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Danielle McLaren - Door

First Bus praised for doubling female workforce since 2017

  • First Bus is included in Close the Gap’s 2023 gender pay gap reporting assessment
  • It highlights long-term action First Bus has taken to tackle barriers faced by women in male-dominated roles.
  • Introduction of part-time bus driver roles has resulted in 50% of new hires being women, a huge increase from 2% in 2017.
(Scot) First Glasgow
(Scot) First Aberdeen
(Scot) First Bus
The News Centre Portsmouth #3

First Bus purchase new site to create new ‘super bus depot’ in Portsmouth

  • First Bus have purchased the old Daily Mail processing centre in Portsmouth.
  • The new site will become a purpose built all-electric site fit to host their new electric bus fleet of the future.
  • The new depot will take up to 2-3 years to build and represents a significant investment and future commitment to bus services in Portsmouth.
  • First Bus will be launching 62 brand-new all-electric buses from April 2024 from its existing Hoeford depot site.
Electric Buses
Mission 2035
Zero Emissions
First Bus
The News Centre Portsmouth #3

First Bus purchase new site to create new ‘super bus depot’ in Portsmouth

  • First Bus have purchased the old Daily Mail processing centre in Portsmouth.
  • The new site will become a purpose built all-electric site fit to host their new electric bus fleet of the future.
  • The new depot will take up to 2-3 years to build and represents a significant investment and future commitment to bus services in Portsmouth.
  • First Bus will be launching 62 brand-new all-electric buses from April 2024 from its existing Hoeford depot site.
Andrew Cullen & Kayleigh Ingham First Bus N&WY 5

First Bus appoints two senior directors to team for North & West Yorkshire

(NE) First West Yorkshire
(NE) First York
(NE) Miscellaneous
First Bus Electric Single Decker

Money-saving tickets introduced to First Glasgow’s payment technology

  • New, better value bundle tickets added to Glasgow’s Tap On Tap Off technology
  • Fares review will see prices for existing tickets increase from Sunday 2nd April 2023
(Scot) First Glasgow
(Scot) First Bus
First Aberdeen's world's first Hydrogen Double Decker

First Aberdeen announces launch of Tap On Tap Off ticket technology from April

  • New, better value on bus payment system coming to Aberdeen next month
  • Fares review will see prices for existing tickets increase
(Scot) First Aberdeen
(Scot) First Bus
First-Electric-Launch-21032023-44

‘Bus depot of the future’ launches in Leicester as one of the UK’s first fully electric depots outside of London

  • First Bus’ Leicester depot will join York and Norwich to become one of the UK’s first three fully electrified bus depots outside of London 
  • The ‘bus depot of the future’ sets a precedent for UK-wide road transport decarbonisation  
  • First Bus Leicester will have 86 new electric buses expected on public roads by March 2024 
  • This brings the total investment across all ZEBRA projects that First Bus is delivering to £92m, alongside ZEBRA funding of £66m.  
Electric Buses
Environment
Mission 2035
Zero Emissions
ZEBRA funding
First Bus
Leicester Electrification - Bus one arrival launch

‘Bus depot of the future’ to launch in Leicester as one of the UK’s first fully electric depots outside of London

  • First Bus’ Leicester depot will join York and Norwich to become one of the UK’s first three fully electrified bus depots outside of London 
  • The ‘bus depot of the future’ sets a precedent for UK-wide road transport decarbonisation  
  • First Bus Leicester will have 86 new electric buses expected on public roads by March 2024 
  • This brings the total investment across all ZEBRA projects that First Bus is delivering to £92m, alongside ZEBRA funding of £66m.  
(MMSY) First Leicester
(MMSY) Electric Buses
(MMSY) Events / Launches
(MMSY) Mission 2035
(MMSY) Zero Emissions
(MMSY) ZEBRA funding
First Manchester drivers with Mellor Sigma 10 bus 2

First Manchester to begin trial of fully electric bus in Oldham

  • Bus to operate on services 425 and 57
  • Partnership with local manufacturer Mellor, based in Rochdale
(NE) First Manchester
First Bus Family On Board

One in five in Glasgow avoid bus due to lack of travel confidence

(Scot) First Glasgow
(Scot) First Bus
New Hydrogen fleet outside Marischal Sqaure

One in five Aberdonians avoid bus due to lack of travel confidence

(Scot) First Aberdeen
(Scot) First Bus
Versa bus with Equipmake1

First York begins passenger-carrying trial with upgraded electric bus

  • Passenger-carrying trial underway with converted Optare Versa bus
  • Bus to operate on services 68 and 11
  • 12 buses expected to be back in operation in coming months
  • Equipmake’s patented HVAC system will have a guaranteed range of 150 miles in all UK weather conditions  for the upgraded York fleet
(NE) First York