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West Yorkshire Mayor helps launch trailblazing bus industry group for Northern England

  • Women in Bus and Coach – North region gets underway
  • Industry group to promote inclusion and diversity in public transport
  • Mayor named Ambassador
  • Trailblazing black woman bus driver honoured
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First Bus partners with Strut Safe to help passengers feel safe and supported from bus door to front door

  • From the minute people step off the bus to the minute they’re at their front door, First Bus and Strut Safe will help people safely navigate their journey home 
  • Strut Safe support phone line to be promoted on more than 300 buses across West Yorkshire and York
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First Bus partners with Strut Safe to help passengers feel safe and supported from bus door to front door

  • From the minute people step off the bus to the minute they’re at their front door, First Bus and Strut Safe will help people safely navigate their journey home
  • Strut Safe phone line promoted across a fleet of 250 buses in West Yorkshire
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Evie bus character brings children’s book to life for Beeston Primary pupils

  • Life-size character surprises children at Leeds primary school
  • Children’s storybook published by First Bus in North and West Yorkshire
  • Tinyfoot and Evie’s Adventure to Tiny Street features Evie the electric bus and her friend Tinyfoot.
  • Tale to help schools and parents teach youngsters about carbon footprint and greener choices
  • All funds raised to support Macmillan
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First Bus and Combined Authority complete further £11.2m upgrade at Bramley depot

  • Total investment and co-funding from Department for Transport Zebra scheme exceeds £40m
  • Extra 22 electric buses brings zero emission fleet to 79 – half Bramley total
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Bradford bus driver given national honour for preventing child kidnap

  • David Copley receives Frontline Employee of the Year at the National Transport Awards
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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
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'Pride' bus to join the parade in Leeds

  • Special discounted ticket for all-day travel across West Yorkshire to support festival-goers and families
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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
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First Bus offers free travel to military, cadets and veterans to celebrate Armed Forces Day

  • Free travel to events on the weekend of Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June.
  • Ex-military employees at First Bus encouraged to wear uniform while in service
  • June adds special significance to events following the 80th Anniversary of D-Day