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‘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.
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
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
First West Yorkshire to introduce service changes in April
- Changes effective from Sunday 2 April
- New north-south link through Leeds city centre
- Timetable changes to improve punctuality
Third of fleet at First Bus Bramley depot to be fully electric by 2024
- A further 25 electric buses to join the fleet with 32 already on order
- Bramley depot to be transformed with full EV charging infrastructure
- Funding boost from Department for Transport secured with Combined Authority
UK’s first autonomous zero-emission bus service begins in Oxfordshire
- Operating at Milton Park business, science and technology park in Oxfordshire
- Electric 15-seater autonomous bus accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs
- Ground-breaking technology in vehicle movement and world-first travel planning
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