Skotl4nd's Review of First Group Bus
12th May 2005
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Suitability
- EffectivenessGood
State of the art buses
Invest frequent in new buses
Value priced unlimited day travel ticket
Bad Points
Many older buses are in poor condition and need replaced which First are in the process.
General Comments
First should be given credit where credit is due. They did not become the UK's largest bus operator because of the minority groups experiences. Its true, some buses do not turn up on time, but its not the companys fault. The driver of the bus cannot control the traffic issues that major cities have.
First offer high frequency services, some as often as every 5 minutes (each area varies).
Many of Firsts buses are low floor easy access. The majority of the fleet is currently been modernised, with 1000 new buses to be put into service throughout 2005, with many areas having just invested on buses already. ( Glasgow, Manchester )
First offer great value for money and is by far the way to go if you are using the bus to travel.
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Members' Comments onSkotl4nd's Review
crookesmoorboy
on 2nd Jul 2005
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Sorry skotl4nd but got to disagree with you here.
Investments
Manchester - threatened to have 100+ vehicles cut from first manchester's license
Huddesfield - 80 vehicles lost off the psv license due to bad condition.
Potteries - 100+ vehicles lost off the psv license due to bad condition.
South Yorkshire - Threatened with re-regulation of services today after poor standards
NEED I GO ON...