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Arriva Southern Counties〔(Companies House extract company no 2031405 ) Arriva Southern Counties Limited formerly Invictaway Limited formerly Einkorn Limited〕 is a bus operator in London, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent and Essex in England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva. ==History== In November 1986 the National Bus Company sold Maidstone & District in a management buyout to Einkorn Limited.〔 In June 1988 New Enterprise Coaches of Tonbridge was purchased, followed in December 1991 by four buses and their associated Kent County Council services from Shearings,〔(Shearings bus sale continues ) ''Commercial Motor'' 3 January 1992〕 and in June 1992 Boro'line Maidstone.〔(The supply of bus services in Mid and West Kent ) Monopolies & Mergers Commission August 1993〕〔(Maidstone & District Motor Services ) M Dek Bus Club〕〔(History - South East ) Arriva〕 In 1990 British Bus purchased the Cranleigh, Guildford and Woking based operations of Alder Valley followed in 1993 by Colchester Borough Transport and Southend Transport.〔 In April 1995 Einkorn was sold to British Bus,〔(Competition Commission report (1997) ) Competition Commission〕 which had purchased Kentish Bus in July 1994 and Londonlinks in 1988. In August 1995 Einkorn was renamed Invictaway.〔 Invictaway was previously the name of the Maidstone & District commuter services to London, which were renamed Green Line at the same time.〔 In July 1996 British Bus was taken over by the Cowie Group.〔(Cowie Group plc and British Bus Group Limited: A report on the merger situation ) Competition Commission 31 October 1996〕〔(Midland Red History: Timeline Menu ) MidlandRed.net〕 Invictaway was renamed ''Arriva Southern Counties'' in April 1998,〔 and Arriva transferred London & Country (also owned by British Bus) to it. The subsidiary operating companies therefore became: *Maidstone & District: * *Mainly became Arriva Kent & Sussex * *Medway area became Arriva Medway Towns *Kentish Bus: * *Mainly became Arriva Kent Thameside * *Partly became Arriva Kent & Sussex *London & Country: * *Became Arriva Guildford & West Surrey *LondonLinks: * *Became Arriva Croydon & North Surrey Current operations in the South East area are: *Arriva Guildford & West Surrey〔(Companies House extract company no 2536462 ) Arriva Guildford & West Surrey Limited formerly Guildford & West Surrey Buses Limited〕 *Arriva Kent & Sussex〔(Companies House extract company no 114841 ) Arriva Kent & Surrey Limited formerly Arriva Kent & Sussex Limited formerly The Maidstone & District Motor Services Limited〕 *Arriva Kent Thameside〔(Companies House extract company no 2005266 ) Arriva Kent Thameside Limited formerly Kentish Bus & Coach Limited formerly London Country Bus (South East) Limited〕 *Arriva Medway Towns〔(Companies House extract company no 3943257 ) Arriva Medway Towns Limited〕 *Arriva Southend〔(Companies House extract company no 1992873 ) Arriva Southend Limited formerly Southend Transport Limited〕 Many reorganisations of Arriva operations in South East England have followed since and today the company also controls Arriva Guildford & West Surrey, Arriva West Sussex, and Arriva Southend. The Croydon & North Surrey subsidiary was largely transferred to Arriva London. In August 2004 Arriva Colchester was sold to Tellings-Golden Miller, although with the December 2007 sale of Tellings-Golden Miller, Colchester is once again owned by Arriva, albeit not under the control of Arriva Southern Counties.〔(Arriva to acquire Tellings ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 20 December 2007〕〔(Arriva plc offer for TGM Group plc ) Arriva 20 December 2007〕 In October 2009 the Horsham depot and routes were sold to Metrobus with 19 buses.〔(Go-Ahead to acquire Arriva's Horsham Bus ) ''Bus & Coach Professional'' 3 September 2009〕 The coach subsidiary, New Enterprise Coaches of Tonbridge, inherited from Maidstone & District continues to trade under its own brand.〔(Welcome to New Enterprise Coaches ) New Enterprise Coaches〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arriva Southern Counties」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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