Press Releases

The official public launch of the initiative was held on Thursday 21^st April – Leicester city centre with deputy mayor Adam Clarke, council officers, bus operators and representatives from Little pay and Ticketer and the public  

• First Bus completes UK wide rollout of Tap On, Tap Off (TOTO) technology on over 4000 buses.
• First Bus is first major UK bus operator to achieve this milestone across entire fleet. 
• First Bus invests over £1 million alongside further investment from local authority partners. 
• TOTO technology allows First Bus to charge more personalised fares to customers based on distance travelled.
• TOTO gives customers unlimited travel on buses, whilst never paying more than the daily or weekly cap.
• First Bus and Ticketer partnership has led to a first-of-its-kind pilot in the UK using this technology.

• First Bus completes UK wide rollout of Tap On, Tap Off (TOTO) technology on over 4000 buses.
• First Bus is first major UK bus operator to achieve this milestone across entire fleet. 
• First Bus invests over £1 million alongside further investment from local authority partners. 
• TOTO technology allows First Bus to charge more personalised fares to customers based on distance travelled.
• TOTO gives customers unlimited travel on buses, whilst never paying more than the daily or weekly cap.
• First Bus and Ticketer partnership has led to a first-of-its-kind pilot in the UK using this technology.

• 210 sq m of solar PV panels fitted to roof of engineering workshops
• Annual energy produced is enough to power 10 standard 3-bedroom homes

• First Bus invests £2.5m in solar power across 20 of its UK depots. 
• Over 6,000 Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) panels will be in place by mid-June.  
• The panels will generate more than 2 million kWh per year - enough to power 700 family homes. 
• This investment will help First Bus to become net zero and self-sustaining with on-site energy generation.    

• First Bus invests £2.5m in solar power across 20 of its UK depots. 
• Over 6,000 Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) panels will be in place by mid-June.  
• The panels will generate more than 2 million kWh per year - enough to power 700 family homes. 
• This investment will help First Bus to become net zero and self-sustaining with on-site energy generation.    

• First Bus invests £2.5m in solar power across 20 of its UK depots. 
• Over 6,000 Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) panels will be in place by mid-June.  
• The panels will generate more than 2 million kWh per year - enough to power 700 family homes. 
• This investment will help First Bus to become net zero and self-sustaining with on-site energy generation.

• First multi-operator contactless capping scheme to launch in the UK with over 99% of passenger journeys   covered by the scheme
• 183,000 passenger journeys in a year
• Combined passenger savings of £131,000 over the past year
• Winner of Transport Ticketing Global Award for Best Smart Ticketing Programme 2023 (<200k daily journeys)

• 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.