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Vantage damage2

First Manchester asks communities for support to stop vandalism

  • Areas of Oldham, Manchester and Tyldesley affected
  • Incidents on the Vantage service guided busway
First Bus Manchester
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Tap & Cap 2

First Essex is introducing new 'Tap and Cap' ticketing technology and simpler fares across its Colchester bus network

  • 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.
First Bus Colchester
New products
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First Bus driver reunited with passenger after giving him a second chance at life

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

First Bus Scotland
First Bus Glasgow
Miscellaneous
First Bus: Tap on tap off

Best value fare ‘Tap On Tap Off’ ticketing technology being launched on First Leicester Buses

  • Partnership with Leicester City Council
  • New ticketing technology for contactless payments
First Bus Leicester
Events
Payments / ticketing
Caitlin Beevers (left) and Rhea Dixon with Dan Busfield, Franchise Director of Rhinos Netball, Ross Johnstone of First Bus and Gary Hetherington, CEO of Leeds Rhinos 2

First Bus teams up with Leeds Rhinos to support women's game in rugby and netball

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 Leeds
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Commercial Partnerships
Josh Falconer

First Bus leads the way with green technology apprentice training

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

First Bus Scotland
First Bus Glasgow
First Bus Aberdeen
First Potteries: Minton (5)

Mainline livery returns to the Potteries with a jazzy new Minton flooring design

  • 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.  
Network / Service Changes
Fleet / vehicle issues
First Bus Potteries
Duncan Cameron, Managing Director for First Bus in Scotland.

First Bus announces official appointment of new Managing Director in Scotland

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. 

First Bus Scotland
Bright Bus Tours
First Bus Aberdeen
First Bus Glasgow
First Bus Midland
First Bus Scotland East
Duncan Cameron launching Bright Bus Tours in Edinburgh

First Bus announces official appointment of new Managing Director for Scotland

First Bus, Scotland’s largest bus operator, has announced the official appointment of Duncan Cameron into the role of managing director.

First Bus
Miscellaneous
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First York and City of York council announce fare change on park & ride

  • New fares effective from Sunday 6 February
First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Fares
York 66 service

First York announces new tickets and city fare changes from Sunday 16 January

  • New range of Flexi tickets to be launched
  • Below inflation price change for most on-bus fares
First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Fares
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First York customers help raise £1,000 for foodbank appeal to buy fresh food over festive holiday

First York customers have helped the bus operator to raise £1,000 to support the York Foodbank appeal to put fresh food on the tables of struggling households over the festive holiday.

First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Miscellaneous