Brighton & Hove run a fleet of around 280 modern buses servicing an intensive network of local bus routes from Steyning and Shoreham through to Newhaven as well as longer distance routes to Eastbourne, Lewes, Ringmer and Tunbridge Wells. Brighton & Hove have been a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group plc since 1993 and have successfully grown in the market for local bus travel by an average 5% each year – something that is unique in the bus industry. The model depicted here is unique in the Brighton & Hove fleet and is used on local Services 16 and 66 linking Portslade and Hangleton. It was acquired from sister company Metrobus in 2006. Estimated release date 5th January 2009