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Rochdale cllrs (left) with Paul Townley (First Bus) and Stephen Rhodes (TfGM)

First Bus gets phase two of Bee Network underway right on time

434 Middleton-Rochdale at 05:04am is first service to begin operating

First Manchester
Metrodecker EV in York with Minster behind-2

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
First York
Service / Network changes
First Bus North & West Yorkshire

First Bus announces changes on Huddersfield corridor from Sunday 24 March

  • 184 service transfers to the Bee Network
  • New 382 service replaces 181 between Huddersfield, Slaithwaite and Wilberlee
  • New 383 service replaces 185 and 186 between Huddersfield and Marsden Dirker
  • Additional morning and evening journeys and a new two-hourly Sunday service
First Halifax, Huddersfield & Calder Valley
Service / Network changes
First Bus North & West Yorkshire

First Bus response to announcement by Mayor of West Yorkshire to introduce franchising of bus services

First West Yorkshire
Franchising vs enhanced partnership debate
Zoe Sparks driver apprentice6

International Women’s Day 2024: First Bus pledges to double number of women in the business

  • First Bus sets out new commitments and recruitment pledges to increase number of women in business by 2028
  • Halifax trainee driver helps promote national announcement
First West Yorkshire
Miscellaneous
Rochdale depot works 1

First Bus gets to work on enhancing Rochdale bus depot

  • £750,000 investment in depot
  • Team of more than 120 drivers now in place
  • Depot to join Bee Network on Sunday 24 March
First Manchester
First Bus 'switch on' Bramley depot 1

First Bus ‘switch on’ the largest fleet of zero emission buses in West Yorkshire

  • Electrification of Bramley depot completed as electric buses join city network
  • £29m project combines investment by First Bus and co-funding from Department for Transport Zebra scheme secured by Combined Authority
  • 57 zero emission buses with more expected in summer 2024
First West Yorkshire
Electric vehicles
Events / Launches
Mission 2035
Zero Emissions
ZEBRA funding bids
Leeds Rhinos 2

First Bus and Leeds Rhinos become partners to promote ‘One Team’

First West Yorkshire
Commercial partnerships
Events / Launches
York P&R UK's biggest electric bus network 3

York boasts the UK’s biggest all-electric Park and Ride bus network

  • First Bus and City of York Council achieve landmark in zero emission travel
  • Rawcliffe Bar route completes all-electric fleet on network
First York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire

First Bus introduces improvements to connectivity in west and south of Leeds

First Leeds
Service / Network changes
501 service to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary1

First Bus launches new express service linking Halifax and Huddersfield

  • X1 service combines with 501 to provide 8 buses an hour
  • 501 service linking hospitals with 15-minute frequency
  • New 543 service in Halifax
  • Later evening journeys added to 576 service linking Halifax-Bradford
  • 307/308 Huddersfield-Holmfirth route changes
First Halifax, Huddersfield & Calder Valley
Service / Network changes
Rochdale team3

First Manchester completes management team for launch of Rochdale depot

First Manchester