(12 Jan 2023, 12:56 pm)Andreos1 wrote United became Northumbria north of the river post de-reg.
Through mergers and acquisitions, it eventually became Arriva North East.
https://carlislebus.co.uk/history_of_bus...lisle.html
Here's a history of operators at the Western end of the route.
Ribble, Cumberland, Carlisle, Stagecoach Cumberland etc
https://www.flickr.com/photos/carlisle1457/52369079387/
Interesting. Thanks.
Amazing how the 685 has continued to be operated by 2 operators for so long. End of an era.
Disappointing there hasn't been a farewell event to mark the occasion. Quite a long history. Sure it was the 1930s it started, and so many years of shared operation.