Arriva East Herts & Essex
Arriva East Herts & Essex Ltd is based in Harlow, and operate two bus garages in Harlow (Forth Avenue) and Ware (Marsh Lane).
Arriva East Herts & Essex emerged from London Country North East, one of the successor companies of London Country Bus Services. LCNE was broken in two. One of the successor companies, County Bus & Coach, with depots at Harlow, Hertford and Grays, was bought by its management in 1990. In 1994 County was sold to West Midlands Travel, itself bought by National Express Group in 1995. The Cowie Group (which became Arriva in 1997) bought County from National Express Group in 1996. County Bus & Coach was renamed Arriva East Herts & Essex Ltd in 1998.
Cowie had also acquired Southend Transport and Colchester Borough Transport with its acquisition of the British Bus group in 1996. Both companies became part of Arriva East Herts & Essex, but in 2002 were transferred to Arriva Southern Counties together with the former County depot at Grays.
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