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Bus and Tram Operators in Kingston upon Hull
HULL STREET TRAMWAYS COMPANY. Incorporated 1875, acquired by Hull Corporation in 1895. Wikipedia: Link
DRYPOOL AND MARFLEET STEAM TRAMWAYS COMPANY. Established 1885, acquired by Hull Corporation in 1899. Wikipedia: Link
HULL CORPORATION TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. Founded in 1899, KHCT was owned and operated by Kingston upon Hull City Council until bus deregulation on 26 October 1986. Wikipedia: Link On Magazine: Link
STAGECOACH GROUP. Following the purchase of KHCT in 1994, the company today trades as Stagecoach in Hull. Wikipedia: Link
Ernest John Lee provided a service between Elloughton and Hull from December 1919, becoming LEE & BEAULAH in 1922.
HULL & DISTRICT MOTOR SERVICES was established by H. A. Harvey in 1924 to run a bus service linking Kirk Ella and Kingston upon Hull.
EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES LTD. was registered on 5 October 1926, by the British Automobile Traction Company to take over both Lee & Beaulah and Hull & District Motor Services. The business was nationalised in the 1970s as part of the National Bus Company. East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd was privatised again in February 1987, becoming a subsidiary of EYMS Group Limited. In June 2018, the company was sold to the GO-AHEAD GROUP, operating locally as East Yorkshire. Further information: Link
JORVIK TOUR BUS LIMITED was incorporated 24 July 2020. Further information: Link and Link
The city's Streetlife Museum in High Street includes a Regal single-decker bus, No. 5, reg. KKH 650: Link and tram No. 132: Link
Further reading:
Hull History Nerd: Link
DRYPOOL AND MARFLEET STEAM TRAMWAYS COMPANY. Established 1885, acquired by Hull Corporation in 1899. Wikipedia: Link
HULL CORPORATION TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. Founded in 1899, KHCT was owned and operated by Kingston upon Hull City Council until bus deregulation on 26 October 1986. Wikipedia: Link
On Magazine: Link STAGECOACH GROUP. Following the purchase of KHCT in 1994, the company today trades as Stagecoach in Hull. Wikipedia: Link
Ernest John Lee provided a service between Elloughton and Hull from December 1919, becoming LEE & BEAULAH in 1922.
HULL & DISTRICT MOTOR SERVICES was established by H. A. Harvey in 1924 to run a bus service linking Kirk Ella and Kingston upon Hull.
EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES LTD. was registered on 5 October 1926, by the British Automobile Traction Company to take over both Lee & Beaulah and Hull & District Motor Services. The business was nationalised in the 1970s as part of the National Bus Company. East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd was privatised again in February 1987, becoming a subsidiary of EYMS Group Limited. In June 2018, the company was sold to the GO-AHEAD GROUP, operating locally as East Yorkshire. Further information: Link
JORVIK TOUR BUS LIMITED was incorporated 24 July 2020. Further information: Link
and LinkThe city's Streetlife Museum in High Street includes a Regal single-decker bus, No. 5, reg. KKH 650: Link
and tram No. 132: LinkFurther reading:
Hull History Nerd: Link
Created: Fri, 14 Feb 2025, Updated: Sat, 30 Aug 2025
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