What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Four engineers at First Bus depots in Leeds have won a clutch of awards in a national competition to decide the best technicians in the bus and coach industry. They helped to scoop both main team prizes for qualified engineers and apprentices in the IRTE Skills Challenge, which is organised
Leeds City Council is reminding motorists to plan ahead as a lane closure begins on Bishopgate Street and Neville Street on Monday (23 May 2022). Bishopgate Street and Neville Street will both be reduced to single lanes for traffic travelling into the city centre towards the railway station. The lane
First Bus has revealed a radical overhaul of its fares structure across West Yorkshire and the introduction of Tap On Tap Off (TOTO) payment technology on its buses. All the changes begin across the region on Monday 13 December 2021 and have been developed from detailed analysis of passenger and
First Bus have announced that the 55C Cottingley circular bus service will reduce from a 30 minute to an hourly service. In a statement Brandon Jones from First Bus said: “The changes we’re introducing are temporary and are part of our current efforts to manage resources for passengers due to
As we previously reported, The Headrow is expected to be open again in both directions from Sunday 4 October 2020. This means that the temporary bus stops on Calverley Street, Great George Street and Merrion Street will be taken out of use and later removed. Bus services will return to
First Bus has announced that the No 1 service will return to Beeston from Sunday 4 October 2020. A full timetable has not been published yet, but the service will operate 8 buses per hour Monday to Friday daytime. However the service will no longer run through to Holt Park,
On 5 October Beeston bus users attended an angry and frustrated meeting at St Mary’s Church in Beeston to discuss the changes that were made to the number 1 bus route at the beginning of September and the alarming response from First Bus West Yorkshire in reply to a Tweet
First Bus Leeds seem to be pushing their mobile tickets by making the prices cheaper than paying money for a standard ticket. They will be introducing an additional new flat rate ticket that allows the user to travel a single journey across West Yorkshire for the price of £2.00. However,
Work on Leeds City Council’s Connecting Leeds programme in the city centre will see The Headrow closed eastbound from Sunday 1 September 2019. As a result, many bus routes will be affected and the number 1 service will be cut in two with a new 10 service running on the
A £617,000 bid by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to fund a fleet of five ultra-low emission electric buses to serve the new, 1,200 space park and ride site at Stourton in Leeds has been successful. In addition, bus company First West Yorkshire have been awarded £1.77 million to introduce