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Halifax depot poppy bus with team 2024 2

First Bus fleet to ‘wear’ poppies as donation exceeds £3,350 in the region

  • First Bus fleet in Halifax supports Poppy Appeal
  • Free travel to Remembrance events for serving Armed Forces, cadets and veterans
York depot poppies

First Bus fleet to ‘wear’ poppies as donation exceeds £3,350 in the region

  • First Bus fleet in York supports Poppy Appeal
  • Free travel to Remembrance events for serving Armed Forces, cadets and veterans
Hunslet Park Leeds depot poppies

First Bus fleet to ‘wear’ poppies as donation exceeds £3,350 in the region

  • First Bus fleet in North & West Yorkshire supports Poppy Appeal
  • 100 buses in Leeds included in awareness of appeal
  • Free travel to Remembrance events for serving Armed Forces, cadets and veterans
Hunslet Park Leeds depot poppies

First Bus fleet to ‘wear’ poppies as donation exceeds £3,350 in the region

  • 100 buses in Leeds included in awareness of Poppy Appeal
  • Free travel to Remembrance events for serving Armed Forces, cadets and veterans
RNIB depot walk2

Blind and partially sighted customers meet with bus drivers in Leeds to help increase accessibility of travel

  • Campaigners from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) visit First Bus depot for Swap With Me event
  • Mock-up of bus stop and trials with simulation glasses highlight challenges
David Copley celebrates NTA with colleagues 3

Bradford bus driver given national honour for preventing child kidnap

  • David Copley receives Frontline Employee of the Year at the National Transport Awards
Anne Stamp (centre) with driver Neil Allatt and Jenny Bartlett from First Bus

First Bus reveals ‘community heroes’ to have buses named in their honour

  • Two ‘heroes’ nominated by local residents are the first to be revealed
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First York to continue running bus services for University of York

  • Operator selected after tendering process
  • Expansion of university bus network
  • New routes include direct services to Designer Outlet at weekends
  • Return of term timetable for new academic year
72 Service 24hrs 4

First Bus begins first 24hr bus service in West Yorkshire

  • 72 Service runs all day and night, seven days a week between Leeds and Bradford
York depot launch 6

First Bus leads the way with Net Zero emission bus depot in York

  • Emissions reduced by 90% compared to activities in 2020
  • Official launch of £23m depot electrification with investment by First Bus and co-funding from Department for Transport Zebra scheme secured by City of York Council
  • Depot one of the first outside London to be fully electric
  • Total fleet saving around 5,000 tonnes of CO2e a year