Press Releases

New technology is being rolled out across all First Cymru buses this spring, making travel quicker and simpler for thousands of passengers.

Cornwall by Kernow has announced network changes for its bus services in Cornwall. The changes, which are part of a twice-yearly network review, come into force on Sunday 31 March.

Three extra cross-city bus routes are being introduced in Bristol as part of a package of changes from First West of England this spring.

Residents living in two of Somerset’s largest towns will benefit from new bus links to Bristol for as little as 4p per mile.

Somerset Council and First Bus South which operates Buses of Somerset have reached an agreement to ensure four routes in the county can continue to run for another year. 

• First Bus and City of York Council achieve landmark in zero emission travel
• Rawcliffe Bar route completes all-electric fleet on network

• First Essex Airlink X20 service will run overnight between Colchester and Stansted Airport from 26 February

• First Eastern Counties is making some changes to Orange and Red Line services from Sunday 25th February
• For the Red Line, 23/23A and 24/24A, the Monday to Friday timetable has been revised in order to improve the punctuality of the service, while also starting the service earlier in the morning
• On Saturdays, the red line buses will operate more frequently providing up to three buses per-hour, increasing the combined frequency to every ten minutes along the common sections of the route
• The Orange Line 21, from Monday to Friday additional morning journeys between Bowthorpe, West Earlham and Norwich will provide a bus up to every ten minutes

• X1 service combines with 501 to provide 8 buses an hour
• 501 service linking hospitals with 15-minute frequency
• New 543 service in Halifax
• Later evening journeys added to 576 service linking Halifax-Bradford
• 307/308 Huddersfield-Holmfirth route changes