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03 July 2007
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AFTER a troubled start for its ‘ftr’ service in York, and a phased introduction for the service in Leeds where StreetCars operated alongside conventional buses, First has announced that its third ‘ftr’ service, which was to have started in Swansea in late 2008, has been delayed.
16 September 2009
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First’s ftr service in Swansea was officially launched this week.
13 August 2008
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Features
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Vehicle Review
FIRST’S flagship ftr service was designed to raise standards in public transport, with modern vehicles providing a reliable service, working in partnership with local authorities who would provide bus priorities and infrastructure improvements.
29 August 2007
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Features
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UK
FIRST has signed a formal Quality Partnership Agreement with Metro and Leeds city council which aims to increase buses and frequencies and improve traffic and information systems for its ‘ftr’ service in Leeds backed by local authority investment.
22 July 2005
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UK
FIRST has placed an order with Wrightbus for 39 StreetCars, the innovative Volvo-based articulated bus developed jointly by First and the two manufacturers.
30 January 2008
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UK
FIRST has found a use for four of the spare Wrightbus StreetCars built for its ‘ftr’ services on a park-and-ride operation at Luton Airport.
06 September 2010 | UK
Stagecoach is to transport around 85,000 people to Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park on Thursday 16 September where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate an open-air mass.
06 September 2010 | UK
Revenue was up – by 0,7 per cent – but pre-tax profits dropped dramatically by 24,4 per cent at the Go-Ahead Group in the year to 3 July 2010.
06 September 2010 | UK
McGill’s Bus Service is expanding its operations in Renfrewshire with the purchase of Gibson Direct, based in Barrhead.
06 September 2010 | UK
Volvo is to offer its I Start system as an option on the B9TL double-decker.
06 September 2010 | UK
The latest London tenders will see successful bidders needing over 100 new buses in 2011, although a significant number of awards are on the basis of retaining existing vehicles.
02 September 2010 | UK
Figures showing how Bus Service Operators Grant has been spent among the 900 operators receiving it have been published by the Department for Transport.