Discussion
Not that I use the peasant wagon terribly much, but why does our local company (EYMS) regularly buy brand new buses, sell 3-5 year old buses, run most of their fleet on 8-15 year old buses, and then buy more old buses?
Surely they should sell off old buses when they get new ones? But last month alone they took delivery of 5 brand new buses, and bought 5 'F' reg buses, while a few 55 reg buses have been decommissioned.
Also why do they swap private plates around the buses every so often. One number plate stays on one vehicle never more than about 6 months.
Surely they should sell off old buses when they get new ones? But last month alone they took delivery of 5 brand new buses, and bought 5 'F' reg buses, while a few 55 reg buses have been decommissioned.
Also why do they swap private plates around the buses every so often. One number plate stays on one vehicle never more than about 6 months.
New buses are usually leased and therefore changed at the end of the lease, the older ones probably came from pre-lease days or from defunct operators at knock down prices, they're perfect for school runs etc. My local company has a fleet of 20 year old double deckers for school contracts
Ok, well I've done some digging, because I've had nothing better to do. It seems that EYMS holdings are an umbrella company for quite a few different bus comanies. All if their buses are owned by EYMS holdings, and actually they own a lot of buses that are leased elsewhere (for example to Stagecoach 
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It seems a lot of buses are not necessarily sold, but shuffled round elsewhere. Their older buses do seem to be for school runs, and they also inherited quite a few older ones when Veolia went bust.
)It seems a lot of buses are not necessarily sold, but shuffled round elsewhere. Their older buses do seem to be for school runs, and they also inherited quite a few older ones when Veolia went bust.
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