Arriva The Shires

2026 marks forty years since the United Counties operations in Luton, Hitchin and Aylesbury were transferred into the new Luton and District Transport Company, which in 1990 acquired London Country North West, and various other operators along the way. In 1994 the company was purchased by British Bus and later Cowie with the Arriva branding adopted nationwide in 1997. Boundary changes and closures...