Press Releases

• One in five Welsh residents list knitting as their hobby – the highest percentage of any other major UK city or region.
• A quarter of residents say they have a hobby they want to keep secret, with 26% worried people would find it unattractive
• New data revealed as professional trainspotter Francis Bourgeois celebrates First Bus’ 30^th birthday by adding ‘bus enthusiast’ to his CV

• 32% of Bristol residents reveal gardening as their hobby – the highest percentage of any other major UK city
• 23% of residents say they have a hobby they want to keep secret, with a third worried people would think they are weird
• New data revealed as professional trainspotter Francis Bourgeois celebrates First Bus’ 30^th birthday by adding ‘bus enthusiast’ to his CV

• First Bus celebrates 30^th birthday with professional trainspotter and content creator Francis Bourgeois as he reveals love for the bus
• Francis kicked off the celebrations at the birthplace of First Bus in Aberdeen, where he demonstrated his love of public transport, learned to drive an electric bus, and explored a selection of heritage buses
• As the company reflects on three decades of growth and putting its people first, First Bus looks ahead to becoming a more equitable, accessible, and sustainable business

• Professional trainspotter and content creator Francis Bourgeois is celebrating the 30th birthday of First Bus by adding ‘bus enthusiast’ to his CV  

• As Francis reveals his love of bus spotting to his millions of followers, data from First Bus reveals social media creators like him have made so-called ‘niche’ hobbies like bus spotting more mainstream 

First Bus will operate the Glasgow Airport Express for five more years

• The first of Somerset’s new electric buses are now in service
• £14.7m project with First Bus in Somerset and Somerset Council
• By the summer all 25 electric buses will be in service

• The new fleet forms part of a £12.7million investment into Aberdeen, with 24 new electric buses and 12 repower buses
• The investment cements First Bus’s commitment to sustainability with a goal to achieve a fully zero-emission fleet by 2035

• £70 million investment in additional 160 zero-emission buses 

• Partnered with West of England Mayoral Combined Authority to secure an additional £20million of            Government co-funding  

• The new zero-emission fleet will run through air quality hot spots in Bristol, as well as operating in Bath. 

• Half of the First Bus West of England fleet will be zero-emission vehicles. 

• First Bus becomes first UK Bus operator to place order with New Power, a new enterprise that converts diesel buses into Zero Emission Electric Vehicles. 
• An initial order of 32 buses has been placed that will serve four regions.