Press Releases

Services expand to further improve evening and Sunday bus provision in the area

• First Bus South Yorkshire teams up with Rotherham Welcome Break to provide a new direct bus service between Sheffield and Rotherham
• The X6 service will run from Sheffield Moorfoot, Rotherham Welcome Break and Rotherham Interchange, seven days a week
• The new service opened on Friday 17^th January 2025

• First Bus announced it has been successful in being awarded a contract by Derbyshire County Council to run a new bus  service linking Killamarsh with Chesterfield. 
• The First Bus network in South Yorkshire now provides a bus link between the areas of Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, North east Derbyshire and Chesterfield.
• The new service 80 starts on Sunday 12th May 2024. 

• First Bus in Leicester donates 125 Christmas meals for the New Parks Foodbank
• Food was supplied by Sainsbury's Fosse Park and they also donated 125 boxes of Mince pies
• First Bus run regular bus services through New Parks and into the adjoining area of Braunstone Frith

• Two buses donated by First Bus to carry medical aid to Ukraine.
• Wellglade Group donates supplies, parts, and fuel.

• First Bus Great Expedition challenge across the UK
• Local team at First Bus in Doncaster took on the challenge and walked 10 miles, equalling 270,000 steps  

• First Leicester are providing 300 Christmas meals to ‘Help the Homeless Leicester’ this Christmas.
• Santa and his elf’s will be giving out Christmas cards with thank you messages on board their buses and some will have shopping vouchers and free bus travel codes enclosed on the lead up to Christmas.