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Versailles star encourages visitors to enjoy York’s summer attractions by using Park & Ride
(York Park & Ride)Television star Alexander Vlahos is reminding visitors that they can enjoy York’s attractions for longer this summer - by making use of the city’s extended Park & Ride service. Alexander, who’s best known for starring as Philippe in the popular television series Versailles and currently...
First York partners with local charity to improve travel experience for visually impaired
(all areas)First York bus drivers are learning first-hand how to provide an improved on-board experience for blind or partially sighted customers by taking part in exercises to experience what it’s like to be on board a bus with limited or no vision. To help raise awareness of what passengers with sight...
Five reasons to catch the bus this week
(all areas)Today (2nd July) marks the start of Catch the Bus Week and First York Managing Director, Marc Bichtemann will be on board services to speak to customers and encourage new users to swap a car journey for a bus trip, this Tuesday and Wednesday morning. There are many benefits to catching the bus...
Customer encouraged to switch to mobile bus tickets
(all areas)First York has announced that some of its fares will be changing from Sunday 15th July and is encouraging customers to switch to mTickets to help save money. First York has frozen the price of its most popular mTickets to encourage customers to switch to buying tickets via the First Bus mTickets...
Fare change - Sunday 15 July
(all areas)There will be an annual fare review on Sunday 15 July 2018 There are no changes to the child fares, all other changes are detailed below. To save on your bus travel, mTickets give you the cheapest fares. Previous mTicket price New mTicket price Previous on bus New on bus price Singles ----...
Retiring driver completes bucket list with York 'bendy bus' experience
(York Park & Ride)A Leicester bus driver who is due to retire after 40 years of service has completed his “bus driving bucket list” by travelling to York to drive one of the famous ‘bendy buses’. After serving the local communities of Leicester for over 40 years, First Leicester bus driver Ian Edwards,...
First York leaders go back to 'shop floor' for national learning week
(all areas)Staff from across First York have been learning new skills and going ‘back to the shop floor’ as part of the national ‘Learning at Work Week’ campaign, which took place between 14th and 20th May. First York encouraged all colleagues, including leaders and drivers, to take part in...
Contactless payments to help make catching the bus easier
(all areas)Passengers can now pay for their bus tickets with contactless payment options, making catching the bus even easier, thanks to the introduction of new ticket machines on all First York vehicles. Figures from the British Retail Consortium suggests that over half of purchases are now made by...