Press Releases

Norwich is benefitting from improved air quality thanks to the introduction of 76 fully electric buses.

• First Bus' Roundtree Way in Sprowston has ben independently verified as a net zero-emission bus depot
• The depot has been the home of 70 new state of the art electric buses since April 2024

More than £30 million is to be invested in safer, greener and healthier travel in Basildon.

• The project to electrify Roundtree Way depot is complete
• The depot is now the operational centre for 70 state of the art electric vehicles
• This is the first complete zero-emission commercial bus fleet in England outside of London

• First Eastern Counties is making some changes to Orange and Red Line services from Sunday 25th February
• For the Red Line, 23/23A and 24/24A, the Monday to Friday timetable has been revised in order to improve the punctuality of the service, while also starting the service earlier in the morning
• On Saturdays, the red line buses will operate more frequently providing up to three buses per-hour, increasing the combined frequency to every ten minutes along the common sections of the route
• The Orange Line 21, from Monday to Friday additional morning journeys between Bowthorpe, West Earlham and Norwich will provide a bus up to every ten minutes

First Bus invites city residents to ‘Meet the Bus’ day