Press Releases

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First Aberdeen has installed electric charging infrastructure at its King Street depot

First Bus to adjust selected fares in Aberdeen

Aberdeen’s largest bus operator will change a number of tickets due to inflationary cost pressures

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First Bus Scotland
TOTO on First Beeline buses

First Beeline launches ‘Tap on Tap off’ contactless bus payments

  • New tap on, tap off (TOTO) technology for Berkshire bus users
  • Contactless payments makes payment quick and easy
  • Daily price caps allow unlimited travel for a fixed price
New First Bus Engineering Apprentice cohort 2024 #4

First Bus welcomes new wave of engineering apprentices to industry-leading facility at Reaseheath College

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Marianne Ramnath from Suicide Prevention UK and Colin Partridge from First Bus

Bus passenger suicide calls “increased significantly” as partnership nominated for national award

The number of bus passengers calling a suicide prevention charity for help has “increased significantly” since the launch of a ground-breaking partnership with the west of England’s largest bus operator.

Will Norris drives the bus

First Solent kicks off partnership with Portsmouth Football Club for a second year

  • Bus company First Solent renews successful partnership with Portsmouth Football Club for 2024/25 season
  • Collaboration for Catch the Bus Month offers free travel, discounted tickets and goalie Will Norris’s matchday ‘ticket hunt’
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First Bus East of England Reinstates Night Bus Service for UEA Students

  • The Night Bus Service is returning to Norwich from 30 September
  • The service is thanks to a collaborative effort between the UEA, UEA SU, Norfolk County Council and First Bus
(EastEng) First Bus Eastern Counties
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First Bus begins first 24hr bus service in West Yorkshire

  • 72 Service runs all day and night, seven days a week between Leeds and Bradford
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First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Network / Service Changes
Swansea bus driver Daryl Jones (left) has been named Wales’ best bus driver at the UK Bus Driver of the Year competition held at the weekend n Blackpool. Pictured with Phil Smith, the Chairman

Wales bus driver named best in the country

A bus driver from Morriston in Swansea has been named Wales’ best driver following a national competition at the weekend.

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Janette Bell, Piers Marlow & Isabelle McAllister at Roundtree Way Depot

Roundtree Way Announced as Verified Net Zero-Emission Depot

  • First Bus' Roundtree Way in Sprowston has ben independently verified as a net zero-emission bus depot
  • The depot has been the home of 70 new state of the art electric buses since April 2024
(EastEng) First Bus Eastern Counties
First Bus Norfolk & Suffolk
First Bus East of England
Electric Buses
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First Bus announce Improved punctuality and new services across South Yorkshire

First Bus Sheffield
First Bus Doncaster
Network / Service Changes
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First Bus leads the way with Net Zero emission bus depot in Leicester

  • First Bus Leicester announce bus depot as one of three Net-Zero emission depots in the UK
  • Official launch of the depot electrification took place in March 2023 with investment by First Bus and co-funding from Department for Transport secured by Leicester City Council
  • Leicester was one of the first fully electrified depots outside of London
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Electric Buses
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First Bus announce timetable changes and new service for Potteries

First Bus Potteries
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