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Bramley cllrs visit 2

First Bus and Combined Authority announce further £11.2m for Bramley bus depot

  • Investment and co-funding from Department for Transport Zebra scheme
  • Extra 22 electric buses brings zero emission fleet to 79 – half Bramley total
  • Delivery of more buses expected in July 2024
First Bus West Yorkshire
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
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
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
Events
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
Service 67 outside York train station

First Bus electrifies university routes as rollout of new zero emission buses continues

  • 10 vehicles introduced on 66 and 67 services alongside campus shuttles
  • £3m investment by First Bus
First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
Environment
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
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
First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
Environment
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
Bramey depot EV underway2

Electric transformation of First Bus Leeds depot gets underway

  • Power chargers and infrastructure to be complete by October
  • £29m scheme combining investment and Government funding
First Bus West Yorkshire
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
Cllr Jenny Kent with Simon Carlisle1

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

First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
Environment
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
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
First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
First-Electric-Launch-21032023-44

‘Bus depot of the future’ launches in Leicester as one of the UK’s first fully electric depots outside of London

  • First Bus’ Leicester depot will join York and Norwich to become one of the UK’s first three fully electrified bus depots outside of London 
  • The ‘bus depot of the future’ sets a precedent for UK-wide road transport decarbonisation  
  • First Bus Leicester will have 86 new electric buses expected on public roads by March 2024 
  • This brings the total investment across all ZEBRA projects that First Bus is delivering to £92m, alongside ZEBRA funding of £66m.  
Electric Buses
Environment
Mission 2035
Zero Emissions
ZEBRA funding
First Bus
Leicester Electrification - Bus one arrival launch

‘Bus depot of the future’ to launch in Leicester as one of the UK’s first fully electric depots outside of London

  • First Bus’ Leicester depot will join York and Norwich to become one of the UK’s first three fully electrified bus depots outside of London 
  • The ‘bus depot of the future’ sets a precedent for UK-wide road transport decarbonisation  
  • First Bus Leicester will have 86 new electric buses expected on public roads by March 2024 
  • This brings the total investment across all ZEBRA projects that First Bus is delivering to £92m, alongside ZEBRA funding of £66m.  
Electric Buses
Events
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
First Bus Leicester
First-Leicester-Xmas-19122022-6

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.
Driver / staff issue
Network / Service Changes
Public vs Private Ownership
Events
Incidents
Accessibility
BSIPs
Bus Partnerships
Franchising
ZEBRA funding
Miscellaneous
First Bus Leicester
First Bus x Wrightbus ZEBRA

Over £18million investment sees First Bus order 44 new electric buses for York

  • Total investment of £18.4m by First Bus and Government funding secured by City of York Council
  • 24 single-decker and 20 double-decker buses
  • Buses will save nearly 2,700 tonnes of CO2 every year
  • First vehicles expected to arrive in 2023  
  • UK-built buses will secure green jobs in the UK
  • Largest ever UK EV bus order outside of London
First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
ZEBRA funding