Press Releases

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First Bus UK

First Bus response to announcement by Mayor of West Yorkshire to introduce franchising of bus services

First Bus West Yorkshire
(NE) Franchising vs enhanced partnership debate
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Zoe Sparks driver apprentice6

International Women’s Day 2024: First Bus pledges to double number of women in the business

  • First Bus sets out new commitments and recruitment pledges to increase number of women in business by 2028
  • Halifax trainee driver helps promote national announcement
First Bus West Yorkshire
(NE) Miscellaneous
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Rochdale depot works 1

First Bus gets to work on enhancing Rochdale bus depot

  • £750,000 investment in depot
  • Team of more than 120 drivers now in place
  • Depot to join Bee Network on Sunday 24 March
First Bus Manchester
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
First Bus 'switch on' Bramley depot 1

First Bus ‘switch on’ the largest fleet of zero emission buses in West Yorkshire

  • Electrification of Bramley depot completed as electric buses join city network
  • £29m project combines investment by First Bus and co-funding from Department for Transport Zebra scheme secured by Combined Authority
  • 57 zero emission buses with more expected in summer 2024
First Bus West Yorkshire
(NE) Electric vehicles
(NE) Events / Launches
(NE) Mission 2035
(NE) Zero Emissions
(NE) ZEBRA funding bids
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Leeds Rhinos 2

First Bus and Leeds Rhinos become partners to promote ‘One Team’

First Bus West Yorkshire
(NE) Commercial partnerships
(NE) Events / Launches
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
York P&R UK's biggest electric bus network 3

York boasts the UK’s biggest all-electric Park and Ride bus network

  • First Bus and City of York Council achieve landmark in zero emission travel
  • Rawcliffe Bar route completes all-electric fleet on network
First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
First Bus UK

First Bus introduces improvements to connectivity in west and south of Leeds

First Bus Leeds
(NE) Service / Network changes
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
501 service to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary1

First Bus launches new express service linking Halifax and Huddersfield

  • X1 service combines with 501 to provide 8 buses an hour
  • 501 service linking hospitals with 15-minute frequency
  • New 543 service in Halifax
  • Later evening journeys added to 576 service linking Halifax-Bradford
  • 307/308 Huddersfield-Holmfirth route changes
First Bus Halifax, Huddersfield & Calder Valley
(NE) Service / Network changes
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Rochdale team3

First Manchester completes management team for launch of Rochdale depot

First Bus Manchester
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
First Bus - Our people

First Bus to become UK’s largest national bus operator to be a real Living Wage employer

  • 245 colleagues based at depots in West and North Yorkshire to benefit from pay commitment
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
(NE) Miscellaneous
Zoe Sparks driver apprentice2

First Bus announces first ever Bus Driver apprenticeship pilot in National Apprenticeship Week

  • West Yorkshire depots to pilot scheme 
  • 13-month training includes PCV licence and functional skills in English and Maths
First Bus West Yorkshire
First Bus Bradford
First Bus Halifax, Huddersfield & Calder Valley
First Bus York
First Bus Leeds
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
York Pullman coach outside York Minster

FirstGroup plc acquires York Pullman Bus Company

  • Agreement to purchase York Pullman Bus Company
  • High-performing business with strong track record of growth
  • Independently-owned and highly reputable operator of coaches and buses, providing contracted and private hire services in York and the wider area from several depot locations
  • Completion of the acquisition is anticipated in the next few weeks, subject to customary regulatory review.
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
First Bus York
(NE) Miscellaneous