History
In the mid-1990s, North East Bus Ltd (formerly known as United Automobile Services) operated bus services across North East England under the United, Tees & District and Teesside Motor Services brands. The company was then owned by West Midlands Travel, which sold it to the Cowie Group on 31 July 1996.
The deal reunited United with Northumbria Motor Services, an existing Cowie subsidiary, whicha had been spun off during from United during deregulation in 1986, subsequently becoming part of the Proud Mutual Group. Northumbria, together with Kentish Bus, has been acquired by Cowie in 1994.
Now under common ownership, North East Bus and Northumbria Motor Services continued to operate separate entities. From 17 November 1997 Cowie became Arriva and, over the following months, the Arriva identity was introduced. North East Bus became Arriva North East, United became Arriva Durham County, Tees & District became Arriva Tees & District, Teesside Motor Services became Arriva Teesside and Northumbria Motor Services became Arriva Northumbria. Gradually, the operations of Arriva North East and Arriva Northumbria were integrated, with common fleet numbering and management.
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