Press Releases

• 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

Solent from First Bus is offering FREE travel to Pompey fans on the last game of the season at Fratton Park. 

New service operating between Lulworth Cove, Wool Station and Bovington

• 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. 

From the minute people step off the bus to the minute they’re at their front door, First Bus and Strut Safe will help people safely navigate their journey home 

New learning centres will enhance educational opportunities for 10,000 frontline employees across the UK