Press Releases

• 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

Theatre fans arriving in Bristol by bus are being given the chance of a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the venue which kickstarted the career of Hollywood great Cary Grant.

• 245 colleagues based at depots in West and North Yorkshire to benefit from pay commitment

• Lynne and John Connelly met on the No.57 bus in Glasgow in 2005
• The Scots couple have been married for 13 years and share two children

A new competition has been launched to commemorate 80 years since the first women drivers got behind the wheel of buses in the West of England.

• West Yorkshire depots to pilot scheme 
• 13-month training includes PCV licence and functional skills in English and Maths

• First Norwich is visiting schools in Norwich with a brand new electric zero-emissions double deck bus.
• The first stop of the tour was at White House Primary School in Sprowston.
• First Norwich is currently operating 24 electric vehicles in the city, this number will increase to 70 by April this year.
• First Norwich invites city schools to request a stop on the tour.

• Agreement to purchase York Pullman Bus Company
• High-performing business with strong track record of growth
• Independently-owned and highly reputable operator of coaches and buses, providing contracted and private hire services in York and the wider area from several depot locations
• Completion of the acquisition is anticipated in the next few weeks, subject to customary regulatory review.