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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
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