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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
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
First Bus depot in York makes history with fuel tank removed forever
- Depot is first in Yorkshire to only use electric charging for its bus fleet
- Total carbon saving of electric fleet close to 5,000 tonnes a year
- Latest stage in £23m transformation of the depot
First Bus route changes for York cross-city travel brings electric bus benefits
- Introduction of new Service 10L for evening journeys
- New 1A service to West Nooks maintains combined four buses an hour Chapelfields-Wigginton
Pride bus to join the parade in York
- Special ticket for all-day travel to support festival-goers and families
First York announces frequency increase and fare changes on Park and Ride
- Permanent increase in Service 2 frequency
- Additional journeys on Services 2, 7, 8 and 9 for Easter holidays
- New fares effective from Sunday 24 March