Press Releases

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York depot poppies

First Bus fleet to ‘wear’ poppies with £3,000 donation to appeal in the region

  • First Bus fleet in York supports Poppy Appeal
  • Free travel to Remembrance events for serving Armed Forces, cadets and veterans
(NE) First York
(NE) Miscellaneous
First Bus UK

First York improves connectivity to York train station

  • 67 service extended
  • Service from Sunday 29 October
(NE) First York
(NE) Network / Service / reliability related issues
Tom Donnelly 2

First Bus appoints new operations manager in York as electric depot transformation continues

(NE) First York
First North & West Yorkshire directors 'switch on' York Electric fleet with Cllr Claire Douglas (right)

First Bus ‘switch on’ new all-electric fleet in York as zero emission transformation gathers pace

  • £23m investment in greener public transport in York
  • Fully electric fleet to be completed by the end of 2023
  • Depot power charging installation continues
  • Thousands of tonnes of CO2 emissions saved every year
(NE) First York
(NE) Electric vehicles
(NE) Environment
(NE) ZEBRA funding bids
(NE) Zero Emissions
Cllr Jenny Kent with Simon Carlisle1

City councillor for environment gets view of carbon reduction plan at First Bus depot

(NE) First York
(NE) Electric vehicles
(NE) Environment
(NE) ZEBRA funding bids
(NE) Zero Emissions
First Bus UK

First Bus announces changes to fares for children and young people

  • New fares come into effect on Sunday 30 July
(NE) First York
(NE) Bus Fares
First Bus UK

First Bus fare changes across York from Monday 3 July

  • FirstDay ticket stays at £4.80
  • Group and Bundle ticket prices remain unchanged
(NE) First York
First York dragon boat4

Bus drivers to try their hand at steering a dragon boat in annual river race

(NE) First York
York bus depot electric work starts June 2023 2

Electric transformation of First Bus York depot gets underway

  • Power chargers and infrastructure to be complete by September
(NE) First York
(NE) Mission 2035
(NE) ZEBRA funding bids
(NE) Zero Emissions
York drivers sports support for St Leonard's Hospice

First York bus drivers are good sports for hospice charity fundraising

(NE) First York
York James Street Solar PV

First York bus depot begins generating its own renewable energy

  • 210 sq m of solar PV panels fitted to roof of engineering workshops
  • Annual energy produced is enough to power 10 standard 3-bedroom homes
(NE) First York
Andrew Cullen & Kayleigh Ingham First Bus N&WY 5

First Bus appoints two senior directors to team for North & West Yorkshire

(NE) First West Yorkshire
(NE) First York
(NE) Miscellaneous