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07 Aug 2023

Travel in style to Doncaster Pride with First Bus and its FREE!

Free travel with First Bus to Doncaster Pride on Saturday 12th August
Bus services 55, 57, 58 and 73 run from Doncaster Interchange to the event

First Bus Doncaster

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27 Apr 2023

Multi operator contactless bus ticketing ‘Tap on Tap off’ successfully launched in Leicester and is the first of its kind in the UK

The official public launch of the initiative was held on Thursday 21^st April – Leicester city centre with deputy mayor Adam Clarke, council officers, bus operators and representatives from Little pay and Ticketer and the public

First Bus Leicester

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New products

Leicester Electrification - Bus one arrival launch

21 Mar 2023

‘Bus depot of the future’ to launch in Leicester as one of the UK’s first fully electric depots outside of London

First Bus’ Leicester depot will join York and Norwich to become one of the UK’s first three fully electrified bus depots outside of London
The ‘bus depot of the future’ sets a precedent for UK-wide road transport decarbonisation
First Bus Leicester will have 86 new electric buses expected on public roads by March 2024
This brings the total investment across all ZEBRA projects that First Bus is delivering to £92m, alongside ZEBRA funding of £66m.

22 Dec 2022

Local bus operator First Leicester are providing 300 Christmas meals to Help the Homeless in Leicester

First Leicester are providing 300 Christmas meals to ‘Help the Homeless Leicester’ this Christmas.
Santa and his elf’s will be giving out Christmas cards with thank you messages on board their buses and some will have shopping vouchers and free bus travel codes enclosed on the lead up to Christmas.

Driver / staff issue

Network / Service Changes

Public vs Private Ownership

11 Nov 2022

First West Yorkshire unveils £1.68m investment in buses to create cleaner air in Huddersfield

10 new vehicles to be introduced in the coming weeks
328 Service to operate with the new Street Lite Ultronliner single-decker
Lower emissions of NOx and carbon

First Bus Halifax, Huddersfield & Calder Valley

First Bus North & West Yorkshire

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27 Aug 2022

First Manchester unveils 'Ride with pride' bus and special travel offer for Pride festival

First Manchester unveils its 'Ride with pride' bus today ahead of the Manchester Pride parade (Saturday 27 August).

First Bus Manchester

First Bus North & West Yorkshire

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31 May 2022

First Bus team raises vital funds for Action for Children with epic bike ride challenge

A crack team of cyclists from First Bus have raised over £10k for Action for Children, following a monumental bike ride challenge from London to Paris.

First Bus

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