United Automobile Services was a bus company, which operated local and regional bus services in County Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Tyne & Wear, England. It provided bus services across a wide geographical area, stretching from the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in the north, Filey in the south, and Carlisle in the west.

United was nationalised in 1948, and controlled first by the British Transport Commission, from 1962 by the Transport Holding Company, and in 1969 by the National Bus Company. The company ran vehicles from their head office in Darlington and garages across their area, including Durham, Hartlepool, Whitby and Peterlee amongst others.

Feb 13, 2013 · Here is a photograph of this bus when in service with its original owner, Aldershot and District. It is seen in Farnham Road bus station, Guildford in 1961. The Aldershot fleet was generally impeccably turned out, so that the tree damage to the front dome is surprising.

New in 1978 to National Bus Company subsidiary United Automobile Services as fleet number 740. The bus is shown as it departed the bus station (now gone), along with a split fonted double bus garage for both Lowland Scottish and Northumbria.

United had a fleet of 500 vehicles operating throughout County Durham and in parts of Tyne. As part of the Government's privatisation plans its operations were being split up, with all its services north of the Tyne being taken over by Northumbria Motor Services , which would be sold later, while its services in the Scarborough and Pickering ...

For almost a century, United Automobile Services was part of everyday life in North East England. We went to school, work, shops, leisure and everywhere between on the familiar red buses, and holidayed at the seaside, London and everywhere beyond on the distinctive express coaches.

This purpose-built bus depot combining an integral bus garage and office with service accommodation was constructed in 1930 for United Automobile Services. It was built on part of Portland Park, Jesmond to designs of Marshall & Tweedy of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This groups aim is to keep alive the memory of the Swansea-based bus company United Welsh Services Ltd (1939-1970) by offering the opportunity to exchange stories and photos of United Welsh Services and their buses which operated out of …

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