Press Releases

• Focus on punctuality for 16 services
• Additional journeys added to Park and Ride network including the weekend

• New 642 service to Fagley
• Focus on punctuality for 16 services

First Bus East is offering FREE travel on the new 333 service for all spectators and participants attending the 2025 Maldon Mud Race, taking place on Sunday 4 May 2025.

• 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

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