North Yorkshire Buses

The County of North Yorkshire evolved from the old North Riding of Yorkshire, expanding to take over a bit of the West Riding around the Selby area and the city of York itself. The area around Middlesbrough was lost to Cleveland for a while, but has now been 'recaptured'. North Yorkshire has long been the meeting point of many major bus operators. United Automobile Services dominated the north, West Riding Automobile Services the south; West Yorkshire Road Car had services in Harrogate and the city of York, while East Yorkshire Motor Services came into York and Scarborough from its home territory. Privatisation and takeovers meant that municipal transport disappeared from North Yorkshire, but the result was that the county is today served by the country's four largest bus groups- Stagecoach, Arriva, First and Transdev. Britain's largest independent, East Yorkshire Motor Services, also still operates in the county.