Private company

Arriva Kent Thameside

Bus operator in Kent, England

Arriva Kent Thameside Limited, trading as Arriva Kent Thameside, formerly known as London Transport, London Country and Kentish Bus, is a bus operator based in north-west Kent, England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva UK Bus. The company operates services in Northfleet, Gravesend & Dartford as part of the Arriva Southern Counties division from their Northfleet depot.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersSunderland, United Kingdom1
  • Legal formPrivate Limited Company3
  • LEI529900LJAPEML6UQT5193
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address1 Admiral Way Doxford, SR3 3XP Sunderland, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 020052663
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Photo: Arriva436, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Arriva Kent Thameside Limited, trading as Arriva Kent Thameside, formerly known as London Transport, London Country and Kentish Bus, is a bus operator based in north-west Kent, England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva UK Bus. The company operates services in Northfleet, Gravesend & Dartford as part of the Arriva Southern Counties division from their Northfleet depot.2

Corporate structure

Arriva Kent Thameside is part of a group headed by Deutsche Bahn. 375 entities, 48 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Northfleet depot runs a mixture of commercial and tendered services in Dartford, Gravesend and surrounding areas.

Northfleet currently operate the following bus services:

ArrivaClick

Northfleet ran the ArrivaClick demand responsive service which covered Darent Valley Hospital, Bluewater, Greenhithe, Swanscombe and Ebbsfleet Valley using Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vehicles until its withdrawal on 31 December 2024.

From Wikipedia’s article on Arriva Kent Thameside, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Jan 3, 2018Parent Directly consolidated by Deutsche Bahn3
  2. Apr 1, 1986Founded Arriva Kent Thameside is founded3