East Yorkshire Motor Services, now part of Go-Ahead

[Russel]

I've not heard anything about work having started but if they want it open by the summer they will have to start soon

To be fair, I'd imagine it'll just be a modern metal shed type of constuction, they can be thrown up in a matter of weeks.

 

[Eyersey468]

To be fair, I'd imagine it'll just be a modern metal shed type of constuction, they can be thrown up in a matter of weeks.

Fair point.
372 is now out of paint shop with 792 in. 790 is believed to be in body shop

 

[YorkRailFan]

Service Changes from 8th April 2024

East Rider X46/X47, 747, 79/277, and Coaster 14 are changing. Plus, new services are starting in Bridlington and Brough!

www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk

80 Raskelf – Linton on Ouse – York
This new service will replace Reliance Service 29 with a revised timetable.

The first journey Monday to Friday from Raskelf will start at 0700 operating through to York College, on non-college days this will still start at Raskelf and 0700 but terminate at York Station Road.

The 1630 journey from York College to Raskelf will operate all year round but on non-college days will start at 1700 from York Railway Station. This will provide commute options for Helperby, Tholthorpe, Flawith, and Aldwark all year round.

Good news on the all year round service to Raskelf, even if it will be only daily plus the other College service.

31X York – Easingwold – Kirkbymoorside – Helmsley:
We will be operating the following journeys on this route.

1005 from York Station Avenue to Kirkbymoorside (Monday – Saturday).
1230 Kirkbymoorside – York (Monday – Saturday).
1555 from York Station Avenue to Kirkbymoorside (Saturday and School Holidays).
1730 Kirkbymoorside – York (Saturday and School Holidays).
These journeys will operate into York via Bootham instead of Leeman Road.

Sounds like a similar service to what Reliance is operating.

 

[Ken H]

Service Changes from 8th April 2024

East Rider X46/X47, 747, 79/277, and Coaster 14 are changing. Plus, new services are starting in Bridlington and Brough!

www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk

Good news on the all year round service to Raskelf, even if it will be only daily plus the other College service.

Sounds like a similar service to what Reliance is operating.

There will be lots of dead running from Pocklington.

 

[JD2168]

Some other interesting items in the changes are East Yorkshire running the Bridlington Park & Ride service which has been Stagecoach Hull for the last few years (can’t see the Stagecoach 99 remaining) & Bridlington Town services running on a Sunday in 513/514. Bridlington Town services have been Monday to Saturday only for a while now. The remaining apart from the ones around York appear to be the Summer season frequency upgrades.

 

[Andyh82]

Also interesting is that the Scarborough Beachcomber open top bus will extend to/from the railway station, which I’m not sure has ever happened before

It’s been The Spa to North Bay for literally decades

 

[Russel]

Some other interesting items in the changes are East Yorkshire running the Bridlington Park & Ride service which has been Stagecoach Hull for the last few years (can’t see the Stagecoach 99 remaining) & Bridlington Town services running on a Sunday in 513/514. Bridlington Town services have been Monday to Saturday only for a while now. The remaining apart from the ones around York appear to be the Summer season frequency upgrades.

Always did seem odd, Stagecoach running the Bridlington park and ride services, at the times the 99 ran, did they ever get many passengers?

Also interesting is that the Scarborough Beachcomber open top bus will extend to/from the railway station, which I’m not sure has ever happened before

It’s been The Spa to North Bay for literally decades

I can see the reasoning behind it, if tourists arriving by train are greeted at the station by the EYMS Open top buses, they may choose that rather than walking down to the seafront and using the competition...

It's also a bit of a walk to the sea front so they may get people using it as a shuttle between the station and beach.

 

[YorkRailFan]

There will be lots of dead running from Pocklington.

Could always run them as a 747?

 

[Trainman40083]

Also interesting is that the Scarborough Beachcomber open top bus will extend to/from the railway station, which I’m not sure has ever happened before

It’s been The Spa to North Bay for literally decades

Well it was certainly in the 1960s.

 

[Open top 80]

Always did seem odd, Stagecoach running the Bridlington park and ride services, at the times the 99 ran, did they ever get many passengers?



I can see the reasoning behind it, if tourists arriving by train are greeted at the station by the EYMS Open top buses, they may choose that rather than walking down to the seafront and using the competition...

It's also a bit of a walk to the sea front so they may get people using it as a shuttle between the station and beach.

I bet SS Suncruser (blue and yellow open tops ) are not very happy with this

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Also interesting is that the Scarborough Beachcomber open top bus will extend to/from the railway station, which I’m not sure has ever happened before

It’s been The Spa to North Bay for literally decades

Well it was certainly in the 1960s.

The old 109 certainly ran solely from Corner Cafe (North Bay) to the Spa (South Bay) in the 1960s. I can never recall it running from the rail station in my 40+ years of recollections.

NOTE: I don't know if United had any open top charabanc type single decks in the post war period, but conventional open top deckers only really appeared c.1979 with some Southdown PD3s on loan, and a few other oddities. Fairly certain that it was 1981 when the first dedicated fleet appeared with some converted Bristol VRs

 

[Russel]

I bet SS Suncruser (blue and yellow open tops ) are not very happy with this

Probably not, but there was nothing stopping them doing the same.

 

[Trainman40083]

The old 109 certainly ran solely from Corner Cafe (North Bay) to the Spa (South Bay) in the 1960s. I can never recall it running from the rail station in my 40+ years of recollections.

NOTE: I don't know if United had any open top charabanc type single decks in the post war period, but conventional open top deckers only really appeared c.1979 with some Southdown PD3s on loan, and a few other oddities. Fairly certain that it was 1981 when the first dedicated fleet appeared with some converted Bristol VRs

Sorry. I was eating when I commented. No, I meant I only recall it North Bay to South Bay. Was there an extension to Scalby Mills, or was that another bus.

 

[Fox192]

What happened to the 3 deckers that were rumoured to be coming from Go North West at the end of February?

 

[BoroAndy]

Sorry. I was eating when I commented. No, I meant I only recall it North Bay to South Bay. Was there an extension to Scalby Mills, or was that another bus.

Isn't it the sun cruisers that go to Scalby Mills, and a couple of years ago didn't some open tops go through the town centre

 

[Hullian111]

Always did seem odd, Stagecoach running the Bridlington park and ride services, at the times the 99 ran, did they ever get many passengers?

Far as I remember from the bottom half of Holderness Road, not really! Must’ve really fell off a cliff after COVID - grew to hate the service in 2022 after Stagecoach kept putting the Pronto ‘deckers on loan to cover for the Commonwealth Games on the 99, so rather suspiciously, none of them could be regularly seen on local Hull bus services. By that account, good to see the P&R back in the right hands.

 

[Eyersey468]

What happened to the 3 deckers that were rumoured to be coming from Go North West at the end of February?

My understanding is there are 2 B9s coming from GNW this month

 

[Fox192]

My understanding is there are 2 B9s coming from GNW this month

Oh maybe when queens road turns to stagecoach on 24th

 

[Eyersey468]

Oh maybe when queens road turns to stagecoach on 24th

I believe they will arrive some point after then

 

[Fox192]

Why is it Hull seem to be getting all the 15 year old buses from everywhere rather than something more new for once?

I also thought hull was supposed to be getting the dd electric bus for trial

 

[Eyersey468]

Why is it Hull seem to be getting all the 15 year old buses from everywhere rather than something more new for once?

I also thought hull was supposed to be getting the dd electric bus for trial

It was but its all gone quiet on that front. I agree about the age of the transferred vehicles,presumably nothing newer was available but they need to start investing in the fleet again soon as the age of the fleet is creeping up,all that's currently on order is 9 Levante 3As for NX

 

[Mollman]

Why is it Hull seem to be getting all the 15 year old buses from everywhere rather than something more new for once?

I also thought hull was supposed to be getting the dd electric bus for trial

The ZEBRA2 announcement is due soon so if successful will bring electric buses to Hull, if not then they will hopefully invest in new buses.

 

[BoroAndy]

The ZEBRA2 announcement is due soon so if successful will bring electric buses to Hull, if not then they will hopefully invest in new buses.

Is anyone buying new diesel buses now? York seems to have many new EVs

 

[stevieinselby]

Is anyone buying new diesel buses now? York seems to have many new EVs

York has had hefty Zebra funding, which has allowed First York to replace its entire fleet with electric buses, apart from a handful of diesels that are used for the 10.
(The 10 goes under a low bridge, which not only precludes double-deckers but even the Kite single-deckers that make up much of the 'City' fleet. The handful of Versa EVs they have from 2014 can fit under the bridge, but aren't up to the more demanding diagrams on the 10, which is a longer route with faster running than any other FY route). Other independents in the city have been buying new diesel buses recently because they can't justify the cost of upgrading a small depot. I suspect that will remain the case for a while, plus any larger groups who are unable to get a Zebra grant may still baulk at the cost of new electric buses, especially if they need to upgrade the infrastructure as well.

 

[JD2168]

Is anyone buying new diesel buses now? York seems to have many new EVs

Stagecoach have/still are buying Diesel buses, indeed a number were introduced to Hull last year.

 

[Seehof]

Presumably, Pocklington will be operating the newly acquired York routes from April 8th. Does anybody know what buses will be allocated? Will they have special branding? Thanks

 

[Eyersey468]

Presumably, Pocklington will be operating the newly acquired York routes from April 8th. Does anybody know what buses will be allocated? Will they have special branding? Thanks

There is talk of some of the work going to Scarborough. I'm unsure at the moment as to what vehicles will be allocated

 

[dodecahedron67]

There is talk of some of the work going to Scarborough. I'm unsure at the moment as to what vehicles will be allocated

It would not surprise me if the 31X was run off Scarbs off a 128

Most work is out of Pock though

 

[stevieinselby]

It would not surprise me if the 31X was run off Scarbs off a 128

Most work is out of Pock though

The 128 is a self-contained service using 2 buses – there's about a 15–20 minute turnaround at Helmsley and at Scarborough, so it's an efficient set of diagrams.
The 31X runs from York to Kirkbymoorside and back with an hour's wait ... then on SSH it has a 1½ hour wait then does a run out and back.
I assume it must be connected to school contracts in or near York (esp because the late journey is SSH).

Operationally, if East Yorkshire needed to run any of the services from Scarborough rather than Pocklington then it would be the 81 and 194, which generally start and end their day in either Hovingham or Sheriff Hutton – although Pocklington is slightly closer, those are the only ones where it's even close. For the 31X, 80 and 82/83/182, it would be even more daft to run them from Scarborough rather than Pocklington than it was for Transdev to run the Castleline and 194 from Fulford rather than Malton

 

[dodecahedron67]

The 128 is a self-contained service using 2 buses – there's about a 15–20 minute turnaround at Helmsley and at Scarborough, so it's an efficient set of diagrams.
The 31X runs from York to Kirkbymoorside and back with an hour's wait ... then on SSH it has a 1½ hour wait then does a run out and back.
I assume it must be connected to school contracts in or near York (esp because the late journey is SSH).

Operationally, if East Yorkshire needed to run any of the services from Scarborough rather than Pocklington then it would be the 81 and 194, which generally start and end their day in either Hovingham or Sheriff Hutton – although Pocklington is slightly closer, those are the only ones where it's even close. For the 31X, 80 and 82/83/182, it would be even more daft to run them from Scarborough rather than Pocklington than it was for Transdev to run the Castleline and 194 from Fulford rather than Malton

I have to admit Scarbados running any was a shock to me - I think some drivers and buses going on loan from Scarbs to Pock is the most likely outcome, as I know they are worried they don't have enough drivers at Pock

Reliance are still running the school journeys on the 31X