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First Bus Electric Vehicle Single Decker

First Bus Scotland commits £35 million to electric bus investment

  • 74 new electric vehicles on route to Glasgow and Aberdeen
  • Glasgow bus fleet soon to be 40% electric
  • Aberdeen fleet set to be 50% emission free
Electric Buses
Environment
Zero Emissions
First Glasgow new EV fleet operating the COP26 delegate shuttles

Aberdeen buses to be 50% emission free following £8.1 million order

  • First Aberdeen places order for 24 new electric buses for the city
Electric Buses
Environment
Zero Emissions
First Bus UK

First Bus confirms Sunday timetable for buses across West Yorkshire and York on Monday 19 September

Change includes Park and Ride sites in Leeds and York

First Bus UK

First West Yorkshire confirms Sunday timetable for buses on Monday 19 September

Miscellaneous
First Bus UK

First Manchester confirms Sunday timetable for buses on Monday 19 September

First Bus UK

First York confirms Sunday timetable for buses on Monday 19 September

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First Bus announces sale of Scotland East business to McGill's Group

  • McGill’s Group will take ownership of the business from 19 September
  • Both businesses pledge to put all staff and customers at the forefront of their plans
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X10 - X10A

First Bus announces sale of Scotland East business to McGill's Bus Group

  • McGill’s Group will take ownership of the business from 19th September
  • Both businesses pledge to put all staff and customers at the forefront of their plans
Network Information
Miscellaneous
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First Bus partners with Optibus to complete rollout of new digital scheduling software across its UK bus operations

  • First Bus and Optibus have been working in partnership since 2018 to develop technological solutions that improve the lives of their frontline staff.
  • Optibus’ advanced AI system allows the two parties to discover efficiencies and improve roster design and shift patterns for frontline staff.
  • The Optibus system has been rolled out across the entire First Bus UK operations, supporting dozens of schedulers managing 4,000 vehicles across the UK.
Network Information
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First Bus UK

First Manchester ticketing systems ready for introduction of fares cap

Fares
First Bus UK

First West Yorkshire ticketing systems ready for introduction of fares cap

Fares
First Bus x Wrightbus ZEBRA

Over £18million investment sees First Bus order 44 new electric buses for York

  • Total investment of £18.4m by First Bus and Government funding secured by City of York Council
  • 24 single-decker and 20 double-decker buses
  • Buses will save nearly 2,700 tonnes of CO2 every year
  • First vehicles expected to arrive in 2023  
  • UK-built buses will secure green jobs in the UK
  • Largest ever UK EV bus order outside of London
Electric Buses
ZEBRA funding