Arriva North East is a division of the transport group Arriva. It is a major provider of bus services around north east England, alongside Stagecoach North East, and Go North East. The company has its origins in United Automobile Services (see history below), encompassing the current day operations of Arriva Northumbria, Arriva Tees & District, Arriva Durham County and Arriva Teesside.
It is a major operator around County Durham, Tyneside and the Tees Valley and runs regular buses as far north as Berwick-upon-Tweed, west to Carlisle and as far south as Scarborough in North Yorkshire (southern half of North Yorkshire and West, South and East Yorkshire are served by Arriva Yorkshire. It operates over 400 buses on a mixture of local and interurban work.
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