Arriva Northumbria operates in Northumbria, using the "Arriva serving Northumbria" name. They are considered now to have merged with Arriva North East. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Section from Shepherds map of the British Isles about 802 AD showing the kingdom of Northumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of a petty kingdom of Angles which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, from two smaller kingdoms of Bernicia and Diera, and... Arriva North-East is a division of Arriva. ...

Brief history

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• 1986: United Automobile Services split into two parts, ready for privatisation.
• October 1987: Northumbria was bought from National Bus Company by its management, using Proudmutual Group as a holding name.
• March 1988: Proudmutual Group bought Kentish Bus.
• From 1988 onwards: Moor Dale Coaches and Hunters were acquired.
• 1994: The ProudmutualProudmutualowned Group was bought by British bus, and at the same time, Moor Dale Coaches was sold back to its former directors.
• 1994 onwards: British Bus was acquired by Cowie, later renamed Arriva.

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The fleet

The fleet mainly comprises low-floor DAF buses, and high-floor Volvo Olympians. VDL Bus International is a Dutch-based bus builder which was originated from the bus-building business of DAF (started in 1949). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Pictures of the fleet

Including Northumbria.

Pictures of the fleet (1), (2), (3),(4).

Modern times

In December 2006, Arriva North East - operating under the Arriva Northumbria banner - sold its National Express coaching operation to Classic Coaches, owned by Tellings-Golden Miller.^[2] National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. ... Tellings-Golden Miller (TGM) was one of the many operators of bus services for London Buses. ...

The deal included 26 drivers and 7 coaches (Van Hool Alizée-bodied DAF SB3000 and SB4000), and routes: Van Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches and trailers. ...

• 032: London - Southampton
• 326: Newcastle - Cambridge
• 425: Ashington - Newcastle - London

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