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Arriva Derby〔(Companies House extract company no 2362274 ) Arriva Derby Limited formerly Derby City Transport Limited〕 is a bus operator in Derby. It is a subsidiary of Arriva. ==History== 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.〔(Derby Corporation Transport 1899 - 1986 ) Peter Gould〕 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.〔 In December 1973 Derby Corporation purchased Blue Bus Services of Willington.〔(Blue Bus Services (Tailby and George) ) Stephen Howarth〕 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.〔〔 Following deregulation, Derby City Transport faced competition from Camms of Nottingham〔(Companies House extract company no 919886 ) Radiogates Limited formerly Camms of Nottingham Limited〕 and Midland Red.〔(Companies House extract company no 1556557 ) Foxhound Limited formerly Midland Red (East) Limited〕 The Blue Bus Services name and livery was applied to the whole fleet.〔(Arriva Midlands - In Derby ) The Derby Bus Depot〕 In 1994 Derby City Transport was sold to British Bus and rebranded as City Rider with a yellow, red and blue livery adopted.〔 In August 1996 British Bus was purchased by the Cowie Group〔 and again rebranded as Arriva Derby with the corporate aquamarine and cream livery adopted. 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 Derby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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