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First Bus & Reaseheath College welcomed Roads Minister Richard Holden MP

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
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First York and City of York Council announce fare change on Park and Ride

  • New fares effective from Sunday 5 February
  • Child fare frozen
  • Under 3% increase for most tickets, well below inflation
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LeedsCity Community Space opens in Leeds Kirkgate Market

  • First Bus partners with market to help trade in greener shopping and leisure
  • New space featuring giant floor ‘mural’ to relax with family and friends
  • Films show off variety of traders and stallholders
Autonomous Bus consortium with Roads Minister Richard Holden MP

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
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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
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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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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.
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Bus operator gives fundraising boost to York men’s mental health charity

  • Customers encouraged to text ‘SPEAK’ to 70075 to donate to Menfulness
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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.  
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On-demand bus service get thumbs up from passengers in first year of service

  • Customers praise FlexiBus for its convenience and direct bookings