Operator unveils special bus livery as it celebrates the milestone
East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) has celebrated its 90th birthday.
After beginning with a more humble fleet of 34 buses, which operated between Anlaby Common, Elloughton and Withernsea, the operator now has over 300 buses in its fleet, travels over nine million miles a year and provides a service for more than 60,000 people every day.
EYMS was founded on October 5, 1926, to acquire former Hull bus companies Lee & Beaulah and Hull & District Motor Services.
“It’s definitely one hell of an achievement,” said Peter Shipp, EYMS’ Chairman of over 30 years.
“We’ve done well to make it this far and hopefully we’ve got another few years left in us.
“We have definitely seen a lot of changes through the years and one of the more noticeable things to have changed are our colours.
“We are now, of course, that well-known cream and burgundy, but when we first started off we were indigo and primrose.
“That served us for a good 50 years or so until we were nationalised by the National Bus Company in the Seventies, whose colours were poppy red, with a white stripe down the side.
“That took us up to 1987, when me and six others bought the company out.
“I had wanted to return the company to its original indigo and primrose, but that would have been too similar to one of our rivals – Hull City Transport Ltd.
“As a result, we chose the burgundy and cream buses we have today.”
In commemoration of the firm’s 90th birthday, EYMS has released a new multi-coloured bus paying tribute to all the different colours the company has adopted over the years.
