OK Motor Services

Wade Emmerson Jr., the company's majority shareholder, was approached by Go-Ahead, which expressed its continued interest in acquiring the business.

He was also approached by other operators, including Northumbria Motor Services, but decided to enter detailed negotiations only with Go-Ahead.

Go-Ahead later took steps to streamline the business, with several of the group's earlier acquisitions transferred to OK.[6] However, the local identities were soon abandoned, and the OK name disappeared.

[3][a] On 10 August 2013, Go North East withdrew service OK1, as a result of a fall in passenger numbers towards the end of its 18-month trial.

Tim Phillips had acquired for restoration a Leyland Tiger (LFT 5X), originally purchased by OK Motor Services, with the company awarded an operator's licence on 25 May 2016.

[8] The company formerly operated from the following depots across the region: Bishop Auckland,[b] Heaton, Peterlee, Shotton Colliery[c] and Team Valley.

A Leyland Olympian , seen in Chester-le-Street in June 1996, following acquisition by Go North East .
A Go North East Scania L94UB / Wright Solar branded in The OK Expressway livery.
DAF Optare on route 31 in Chester-le-Street in 1996