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First Bus invests in added services for festive travel across York
- Later journeys on Christmas Eve for City, University routes and Park and Ride
First Bus invests in added services for festive travel across West Yorkshire
- Later journeys on Christmas Eve
- Special service introduced for New Year’s Day
First Bus invests in more buses on Park and Ride to support shoppers, retailers and hospitality as York gears up up for Christmas
- Additional services to run from 10 November to 24 December
- Extra buses on Services 3,7,8 and 9
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
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 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
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
First Bus offers free travel to military, cadets and veterans to celebrate Armed Forces Day
- Free travel to events on Saturday 29 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