# Dart Line

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{{Short description|British ferry operator}}
{{distinguish|Dublin Area Rapid Transit}}
'''Dart Line''' was a British ferry operator operating from the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames) near [Dartford](/source/Dartford).  

The company had several vessels named ''Dart'':<ref>{{cite web |title=Dart Line |url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Dart.html |website=Simplon Postcards |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref>
*{{ship|MS|Dart 1}}, operated 1997–2002
*{{ship|MS|Dart 2}}, operated 1996–2005
*{{ship|MS|Dart 3}}, launched 1985, used on the Dartford–[Vlissingen](/source/Vlissingen), Dartford–[Zeebrugge](/source/Zeebrugge) and Dartford–[Dunkirk](/source/Dunkirk) routes 1997–2006
*{{ship|MS|Dart 4}}, operated 1997–2006
*{{ship|MS|Dart 5}}, operated 1996–1999
*{{ship|MS|Dart 6}}, launched 1998, used on the Dartford–Vlissingen line and Dartford–Dunkirk in 1998–1999 and 2003
*{{ship|MS|Dart 7}}, launched 1998, operated on the [Dartford](/source/Dartford)–[Vlissingen](/source/Vlissingen) line in 1999
*{{ship|MS|Dart 8}}, operated 1999–2006
*{{ship|MS|Dart 9}}, operated 1999–2006

They also operated other ships:
*{{ship|MS|Northern Star}}, launched 1991, operated Dartford–Vlissingen in 2003

Dart Line was owned by Jacobs Holdings, who in 2000 announced a move of the freight and ferry services at [Thames Europort](/source/Thames_Europort), Dartford, to [Shell Haven](/source/Shell_Haven) in Essex.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dart Line to cross the Thames in bid to release property cash |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4471046/Dart-Line-to-cross-the-Thames-in-bid-to-release-property-cash.html |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref>  In 2006 the parent company [Bidvest](/source/Bidvest_Group) sold Dart Line to Cobelfret.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cobfin S.A. / Kabos Holdings UK Ltd / Dart Line Ltd / Jacobs Holdings Ltd |url=https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/cobfin-s-a-kabos-holdings-uk-ltd-dart-line-ltd-jacobs-holdings-ltd |website=Competition and Markets Authority |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cobelfret buys Dart Line |url=https://fairplay.ihs.com/commerce/article/4180101/cobelfret-buys-dart-line |website=Fairplay |accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[''Dart'' (ship)](/source/Dart_(ship))

==External links==
*[http://www.ferry-site.dk/ferrycompany.php?Rid=18&lang=en Dart Line at the Ferry Site]

==References==
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Category:Ferry companies of England
Category:Former River Thames ferries

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