Press Releases

• New range of Flexi tickets to be launched
• Prices of Single fares frozen or reduced
• Weekly tickets to rise by cost of inflation

• First Aberdeen has been awarded a share in approved ScotZEB funding and will deliver 24 new electric buses across the city.
• First Bus has committed to spend a further £16.4m across its King Street depot in Aberdeen and Scotstoun depot in Glasgow.
• 30% of First Aberdeen’s fleet will be made up of zero-emission vehicles by Spring 2024.
• First Bus will future-proof its Aberdeen depot with installation of a new electrification infrastructure.

• First Glasgow and First Aberdeen have been awarded a combined £18.6m in ScotZEB funding and will deliver 74 new electric vehicles across both cities.
• First Bus will invest a further £16.4m to further increase its zero-emission fleet.
• Over 40% of vehicles operating out of First Glasgow’s Caledonia and Scotstoun depots will be fully electric and zero-emission by Spring 2024.
• First Bus will future-proof its Scotstoun and Aberdeen depots with installation of the required electrification infrastructure.

First York has expanded its partnership with York City Knights at the start of the 2022 rugby league season. Announcement is made ahead of Betfred Challenge Cup against Newcastle Thunder on Sunday 27 February.

• Areas of Oldham, Manchester and Tyldesley affected
• Incidents on the Vantage service guided busway

• Tap & Cap allows the customer to achieve the best value fare for their journey without needing to commit to long term tickets in advance.
• Customers simply tap their payment method on the ticket machine reader next to the driver and the technology does the rest.
• Further rollout of the Tap & Cap technology will be rolled out in Basildon in April.

The importance of life-saving skills highlighted as passenger suffered cardiac arrest

• Partnership with Leicester City Council
• New ticketing technology for contactless payments

First Bus has become an Official Partner of Leeds Rhinos to help support and promote the club’s Women in Sport initiatives with its rugby league and netball teams.

First Bus highlights the success of its engineering programme as National Apprenticeship Week 2022 kicks off

• Collaboration between, First Potteries, Best Impressions, Altro and Bus and Coach World 
• 25 buses being branded in a new livery, interior refurbishment and new Minton flooring.
• Buses will run on services 3 & 4 via Hanley to Burslem, Kidsgrove and Tunstall.  

Former MD of First Aberdeen and Operations Director of First Glasgow has now been appointed to succeed Andrew Jarvis as Managing Director for First Bus in Scotland.