynes blue bridge wolverton hanslope roade northampton nn 11 northampton kingsley parklands links view kingsley northampton only serves links view on return from parklands nn 21 northampton university avenue campus kingsthorpe university park campus ceased due to contract loss references edit companies house extract company no 2493030 mk metro limited formerly buckinghamshire road car limited stagecoach holdings plc and cambus office of fair trading 5 june 1996 companies house extract company no 1963446 milton keynes city bus limited companies house extract company no 3339369 premier buses limited changes to competition law and policies adopted 1997 organisation for economic co operation & development arriva acquires mk metro ltd arriva 13 february 2006 arriva acquires mk metro in 5.6 m deal bus & coach professional 15 february 2006 milton keynes council bus timetables accessed 9 november 2008 . here mk metro bus timetables accessed 9 november 2008 . external links edit media related to mk metro at wikimedia commons flickr gallery 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 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