East Yorkshire (bus company)

File:Lord Roberts Road, Beverley 1960s (archive ref DDX1525-1-5) (25290040292).jpg in Beverley in the 1960s]]

File:Passing St Peter's church, Woodmansey - geograph.org.uk - 7150359.jpg East Yorkshire AEC Renown in Woodmansey in 1979]]

East Yorkshire Motor Services was originally made up of two companies, Lee & Beaulah (set up by Ernest John Lee) and Hull & District Motor Services (set up by H. A. Harvey). In October 1926, British Electric Traction purchased the two companies.{{cite magazine |date=30 November 1926 |title=Wheels of industry |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/30th-november-1926/46/wheels-of-industry |magazine=The Commercial Motor |page=47 |access-date=22 May 2022}}

In 1968, the British Electric Traction group was sold to the Transport Holding Company,{{cite magazine |date=1 March 1968 |title=BET purchase was THC's idea |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/1st-march-1968/50/bet-purchase-was-thcs-idea |magazine=Commercial Motor |publisher=Temple Press |page=48 |access-date=22 May 2022}}{{cite magazine |date=22 March 1968 |title=BET sell-out 'unconditional' |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/22nd-march-1968/38/bet-sell-out-unconditional |magazine=Commercial Motor |publisher=Temple Press |page=36 |access-date=22 May 2022}} which in turn became the National Bus Company in the following year.{{cite magazine |date=3 January 1969 |title=National Bus Company |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/3rd-january-1969/27/national-bus-company |magazine=Commercial Motor |publisher=Temple Press |page=25 |access-date=22 May 2022}}

Until 1972, the company's livery was dark blue with a primrose band, with a white relief band also applied to the roofline of buses. Shortly after East Yorkshire was brought under National Bus Company ownership, the primrose band was changed to white and buses were given NBC corporate fleet names. This proved to be short-lived, with the adapted livery being replaced by the standard "poppy" red in October 1973.{{cite magazine |last=Lyons |first=Mark |date=7 August 2022 |title=Creating a National identity |url=https://www.keybuses.com/article/creating-national-identity |magazine=Buses |issue=810 |pages=42–45 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing |access-date=18 August 2022 |url-access=subscription}}

In 1987, following the deregulation of bus services, East Yorkshire's fleet, which had since dropped to 200 vehicles and shared management with Lincolnshire Road Car, started to grow again. The company was sold in a management buyout, which was led by seven managers.{{cite magazine |author= |date=14 February 1987 |title=E Yorks snapped up |url=http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/14th-february-1987/18/e-yorks-snapped-up |magazine=Commercial Motor |publisher=Temple Press |page=16 |access-date=25 July 2021}} In the same year, the company acquired former United Automobile Services depots in Pickering and Scarborough, with operations rebranded Scarborough & District.{{cite magazine |date=10 September 1987 |title=WRAC chases United |url=http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/10th-september-1987/25/wrac-chases-united |access-date=30 July 2014 |magazine=Commercial Motor |publisher=Temple Press |page=23}}

Following the management buyout, East Yorkshire began to expand, acquiring many independent operators in the local area, including Connor & Graham, Cottingham Mini Coaches and Primrose Valley Coaches.{{cite magazine |author= |date=8 February 1990 |issue=574 |page=9 |title=Primrose Valley sells out to EYMS |magazine=Coachmart |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap}} The Hardwick's of Scarborough fleet was purchased from Wallace Arnold – this being Wallace Arnold's last bus company.

At the time of privatisation, the livery was silver and blue, with some vehicles branded in the National Bus Company's "poppy" red livery or silver, blue and red minibus livery. The "poppy" red buses were subsequently rebranded into a red and grey livery. In Kingston upon Hull, a number of AEC Routemaster double-deck vehicles entered service in traditional East Yorkshire livery to compete with Kingston upon Hull City Transport. The company also suffered competition from Appleby's of Conisholme in Bridlington, Hull and Scarborough, prior to the competitor's sale to the Bowen Transport Group in December 2000.{{cite web |last=McQuillan |first=Robert |date=28 November 2012 |title=Applebys sold to Lincs businessman |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/applebys-sold-to-lincs-businessman/ |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough}}

In 1992, the company completed their first out-of-area acquisition with Finglands Coachways,{{cite web |date=8 August 2013 |title=First's Finglands acquisition |url=https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/firsts-finglands-acquisition/ |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=Bus & Coach Buyer}} with further purchases that year including Hull-based Metro Citybus, as well as Rhodes Coaches and Thornton Dale Coaches.

By the turn of the decade, the company had made a significant number of acquisitions: Connor & Graham of Easington (1993),{{cite magazine |last=Jarsoz |first=Andrew |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-issue55/page/13/mode/1up |date=6 March 1993 |title=EYMS buys bus ops of Connor & Graham |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |issue=55 |page=13 |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=13 May 2024}} Hart Coaches of Stockton-on-Tees (1995),{{cite magazine |author= |date=12 May 1995 |issue=306 |page=2 |title=EYMS buy Hart Coaches |magazine=Bus & Coach Buyer |location=Spalding}} former GM Buses coaching arm Charterplan (1996),{{cite magazine |author= |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-issue216/page/n4/mode/1up |date=4 May 1996 |title=Charterplan is sold to EYMS by Stagecoach |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |issue=216 |page=5 |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=13 May 2024}} Hollings Coaches of North Shields (1996),{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-issue214/page/n13/mode/1up |date=20 April 1996 |title=Hollings takeover |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |issue=214 |page=14 |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=1 June 2024}} former Busways Travel Services coach operator Armstrong Galley (1997),{{cite magazine |author= |url=https://archive.org/details/buscoachbuyer-issue390/page/n4/mode/1up |date=3 January 1997 |title=EYMS to buy Armstrong Galley |magazine=Bus & Coach Buyer |issue=390 |page=5 |location=Spalding |publisher=Glen-Holland Ltd |access-date=1 June 2024}} and former KHCT coaching subsidiary Kingstonian Travel Services (1997).{{cite magazine |author= |url=https://archive.org/details/buscoachbuyer-issue400/page/n8/mode/1up |date=14 March 1997 |title=EYMS buy Kingstonian Travel and launch National Holidays |magazine=Bus & Coach Buyer |issue=400 |page=9 |location=Spalding |publisher=Glen-Holland Limited |access-date=6 March 2025}}

In January 2004, the company proceeded with a second out-of-area acquisition, with the purchase of Whittle Coach & Bus of Kidderminster.{{cite web|url=http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=371&categoryid=0 |title=EYMS to buy Whittle |work=Bus & Coach Professional|date=9 January 2004|access-date=16 May 2024 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927194327/http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=371&categoryid=0 |archive-date=27 September 2013}} In December 2014, the coach operation was sold to Johnsons Coach & Bus Travel.

In March 2009, the company purchased the Hull-based operations of Veolia Transport. The sale saw all driving and engineering staff transferred to East Yorkshire Motor Services, along with services and nine vehicles.

In May 2014, the company's Driffield depot was closed, with most staff, services and vehicles reallocated to nearby depots.{{cite web |date=17 April 2014 |title=EYMS depot closure confirmed |url=https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/eyms-depot-closure-confirmed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811034755/http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/eyms-depot-closure-confirmed/ |archive-date=11 August 2016 |access-date=30 August 2021 |website=Bus & Coach Buyer}} In the same month, the company commenced commercial operation of the Moors Explorer ME1 service, which replaced the former Moorsbus M13 and M14 services.{{cite web |date=22 May 2014 |title=New bus service to North York Moors |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/11229432.new-bus-service-to-north-york-moors/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |website=Gazette & Herald }} The service operates on Sunday and bank holidays between May and August, running between Hessle, Hull, Beverley and Danby via Malton and Pickering – closely following the route of the former services.{{cite web |date=22 April 2022 |title=Moors Explorer returns for summer 2022 |url=https://www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/moors-explorer-returns-summer-2022 |access-date=21 May 2022 |website=East Yorkshire }}

In May 2015, East Yorkshire Motor Services was the first operator in the United Kingdom to take delivery of the MCV EvoSeti.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Stuart |date=21 May 2015 |title=MCV unveils EvoSeti double decker |url=http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/mcv-unveils-evoseti-double-decker/ |access-date=19 December 2016 |work=Bus & Coach Buyer}} Following further deliveries in January 2017 and September 2017, an additional eighteen vehicles were added to the fleet.{{cite magazine |date=16 February 2017 |title=EYMS keeps on buying |url=https://www.keybuses.com/article/eyms-keeps-buying |access-date=21 May 2022 |magazine=Buses |issue=744 |page=14 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing}}{{cite web |last=Howlett |first=Elizabeth |date=2 February 2017 |title=EYMS receives MCV-Volvo fleet |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/eyms-receives-mcv-volvo-fleet/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |website=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough}}{{cite web |date=11 October 2017 |title=East Yorkshire Motor Services doubles multi-million pound investment with Volvo |url=https://www.volvobuses.com/gb/news/2017/oct/eyms-has-taken-delivery-of-12-new-volvo-b5tl-double-deck-buses.html |access-date=21 May 2022 |website=Volvo Buses }}

In May 2018, the company's Hornsea depot was closed, with the depot's 27 drivers and engineers offered roles elsewhere in the company.{{cite web |last=Dougall |first=Emily |date=20 February 2018 |title=EYMS set to close Hornsea depot |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/eyms-set-close-hornsea-depot/ |access-date=3 May 2021 |website=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough}} The following year, it was announced that the company's Beverley depot was to be closed, with operations relocated to Hull.{{cite web |last=Winter |first=Phil |date=23 May 2019 |title=East Yorkshire announces plans to close Beverley depot |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/business/east-yorkshire-announces-plans-close-2898942 |access-date=3 May 2021 |website=Hull Daily Mail}}

File:Finglands of Manchester_bus YX08 FWG.jpg Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL at Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station]]

The company's first out-of-area expansion was in early 1992, following the purchase of Finglands Coachways of Rusholme. In October 1995, the original Stagecoach Manchester operation, then a subsidiary of Stagecoach Ribble operating 13 buses primarily on route 192, was also purchased.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/buscoachbuyer-issue329/page/n4/mode/1up |date=20 October 1995 |title=EYMS buy Stagecoach Manchester |magazine=Bus & Coach Buyer |issue=329 |page=5 |location=Spalding |access-date=13 May 2024}}

In August 2013, FirstGroup announced that subject to regulatory approval by the Office of Fair Trading, it had agreed to purchase the bus operations of Finglands Coachways. The sale included the lease of the company's depot in Rusholme, as well as routes, and approximately 100 members of staff – but no vehicles.{{cite web |last=Slater |first=Chris |date=2 August 2013 |title=Jobs saved as famous bus firm gears up for takeover |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/jobs-saved-famous-bus-firm-5431595 |access-date=22 September 2013 |work=Manchester Evening News}} The deal was approved in January 2014, with First Greater Manchester taking over on operations in February 2014.{{cite web |last=Cox |first=Charlotte |date=27 January 2014 |title=End of the road for Finglands as takeover deal reached |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/end-road-manchester-bus-company-6599876 |access-date=11 March 2014 |work=Manchester Evening News}}

In October 2013, East Yorkshire Motor Services sold the Finglands Coachways coach charter business to Bullocks Coaches.{{cite web|url=http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=8057&categoryid=0|title=EYMS sell Finglands' coaches|work=Bus & Coach Professional|date=10 October 2013|access-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018015614/http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=8057&categoryid=0|archive-date=18 October 2013}}{{cite web |date=24 October 2013 |title=Finglands' coach operations acquired by Bullocks |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/finglands-coach-operations-acquired-by-bullocks/ |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough}}{{cite web |date=30 October 2013 |title=EYMS's Finglands coaches sold to Bullocks |url=https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/eymss-finglands-coaches-sold-bullocks/ |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=Bus & Coach Buyer }}

Whittle Bus & Coach of Kidderminster was acquired by East Yorkshire Motor Services in January 2004. This was the second major out-of-area acquisition for the company, following the management buyout in February 1987. The business operated a total of 50 vehicles at the time of purchase, running bus services in rural Shropshire and Worcestershire.

In December 2014, the coach operation was sold to Johnsons Coach & Bus Travel, along with nine coaches.{{cite web |date=18 December 2014 |title=Johnsons to acquire Whittles' coach operation |url=http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/johnsons-acquire-whittles-coach-operation/ |access-date=28 May 2015 |work=Bus & Coach Buyer}}{{cite web |date=18 December 2014 |title=Henley's Johnsons to buy Whittles |url=http://www.route-one.net/industry/finance/henleys-johnsons-to-buy-whittles/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529023154/http://www.route-one.net/industry/finance/henleys-johnsons-to-buy-whittles/ |archive-date=29 May 2015 |access-date=28 May 2015 |work=routeone}}{{cite web |date=15 June 2015 |title=Huge coach investment for Whittle |url=https://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/13332958.huge-coach-investment-for-whittle/ |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=Kidderminster Shuttle }} Following the sale, the company's National Express contracted services were transferred to other operators, with local bus services withdrawn in January 2015.

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In June 2018, East Yorkshire Motor Services was acquired by the Go-Ahead Group, bringing an end to 30 years of family ownership. Following the acquisition, the company was organised to run as a standalone company within Go North East.{{cite web |last=Ford |first=Coreena |date=18 June 2018 |title=Newcastle transport giant Go North East snaps up East Yorkshire bus company |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/newcastle-transport-giant-go-north-14798505 |access-date=29 March 2022 |website=Evening Chronicle }}{{cite web |last=Campbell |first=James |date=18 June 2018 |title=Hull bus company EYMS has been sold |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-bus-company-eyms-sold-1686519 |access-date=29 March 2022 |website=Hull Daily Mail }} In October 2018, the company invested a total of £1 million in new Ticketer smart ticket machines, which have the ability to accept contactless and mobile payments.{{cite web |last=Dougall |first=Emily |date=20 November 2018 |title=EYMS passengers welcome introduction of contactless payments |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/eyms-passengers-welcome-introduction-of-contactless-payments/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |website=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough}}{{cite web |date=20 November 2018 |title=EYMS sees 'surge' in contactless ticket transactions |url=https://www.route-one.net/news/eyms_sees__surge__in_contactless_ticket_transactions/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=routeone }}

In March 2019, a new livery and corporate branding was announced. Under the changes, the trading name for the company was changed to East Yorkshire, with a new typeface and logo design, with the white rose of Yorkshire replacing the letter O and forming part of the logo. The new corporate branding was launched at an event at KCOM Stadium, with two vehicles displayed in the new livery.{{cite web |last=Harrison |first=Matt |date=5 March 2019 |title=Go-Ahead unveils the new look for East Yorkshire |url=https://transportdesigned.com/go-ahead-unveils-new-look-east-yorkshire/ |access-date=9 March 2019 |website=Transport Designed |publisher=}}{{cite web |date=12 March 2019 |title=East Yorkshire plans £6m fleet spend and unveils new brand |url=https://www.route-one.net/operators/east-yorkshire-plans-6m-fleet-spend-and-unveils-new-brand/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=routeone }}{{cite web |last=Dougall |first=Emily |date=30 April 2019 |title=East Yorkshire announces £450k investment and new brand |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/east-yorkshire-announces-450k-investment-and-new-brand/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough }}

In June 2022, it was announced that East Yorkshire was to be split from Go North East, becoming a separate company of the Go-Ahead Group. Following the departure of Martijn Gilbert at Go North East in August 2022, Ben Gilligan, who previously served as East Yorkshire's Area Director since the company's takeover, was promoted to the company's Managing Director.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.route-one.net/people/martijn-gilbert-to-leave-the-go-ahead-group/ |title=Martijn Gilbert to leave The Go-Ahead Group |work=routeone|date=7 June 2022 |access-date=7 June 2022}}

East Yorkshire was handed responsibility for four North and West Yorkshire-based coach companies acquired by the Go-Ahead Group in May 2024, taking on 200 staff members and 140 vehicles from these companies, whose operations are to be retained as separate subsidiaries of East Yorkshire. These companies were Compass Royston of Middlesbrough, Esk Valley Coaches of Whitby, Fourway Coaches of Leeds and Procters Coaches of Leeming Bar.{{cite news |last=Deakin |first=Tim |url=https://www.route-one.net/news/procters-coaches-and-fourway-among-latest-go-ahead-purchases/ |title=Procters Coaches and Fourway among latest Go-Ahead purchases |work=routeone |date=23 May 2024 |access-date=23 May 2024}}{{cite news |last=Peat |first=Chris |date=23 May 2024 |url=https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/go-ahead-acquires-four-coach-operators/ |title=Go-Ahead acquires four coach operators |work=Bus & Coach Buyer |location=Peterborough |access-date=23 May 2024}}

In January 2025, the Go-ahead Group announced that Go-Ahead West Yorkshire, a new operator based out of Fourway Coaches' Cleckheaton depot and thereby managed by East Yorkshire, had been awarded the tender to operate service 571, running between Halifax and Shelf and previously operated by Arriva Yorkshire, from 23 February. Go-Ahead intends for the new operation to be competitive in future tendering for bus franchising contracts across the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.{{cite news |title=Go-Ahead to enter West Yorkshire bus market ahead of franchising |url=https://www.route-one.net/news/go-ahead-to-enter-west-yorkshire-bus-market-ahead-of-franchising/ |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=routeone |date=13 January 2025}}

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File:East Yorkshire 'EastRider' 924 - YX20 OEC.jpg-branded Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC waiting at York railway station on service X46]]

In August 2020, the EastRider premium sub-brand was launched. EastRider vehicles carry a distinctive livery and are equipped with E Leather seats and USB sockets. The first services to be upgraded were services 45 and X46/X47, which link Bridlington and Hull with York. A total of eight Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC double-deck vehicles were ordered for this upgrade.{{cite web |date=10 August 2020 |title=New bike-friendly buses! |url=https://www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/new-bike-friendly-buses |access-date=5 January 2021 |website=East Yorkshire}}

In January 2021, services 75 and X7, which operate between Hull and Withernsea were encompassed under the sub-brand, using refurbished MCV EvoSeti double-deck vehicles.{{cite web |date=10 December 2020 |title=New fast Service X7 from Withernsea |url=https://www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/new-fast-service-x7 |access-date=5 January 2021 |website=East Yorkshire |publisher=}} At the same time, services 55 and X5, which operate between Goole and Hull were brought under the sub-brand, using a fleet of former National Express Volvo B9R/Caetano Levante coaches and Volvo B9TL/Wright Gemini 2 double-deck vehicles cascaded from Go North East.{{cite web |date=9 December 2020 |title=New fast Service X5 from Goole |url=https://www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/new-fast-service-x5 |access-date=5 January 2021 |website=East Yorkshire |publisher=}}

In September 2022 services between Hull/Cottingham/Beverley and Hornsea were revamped and brought under the EastRider sub-brand using refurbished Plaxton Centro vehicles and MCV EvoSeti double-deck vehicles. Service 23 operates between Hull and Beverley, Service 24 operates between Hull and Hornsea Via Skirlaugh (avoiding Beverley) Service 25 operates between Hornsea and Hessle, via Beverley, Cottingham and Anlaby{{cite web |title=Revamp for Beverley and Hornsea bus services announced by East Yorkshire Buses |url=https://greatyorkshireradio.co.uk/news/local-news/112-east-riding/1592-revamp-for-beverley-and-hornsea-bus-services-announced-by-east-yorkshire-buses |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=Great Yorkshire Radio }}{{cite web |title=Hornsea |url=https://www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/hornsea |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=East Yorkshire }} At the same time service 121 between Hull and Bridlington was brought under the EastRider brand.

In March 2023 service X5 was discontinued due to low passenger numbers.{{cite web |title=Changes to Bus Services 55 and X5 |url=https://www.elloughtonbrough-tc.gov.uk/news/changes-to-bus-services-55-and-x5 |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=Elloughton cum Brough Town Council }}

In April 2023 alterations were made to service X46 and X47. Service X47 was changed to operate Monday – Saturday daytime up to every hour. The route between Beverley and Hull was changed to run via Beverley Road (same as X46), rather than Cottingham. The combined service means that the Hull-Beverley-York corridor is served by up to 2 buses per hour in each direction.{{cite web |title=Service Changes from 2 April |url=https://www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/service-changes-2-april |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=East Yorkshire }}

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As of May 2022, the company operates from seven bus depots across the region: Bridlington, Elloughton, Kingston upon Hull, Pocklington, Scarborough (Barry's Lane & Westwood Road) and Withernsea.

The company's headquarters are located at a main depot on Anlaby Road in Kingston upon Hull. The depot's offices, built into a set of 1870s Gothic Revival houses, are Grade II listed.{{NHLE |num=1207665 |desc=252, Anlaby Road |accessdate=18 January 2023}} A small fire broke out in one of the offices in December 2020,{{cite news |last=Mutch |first=Michael |date=5 December 2020 |title=Fire service statement on cause of East Yorkshire bus depot fire |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/fire-east-yorkshire-bus-depot-4769821 |work=Hull Daily Mail |access-date=18 January 2023}} and a partial collapse of the depot's roof and frontage on 18 January 2023 destroyed a bus parked in the depot forecourt.{{cite news |last=Miah |first=Rahima |date=18 January 2023 |title=Part of the roof collapses at Hull East Yorkshire Buses depot leading to extensive damage |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/part-roof-collapses-hull-east-8044361 |work=Hull Daily Mail |access-date=18 January 2023}}

Plans were submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council in late 2024 for a new East Yorkshire depot in north Hull, located along the A1079 road and south of the village of Dunswell, replacing the depots at Anlaby Road and Elloughton. This depot, situated among a 500-space park and ride including three drive-through outlet, is planned to house over 200 buses, twelve maintenance bays and have capabilities for charging points for electric buses,{{cite web |title=Planning application summary 24/03336/STPLF |url=https://newplanningaccess.eastriding.gov.uk/newplanningaccess/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=SMSLYZBJFJL00&activeTab=summary |publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council |access-date=23 February 2025}} however objections were made in a January 2025 public consultation by Yorkshire Water in relation to its siting over public water mains, as well as residents living near the planned depot site.{{cite news |last1=Spence |first1=Andrew |title=Plans submitted for a new 500-space park and ride to the north of Hull |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/plans-submitted-new-500-space-9868973 |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=17 January 2025}}

A new depot for Scarborough's bus services, feature charging points for a potential investment in electric buses, is to be built on Taylor Way in Eastfield, replacing both the Barry's Lane and Westwood Road sites.{{cite news |last=Numminen |first=Anttoni James |date=28 July 2023 |title=New 'mega depot' for buses in Scarborough approved by council |url=https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/new-mega-depot-for-buses-in-scarborough-approved-by-council-4236393 |work=The Scarborough News |access-date=29 July 2023}}

As of 15 July 2021, the fleet consists of 271 buses and coaches.{{cite web |date=15 June 2021 |title=Fleet list as at: 15 June 2021 |url=https://images-eyms.passenger-website.com/downloads/150621.pdf |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=East Yorkshire |publisher=}} The fleet consists mainly of diesel-powered single and double-deck buses manufactured by Alexander Dennis and Volvo. £5.7 million of funding awarded jointly to Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council through the central government's Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas 2 (ZEBRA2) fund, as well as a £500 million investment in Wrightbus battery electric buses by the Go-Ahead Group, will see a fleet of 21 electric buses delivered to East Yorkshire during 2025.{{cite news |last1=Page |first1=Mark |title=Fleet of 40 electric buses to be rolled out across Hull and East Yorkshire |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/fleet-40-electric-buses-rolled-9181645 |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=22 March 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Spence |first1=Andrew |title=Hull & East Yorkshire part of £500m electric bus deal |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull--east-yorkshire-part-9617266 |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=9 October 2024}}

The company also operate a fleet of open-top Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini double-deck vehicles, which operate seasonally on seafront services in Bridlington and Scarborough.{{cite web |date=29 March 2022 |title=Beachcomber is back |url=https://www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/beachcomber-back-summer |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=East Yorkshire }}

The company operates a fleet of coaches for hire, day trips and short holidays under the East Yorkshire Coaches brand. They also operate regional and national coach services under contract to National Express. Between November 2001 and October 2007, East Yorkshire Coaches also traded as Frodingham Coaches, following acquisition of the company.{{cite press release |last=Shipp |first=Peter |date=26 October 2001 |title=EYMS Group buys Frodingham Coaches |url=http://www.eyms.co.uk/press/pr311001a.htm |url-status=dead |location=Hull |publisher=East Yorkshire Motor Services |agency= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211104732/http://www.eyms.co.uk:80/press/pr311001a.htm |archive-date=11 February 2005 |access-date=25 July 2021}} The previous coaching operation, East Yorkshire Travel, was once a nationwide operator, prior to its sale to the Godfrey Burley Group in 1996.

In July 2014, the company was the subject of an eight-part documentary series, On The Yorkshire Buses. The documentary originally aired on Channel 5 and was narrated by Simon Farnaby.{{cite news|url=http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/what-s-on/out-about/eyms-filmed-for-documentary-1-6692007|title=EYMS filmed for documentary|date=29 June 2014|work=Driffield Times & Post|access-date=11 July 2014}}

In April 2021, the company was the subject of an episode of Dom Digs In, which aired on BBC One. Narrated by Dominic Littlewood and filmed over the course of a week during the COVID-19 pandemic, the episode sees Dominic take on a number of roles at the company's Hull depot.{{cite web |title=Dom Digs In: Buses |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vlp4 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=BBC One}}{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Deborah |date=28 April 2021 |title=Dom Littlewood hails East Yorkshire buses as 'lifeblood of the community' |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/dom-littlewood-hails-east-yorkshire-5352672 |work=Hull Daily Mail |access-date=17 July 2021}}

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• [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00216628 East Yorkshire Motor Services Limited] on Companies House
• [https://www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/ East Yorkshire] website

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