Awards

Awards 2012

• First TransPennine Express - Train Operator of the Year, Rail Business Awards
• First Great Western - Customer Innovation and Service Excellence, Rail Business Awards
• Young Professional of the Year (Matt Lee, First Great Western), Rail Business Awards
• First ScotRail - Rail Business Award for Marketing
• First Great Western won Innovator of the Year at the Bristol Evening Post Awards and was shortlisted for Apprentice Employer of the Year. The Innovator of the Year Award was received for the Driver Advisory System (DAS)
• First Great Western won the Developing People for the Operations Apprentice scheme and the Innovation Award for DAS at the Wales National Transport Awards
• First Hull Trains and First Great Western jointly won the Environment Award for DAS at the Modern Railways Innovation Awards
• The Remit Training Awards Passenger Transport Apprentice of the Year Award went to Liam Hutchinson of First Great Western
• First TransPennine Express's Huddersfield Station won the Large Station of the Year accolade at the National Rail Awards
• East Midlands Trains and First Capital Connect along with Network Rail's East Midlands team were awarded the National Rail Award for Safety
• First ScotRail won the Scottish Public Transport Operator of the Year, as well as being nominated for the Transport Operator of the Year at the National Transport Awards.

Awards 2011

• Silver Spanner Award for First Great Western HST Performance - Modern Railways Golden Spanner Awards
• Best Small Station (First Great Western - Barnstaple), Translink International Station Awards
• Overall Winner, Community Rail Awards (First Great Western - Outstanding Delivery of Community Rail Strategy)
• Project of the Year, National Rail Awards, for Reading Christmas blockade (First Great Western with Network Rail and Reading Borough Council)
• Partnership Working Award - First Capital Connect and Hertfordshire County Council - ATOC National Cycle/Rail Awards
• Team of the Year (First Capital Connect CCTV team), Rail Staff Awards
• Medium Station of the Year (Bedford, First Capital Connect), National Rail Awards
• Innovation Award (First Capital Connect and partners for Blackfriars station and bridge construction works), Network Rail Partnership Awards
• First ScotRail - Best Business Newcomer at Scottish Modern Apprenticeship Awards
• First ScotRail's winter weather preparedness won the Operations and Performance Award at the Rail Industry Innovation Award
• First London driver Phil Hiett based at Dagenham Depot won frontline Employee of the Year Award at the 2011 London Transport Awards
• Aircoach is awarded Overall Logistics and Transport Award by The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Ireland
• Two First London staff shared the 'Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty' award at Transport for London's Annual Bus Awards.

Awards 2010

• FirstGroup wins the award for Most Effective Communication of an Employee Share Plan by a large employer at the ifs ProShare awards
• First TransPennine Express achieves 5-star recognition from the Recognised for Excellence Awards
• FirstGroup wins award for Contribution to Sustainable Transport at Scottish Transport Awards
• First ScotRail wins Frontline Employee of the Year Award at the Scottish Transport Awards
• First TransPennine Express named Passenger Train Operator of the Year at the National Rail Awards
• First in London wins Green500 Platinum Award
• FirstGroup wins award for the 'most effective all-employee share scheme strategy,' at the Employee Benefits Annual Awards ceremony
• FGW win Passenger Experience award at the Railway Industry Innovation Awards for the Putting Customers First programme
• First Great Western wins the Most Improved Public Transport Operator of the Year at London Transport Awards
• First London bus driver wins Frontline employee of the Year at London Transport Awards
• First London staff win two awards at the London Bus Awards
• FirstGroup named Green Operator of the Year at Transit Awards

Awards 2009

• FirstGroup wins Business of the Year at the 2009 Eversholt Rail Business Awards
• FGW wins Train Operator of the Year at the 2009 Eversholt Rail Business Awards
• First in Glasgow named Public Transport Operator of the Year at the Scottish Transport Awards 2009
• First ScotRail named Passenger Operator of the Year 2009 at National Rail Awards
• ScotRail was named Public Transport Operator of the Year at the National Transport Awards
• First UK Bus won the Frontline Employee of the Year at the National Transport Awards
• First Capital Connect wins two prizes at this year’s Railway Industry Innovation Awards
• Benefits Team of The Year at the 2009 Employee Benefits Awards
• First Capital Connect wins Gold at the Green500 Awards
• Passenger Transport Management Awards
• FirstGroup America named recipient of National Safety Council's 2009 Green Cross for Safety Medal

Awards 2008

• Success for FirstGroup at Scottish Transport Awards
• First ScotRail awarded Passenger Operator of the Year at the 2008 National Rail Awards
• First GBRf awarded 'Freight Achievement of the Year' at the 2008 National Rail Awards
• First Capital Connect, in partnership with Network Rail, won the London Team of the Year award at the 2008 National Rail Awards
• First Great Western won the award for the 'Best Major Station' at the 2008 National Rail Awards
• First TransPennine Express won the award for the 'Best Small Station' at the 2008 National Rail Awards

Awards 2007

• First ScotRail named Scottish Public Transport Operator of the Year 2007 and wins two top employee awards
• First ScotRail was a double award winner at the HR Network Scotland Awards
• First ScotRail was named Public Transport Operator of the Year at the Scottish Transport Awards
• The First Great Western website has won a prestigious Revolution Award in the Leisure and Travel category.
• The First Great Western Website won an NMA website effectiveness award
• First Capital Connect highly commended at Rail Forum Innovation Awards
• First Capital Connect commended in accessibility awards
• Superbrands, the internationally renowned organistaion that measures and presents expert and consumer opinion on branding, has included First in its top 500 list of UK brands

Awards 2006

• First TransPennine Express - Winner Rail Business of the Year
• First TransPennine Express - Winner First Rail Business Manager of the Year
• First TransPennine Express - Winner Rolling Stock Excellence of the Year
• First TransPennine Express - Winner Rail Marketing Campaign of the Year
• First's ftr project won the award for 'Innovation of the Year' at RouteOne awards
• Barbara Bedford ftr project director, received the 'Special Award' for outstanding contribution to the industry as a whole at RouteOne awards
• First ScotRail won the Rolling Stock category at the Community Rail awards.
• First ScotRail's Fort William driver, John Hynd won in the category of Outstanding Contribution at the Community Rail awards
• First ScotRail New Uses for Station Buildings category for Uddington Station in Strathclyde at the Community Rail awards.
• First ScotRail won the Operator of the Year at the National Transport Awards 2006
• Rentokil skills for life award for UK Bus 2006
• National Rail award for Continuing Environmental Excellence 2006
• First ScotRail Highly commended at the Railway forum awards 2006

Awards 2005

• Innovation Award - Working with Young People to Change Attitudes towards Buses UK Bus Awards 2005
• First ScotRail Customer Service at the National Rail Cycle Awards 2005

Awards 2004

• Employee of the Year - Bernard Rhodes from Leeds UK Bus Awards, 2004

Awards 2003

• First won the Award for Corporate Social Responsibility at the Pricewaterhouse Cooper and Scottish Business Insider Scotland plc Awards 2003

Awards 2002

• The Best Interchange Project - East Leeds Guided Bus Scheme Integrated Transport Awards ( Now National Transport Awards) 2002
• Judges Special Excellence Award for Innovation - East Leeds Guide Bus Scheme Integrated Transport Awards (Now National Transport Awards) 2002

Environmental Awards

• Gold Award for our environmental submission in the Freight and Highways category at this year's 'Green Apple Awards'.
• Network Rail Environmental Awards - in five years
• 4 National Green Apple Awards - for the fourth year running
• 2 Bus Industry Awards - for environmental achievement and innovation and
• The Railway Industry Innovation Awards 2005 - highly commended for staff participation in environmental schemes
• First ScotRail - won Best Station Garden for Aberdour station at the Community Rail Awards 2005

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