Canterbury Park and Ride
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Canterbury
Canterbury Park and Ride | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Canterbury Canterbury |
| Operated by | Stagecoach South East (with funding from Canterbury City Council) |
| Connections | Canterbury East railway station, Canterbury Bus Station |
| Other information | |
| Website | https://www.canterbury.gov.uk/parking-and-roads/park-and-ride |
Canterbury Park and Ride is a park and ride system operated by Stagecoach South East in the English historic cathedral city of Canterbury. It was designed to reduce pollution in the city centre.
The Park and Ride scheme was launched in 1991.[1] Initially, it was operated by the East Kent Road Car Company using three single-deck vehicles. The company was subsequently taken over by the Stagecoach Group in 1993.[2] The service was then managed by Stagecoach until 2008 when it was transferred to the council-owned operator Kent Top Travel.[3] In the summer of 2013, after the expiration of the five-year contract with Kent Top Travel, the service returned to Stagecoach operation. Stagecoach proposed improvements to the Park & Ride scheme, including free Wi-Fi, extended operating hours, and the use of a new fleet of environmentally friendly buses.[4]
Operation
Wincheap, Sturry Road and New Dover Road Park & Ride routes operate every 10 minutes.
The initial Stagecoach operation consisted of ALX200 and ALX400 buses in a silver and purple livery.[5] Under Kent Top Travel ownership, a fleet of Volvo B9TL/Optare Olympus and Volvo B7RLE/Optare Esteem buses in a Lime and Silver "Love your city" branded livery.[6] The previous Stagecoach fleet consisted of Enviro 300, Enviro 400 and Optare Solo SR buses in a branded white livery.[7]
The current Stagecoach fleet used on all three routes consists of Enviro200 MMC and Enviro400 MMC buses in a predominantly white and purple Canterbury City Council Park & Ride livery. [8]