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First Bradford operate buses in Bradford and surrounding areas. Bradford's flagship services are the Leeds to Bradford 72 and express X6 services, which run via Bowling Back Lane depot. However, the 72 route was run by Bramley depot until late 2018 where operations transferred over to Back Bowling Lane depot in Bradford.
FirstGroup is Britain's largest bus operator, running more than 20% of all local bus services. A fleet of nearly 9,000 buses carries some 2.9 million passengers a day in more than 40 major towns and cities. FirstGroup also runs passenger rail services in the UK.
In December 2021 the Somerset Passenger Solutions fleet included consisted of 54 Yutong and 8 Mercedes-Benz Tourismo coaches, 35 Wright StreetDeck double-decker buses, 32 Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC single-decker buses and 5 Ford Transit minibuses. They are maintained at a depot in Bridgwater. [14]
One of these buses was registered 1949U - a reversal of the registration on Samuel's first petrol lorry, in 1912. In an attempt to standardise such a diverse fleet, 1963 saw the first of many ex-London Transport RT-type AEC Regent III buses being purchased. Over the next four and a half years, 34 of these vehicles entered the Ledgard fleet.
The company would face early competition as First West Yorkshire continued to run service 757 between Leeds and Leeds Bradford Airport via Horsforth, serving the railway station in Leeds, whilst Centrebus served the City bus station. From July 2010, Centrebus were the only operator of route 757 after First West Yorkshire withdrew their service ...
The FTR buses were then refurbished, Wi-Fi installed, and given a new livery branded Hyperlink, ready for a new high-frequency service on route 72 connecting Leeds to Bradford. [5] [6] [7] In July 2016, the FTR articulated buses were replaced by brand new Wright StreetDeck buses, with the Hyperlink brand withdrawn. [8]
As of June 2024, the First York fleet consists 86 battery electric buses, which are based from a single depot on James Street. [1] The electrification of First York's fleet was primarily achieved through the awarding of £8.4 million of Department for Transport to the City of York Council for the purchase of 44 Wrightbus electric buses.
The service runs on a fleet of three buses. [2] Star Travel was the first operator of the service, although as of 2012, Arriva Yorkshire now runs the service, transferring 3 Optare Solo vehicles from the previous operator and acquiring another one of these vehicles from First Leeds previously used on the Leeds City Bus Service. Although in 2018 ...