Yelloway and joint operators North West-Eastbourne holiday express timetable - Summer 1972

A through service was established linking the North West with the Sussex coastal resorts of Brighton, Peacehaven, Newhaven, Seaford and Eastbourne operated by Yelloway, Grey Green and Associated Motorways. For many years it had been possible for passengers to either travel via Cheltenham (connecting to Associated Motorways) or via London (connecting to the services of the Ewer Group subsidiaries Orange Luxury Coaches or Grey Green Coaches). In the late 1960s a through holiday service was established and this was operated jointly by the three parties. (As an aside it is interesting to note that Southdown Motor Services was a member of Associated Motorways. Southdown, together with the North Western Road Car Company, also operated their own Manchester-Sussex holiday service very similar to that shown here. Therefore Southdown had interests in two different and competing Manchester-Sussex services).