Press Releases
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![First Bus York team unveil plans for all-electric depot with local councillor](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/ed23af0d5b3d402a81c59e400c8ab1cd.jpg?width=442&height=663)
York and Norwich set to become first all-electric bus depots outside of London after boosted ZEBRA funding
- York and Norwich set to become the UK’s first bus depots outside of London to run fully electric fleets
- Four First Bus depots benefit from boosted joint investment in electric fleet
- First Bus to reach a total of over 600 zero emission buses across the UK by March 2024
![BRG funding extension Feb22](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/4f45ee5bb2b8452da746bf8585a80322.jpg?width=442&height=663)
First Bus welcomes extension to UK Government support for Bus services across England
- Bus fare cap to be extended for three months, backed by up to £75 million to help passengers save money and Get Around for £2
- Government also confirms up to £80 million to continue support for critical bus services around England
- Over 5 million passengers have utilised the £2 fare scheme on First Bus services since January 2023
![Simon Mathieson, Head of Operational Excellence (3)](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/9bc6b38d4ce645a493b4ea4cad90ec2c.jpg?width=442&height=663)
First Bus appoint new Head of Operational Excellence
- Appointment to new role as Head of Operational Excellence
- New hire will collaborate with LBUs and Head of Engineering Excellence with purpose of improving customer experience
![Ensignbus](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/4b4d4490135741e3b1a0d41a6467775b.jpg?width=442&height=663)
FirstGroup plc reaches agreement to acquire Essex-based Ensign Bus Company
- Agreement to purchase Ensign Bus Company Limited (‘Ensignbus’)
- Ensignbus is a high-performing business with strong positions in business-to-business (‘B2B’) and regional commercial bus operations in Essex, as well as a vehicle refurbishment and re-sale operation, alongside a high value depot.
- Completion of the acquisition is anticipated in the next few months subject to customary regulatory review.
![First Bus & Reaseheath College welcomed Roads Minister Richard Holden MP](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/2afb24aa3daa46a7aaeeb9b98d83a9c3.jpg?width=442&height=663)
First Bus and Reaseheath College host Roads Minister at UK's first dedicated bus and coach industry training academy ahead of National Apprenticeship Week
- First Bus and Reaseheath College have teamed up to create a dedicated apprentice training academy to create engineers of the future for the bus industry
- State-of-the-art facility that recreates a bus depot environment for apprentices as part of industry leading 12-week training programme
- Facility that opened in 2021 is now starting to bear fruit as first cohort of apprentice progresses through the programme
![Autonomous Bus consortium with Roads Minister Richard Holden MP](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/f6e5ec4fb43c4ede8b921aefa8e38662.jpg?width=442&height=663)
First Bus and partners welcome Roads Minister to launch UK's first all-electric autonomous bus service at Milton Park
- UK’s first zero emission autonomous bus service to operate at Milton Park business, science and technology park in Oxfordshire
- Project to launch two zero emission single-decker autonomous buses which are fully accessible to wheelchair users and prams
- Ground-breaking technology in vehicle movement and travel planning
- The buses will have a safety driver on board at all times during operation and have completed its first test passenger journeys over the past two weeks
![First Bus Family travel](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/628b73b09bc945058581457af32f4563.jpg?width=442&height=663)
Millions encouraged to Get Around For £2 by bus
- Millions of people across England will be able to travel by bus for £2 from 1 January to 31 March, thanks to £60 million in Government funding to cap single tickets
- People can save almost a third of the average £2.80 bus fare, while in some rural areas tickets can reach over £10 for a single journey
- Over 130 operators who run routes outside London will be part of the scheme, taking an estimated two million cars off the road and reducing emissions
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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.
![First Cymru Bus - Bridgend 2](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/22d1f931d5e04a20a60899deaf747916.jpg?width=442&height=663)
First Bus team up with Ticketer to launch innovative new Tap On Tap Off pilot in Wales
- First Bus team up with Ticketer to launch innovative new Tap On Tap Off system for fares with pilot in Wales.
- Innovative new pilot aimed at capping fares based on distance travelled in industry first.
- The pilot could be rolled out in other regions if successful.
![Prospective First Bus 5](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/a96d6510763b4db98255d9556d83be7a.jpg?width=442&height=663)
First Bus partners with Prospective.io to deploy automated fleet scheduling across UK operations
- First Bus and Prospective.io have been working in partnership since 2019 to develop and test cutting edge automated timetabling and fleet scheduling software.
- Prospective’s AI platform has led to improvements in service punctuality and reliability in West Yorkshire during a pilot aimed at improving local service delivery.
- The Prospective system is now being rolled out across some of First Bus’ largest UK operating companies (OpCos).
- The new system will support dozens of network planners, schedulers and operations teams managing 4,000 vehicles across the UK.
![First Bus Family](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/ed5c0dc68250460f9f716bb21d3cece6.jpg?width=442&height=663)
Almost half of UK adults set to switch to bus as cost-of-living crisis begins to bite
- 41% of UK adults are planning to use the bus more frequently in a bid to save money, as households feel the pinch of the cost-of-living crisis.
- London has seen the most increased bus use (60%) followed by Glasgow (47%), Leeds (45%) and Liverpool (43%).