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Arriva North East〔(Companies House extract company no 237558 ) Arriva Northumbria Limited formerly Northumbria Motor Services Limited〕 is a bus operator in North East England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva. ==History== In the 1980s as part of the privatisation of the National Bus Company, United Automobile Services was split in two with the northern part sold in a management buyout to Proudmutual〔(Companies House extract company no 2106786 ) The Proudmutual Transport Group Limited〕 as Northumbria Motor Services.〔〔(History North East ) Arriva〕 In 1994 it was sold to British Bus.〔1998 Cowie Handbook, British Bus Publishing ISBN 1-897990-71-5〕〔(Companies House extract company no 2756786 ) British Bus Limited formerly British Bus plc〕 The County Durham, North Yorkshire and Teesside operations upon privatisation in 1987 were sold in a management buyout to Caldaire Holdings.〔(Companies House extract company no 2066896 ) Yorkshire Bus Holdings Limited formerly Caldaire Holdings Limited〕 In 1992 it was sold to the Westcourt Bus Group,〔(Companies House extract company no 2953095 ) United Automobile Services Limited formerly Westcourt Bus Group Limited〕 in 1995 to National Express and again in July 1996 to the Cowie Group.〔 Following the Cowie Group purchasing British Bus in August 1996, both were once again under common ownership, although North East Bus and Northumbria Motor Services continued to operate as separate entities. In November 1997 Cowie was rebranded as Arriva and new trading names introduced: *North East Bus became Arriva North East *United Motor Services became Arriva Durham County *Tees & District became Arriva Tees & District *Teesside Motor Services became Arriva Teesside *Northumbria Motor Services became Arriva Northumbria Gradually, the operations of Arriva North East and Arriva Northumbria were integrated, with common fleet numbering and management.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arriva North East」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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