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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
Bradford bus driver given national honour for preventing child kidnap
- David Copley receives Frontline Employee of the Year at the National Transport Awards
First Bus reveals ‘community heroes’ to have buses named in their honour
- Two ‘heroes’ nominated by local residents are the first to be revealed
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
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
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
First Bus completes £750,000 investment in Rochdale depot
- New engineering bays and on-site vehicle testing equipment
First Bus update on bus services in Harehills district of Leeds
- Decision follows serious public disorder on the evening of Thursday 18 July
- List of services to be diverted from the area from 2pm today (Friday 19 July) and over the weekend
'Pride' bus to join the parade in Leeds
- Special discounted ticket for all-day travel across West Yorkshire to support festival-goers and families
Time for a Flake-cation! Cadbury Flake 99 launches free '99' bus service to take West Yorkshire families to the seaside
- '99 bus' for trips from Leeds and Bradford to Bridlington
- Launch comes after new research amongst parents reveals kids are missing out on quintessential classic British seaside day trips
- 7 in 10* parents in the UK admit they hardly ever take kids to the beach despite 95% saying a day at the beach is one of their favourite things about a UK summer
- Hop aboard the ‘99 bus’ this summer to enjoy a free ride to the seaside and an essential part of summer, a beach-side Cadbury Flake 99
York Park and Ride scores 9 out of 10 in vote of confidence from customers
- 90% or more satisfied with service, journey time and cleanliness
- 95% would recommend to a friend
- 87% are happy with reliability and believe the service is cheaper than using car parking in the city