Press Releases
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First Bus increases Stourton Park & Ride frequency to support festive travel season
- Timetable changes from Friday 24 November to Friday 22 December
- Service frequency increased up to every 20 minutes
- Sunday service resumes and evening service extended to 9:00pm
First York increases Park & Ride frequency to support festive travel season
- Weekend timetable changes from Sunday 19 November to Saturday 23 December
- Service frequency increased up to every 10 minutes
- Operating at Rawcliffe Bar, Askham Bar, Designer Outlet and Grimston Bar
Aircoach launch first ever English routes with new Leicester to Birmingham Airport 24hr service
- Leicester to Birmingham Airport with a pick up at Fosse Park
- 16 seats available to book per journey
- Prices from £9 for a single journey online at Aircoach UK | Aircoach UK
- every hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- 15kg luggage allowance + a small bag to take onboard
First Bus introduces improvements to Huddersfield services from 3 September
- 8 route timetables adjusted for better reliability
- 184 morning service to arrive in Oldham at 08:30
First Bus introduces improvements to services from 3 September
- 23 routes in Leeds with more frequency
- Bradford-Leeds 72 and X6 starts earlier and ends at midnight
- 8 routes in Huddersfield with better reliability
First Bus introduces improvements to Leeds services from 3 September
- Increase in journeys on 23 routes
- Changes to improve frequency and punctuality
First Bus introduces service improvements to Bradford-Leeds route
- 72 and X6 services to have earlier start and late bus up to midnight
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.
First Bus announces proposals to cease all operations in Southampton
- Proposal to withdraw all CityRed services in Southampton from February 19 2023.
- Lower customer numbers post-covid, changes in travel patterns, rising costs and an ultra-competitive city market have led to this difficult decision.
- Focus is on supporting colleagues and helping all those affected to find alternative roles within First Bus.
Making bus a smart choice for more people
Simon Pearson, Chief Commercial Officer at First Bus, comments on customer centricity; what it looks like in practice, and how changing perceptions is central to bus becoming a bigger part of the transport mix.
First Bus supports Glasgow night-time economy with return of night bus services
- Return of weekend night bus network
- 11 routes/corridors served across the city and beyond from evening of Friday 17th June.
- 6pm PLUS ticket covers travel after 6pm as well as night bus services, starting from only £4.
- Young Persons (Under 22s) Concessionary Card holders can travel for free on First Glasgow night bus services
- Night bus network is returning to help boost the night-time economy in the city and to help ease the pressure by recent rail disruption.
Mainline livery returns to the Potteries with a jazzy new Minton flooring design
- Collaboration between, First Potteries, Best Impressions, Altro and Bus and Coach World
- 25 buses being branded in a new livery, interior refurbishment and new Minton flooring.
- Buses will run on services 3 & 4 via Hanley to Burslem, Kidsgrove and Tunstall.