Fleet
ETS operates an all-Gillig fleet, with Phantoms from 2002-2003 (as of 2010, operating only on Saturdays), hybrid Low Floors from 2007, and diesel Low Floors from 2009. In 1998 the city council designated one bus as a Visitors' Bus that would promote tourism with a bus wrap featuring local attractions; this bus has since been retired. Since 2002, buses have been ordered in ETS's new red, white, and blue livery, each with a distinct swooping purple design, and all other buses were repainted from their original colors. In 2007, HTA joined a consortium of eleven transit agencies to purchase five diesel-electric hybrid buses from Gillig Corporation; two of these are Eureka Transit buses. The hybrids were also Humboldt County's first low-floor buses.
| Year | Unit | Make/Model | Engine | Retired | Notes |
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| 1986 | 35 | 30' Gillig Phantom 96" | Detroit Diesel 6V92 | 2004 | Visitors' Bus 1998-2004 |
| 1987 | 36 | 30' Gillig Phantom 96" | Detroit Diesel 6V92 | 2007 | |
| 1988 | 37-38 | 30' Gillig Phantom 96" | Detroit Diesel 6V92 | 2004(38) 2008(37) |
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| 1989 | 33-34 | 30' Gillig Phantom 96" | Detroit Diesel 6V92 | 2006(34) 2009(33) |
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| 1993 | 32 | 30' Gillig Phantom 96" | Detroit Diesel 6V92 | 2009 | |
| 1999 | 60 | 35' Gillig Phantom 102" | Detroit Diesel Series 50 | 2009 | |
| 2002 | 62 | 35' Gillig Phantom 102" | Cummins ISM | -- | -- |
| 2003 | 61 | 35' Gillig Phantom 102" | Cummins ISM | -- | -- |
| 2007 | 63-64 | 35' Gillig Hybrid Low Floor | Cummins ISB | -- | -- |
| 2009 | 65-67 | 35' Gillig Low Floor | Cummins ISL | -- | -- |
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