\u00a0 \u00a0 People, projects and bus operators will be competing across 23 categories, with the presentation ceremony taking place on November 28, at Troxy, London.<\/p>\n The independent judging process, a cornerstone of the UK Bus Awards, has included mystery travelling for both driver and operator finalists. Additionally, it featured face-to-face interviews for some of those shortlisted.<\/p>\n Stagecoach, the UK\u2019s biggest bus operator, once again received the highest number of shortlisted entries (46), a third of all finalists. The group has been shortlisted in 17 award categories.<\/p>\n Claire Miles, Stagecoach\u2019s newly-appointed CEO, said: \u201cTo have such a substantial amount of shortlisted nominations is a true testament to Stagecoach\u2019s commitment to continued innovation, supporting local communities and fostering a positive working culture.\u201d <\/p>\n The Go-Ahead Group received the second largest number of shortlisted entries (15), followed by Arriva (11).<\/p>\n As always, the winner of the prestigious Bus Operator of the Year award will be selected from the winners of the Top City Operator, Top Independent Operator and Top Shire Operator categories. Last year\u2019s winner was local authority-owned Blackpool Transport.<\/p>\n [They] represent the best of the UK\u2019s bus industry. Their dedication to excellence and innovation is truly commendable<\/p>\n Alan Millar, chair of the UK Bus Awards, congratulated this year\u2019s finalists: \u201c[They] represent the best of the UK\u2019s bus industry. Their dedication to excellence and innovation is truly commendable, and I congratulate each and every one of them on their outstanding achievements. The UK Bus Awards is proud to celebrate their contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to recognise, reward and inspire the bus industry when we reveal the winners at Troxy, London on November 28th.\u201d<\/p>\n The winners of the UK Bus Awards 2023 will be revealed at the prestigious Troxy, London, on Tuesday, November 28th. Tickets for the event are now available at: www.ukbusawards.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 BUS AND THE COMMUNITY SPONSORED BY HEATHROW<\/strong><\/p>\n Arriva NE, Go NE, Nexus and Stagecoach NE \u2013 Care Experienced Travel BUSES FOR LEISURE<\/strong><\/p>\n Go South Coast \u2013 Breezers CULTURE CHANGE SPONSORED BY INTUITIVE TALENT SOLUTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n Arriva East and South Midlands \u2013 High Wycombe Depot ENGINEER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY IRTE<\/strong><\/p>\n Andrew Fisher, Stagecoach East ENRICHING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SPONSORED BY TRACSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n Nominated by Heathrow \u2013 Carlone ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION SPONSORED BY CITYSWIFT<\/strong><\/p>\n First Bus Scotland \u2013 Electrification of Aberdeen and Scotstoun depots GOING FOR GROWTH SPONSORED BY INTSOL<\/strong><\/p>\n FlixBus UK LONDON BUS GARAGE OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY TRANSPORT FOR LONDON<\/strong><\/p>\n Barking, Stagecoach London LUKE REES-PULLEY AWARD FOR TOP LONDON BUS DRIVER SPONSORED BY THE LUKE REES-PULLEY CHARITABLE TRUST AND TRANSPORT FOR LONDON<\/strong><\/p>\n Andy Beckers, Stagecoach London MANAGER OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n Katie Cringle, Warrington\u2019s Own Buses MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n Cornwall Council \u2013 Believe in Bus PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE: THE PETER HUNTLEY MEMORIAL AWARD SPONSORED BY CONFEDERATION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT UK<\/strong><\/p>\n Arriva NE, Go NE, Nexus and Stagecoach NE \u2013 2022 Great North Run RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus \u2013 Driver recruitment TOP CITY OPERATOR SPONSORED BY INIT<\/strong><\/p>\n Brighton & Hove Buses TOP EXPRESS SERVICE<\/strong><\/p>\n AIR \u2013 Scottish Citylink TOP INDEPENDENT OPERATOR<\/strong><\/p>\n Grant Palmer TOP NATIONAL BUS DEPOT SPONSORED BY VOLVO<\/strong><\/p>\n Chester, Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire TOP NATIONAL BUS DRIVER: THE CHRIS MOYES MEMORIAL AWARD SPONSORED BY PERSONAL GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n Ben Anderton, Diamond Bus North West TOP SHIRE OPERATOR SPONSORED BY TICKETER<\/strong><\/p>\n Go South Coast UNSUNG HERO SPONSORED BY BACKHOUSE JONES<\/strong><\/p>\n Andy Allen, Arriva East and South Midlands YOUNG MANAGER OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n Christopher Beattie, McGill\u2019s Bus Group \u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n The post Stagecoach leads UK Bus Awards shortlist<\/a> first appeared on Passenger Transport<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u200b\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A total of 135 finalists have made the shortlist of this year\u2019s prestigious UK Bus Awards, with the winners set to be announced on November 28 \u00a0Koli Begum of Go-Ahead London won last year\u2019s Top London Bus Driver award \u00a0 The UK Bus Awards, the flagship national award scheme, has announced a 135-strong shortlist after another bumper year for entries.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Koli Begum of Go-Ahead London won last year\u2019s Top London Bus Driver award<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe UK Bus Awards, the flagship national award scheme, has announced a 135-strong shortlist after another bumper year for entries.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\nThe UK Bus Awards 2023 Shortlist<\/h5>\n\n
\nOurBus Bartons
\nStagecoach East \u2013 Behind the Bus
\nStagecoach West \u2013 Gloucestershire Nightstop
\nTower Transit \u2013 LibertyBus
\nWest Yorkshire Bus Alliance \u2013 Youth Engagement Programme<\/p>\n
\nLothian Buses \u2013 Royal Highland Show
\nReading Buses \u2013 London Line 702 & Flightline 703
\nStagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire \u2013 Lake District services
\nStagecoach Midlands \u2013 X46\/X47
\nTransport for Wales \u2013 Sherpa\u2019r Wyddfa<\/p>\n
\nArriva East and South Midlands \u2013 Punctuality Sprint
\nRATP Dev Transit London \u2013 Garage Life Programme
\nStagecoach \u2013 Employee Networks
\nStagecoach East \u2013 Keep Our People Safe
\nStagecoach London \u2013 Fatigue
\nStagecoach London \u2013 Women\u2019s Committee
\nStagecoach Services \u2013 Creating Connections
\nWarrington\u2019s Own Buses \u2013 Dallam Lane Depot<\/p>\n
\nJason Hodgson, RATP Dev Transit London
\nRichard Mason, Stagecoach Midlands
\nColin Smith, McGill\u2019s
\nOliver Thong, Stagecoach London
\nNeil Wilmin, Uno<\/p>\n
\nLothian Buses \u2013 Accessibility
\nSanders Coaches \u2013 X55
\nStagecoach \u2013 Going digital
\nStagecoach Midlands \u2013 Simplifying Tickets
\nTransdev Blazefield \u2013 De-Stressing the Bus
\nTrawsCymru T1, Transport for Wales<\/p>\n
\nFirst York \u2013 Electric drivetrain upgrade and solar panels
\nLiverpool City Region Combined Authority \u2013 Hybus
\nMcGill\u2019s Bus Group \u2013 Journey to net zero
\nNational Express West Midlands and Zenobe \u2013 Electric Transportation as a Service
\nStagecoach London \u2013 Greener depots
\nStagecoach West Scotland \u2013 Service 1<\/p>\n
\nGo South Coast \u2013 Bluestar
\nGrant Palmer \u2013 Hi
\nStagecoach East \u2013 100% Club
\nStagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire \u2013 59
\nTransdev Blazefield \u2013 The 36
\nTransport for Wales \u2013 Sherpa\u2019r Wyddfa<\/p>\n
\nCroydon, Arriva London
\nLea Interchange, Stagecoach London
\nSutton, Go-Ahead London
\nWaterloo, Go-Ahead London
\nWillesden Junction, Metroline<\/p>\n
\nThomas Brade, Arriva London
\nCarmen Brigo, RATP Dev Transit London
\nKarl Diamond, Go-Ahead London
\nMarina Rudko, RATP Dev Transit London
\nSuryakant Tank, Metroline
\nHeidi Williams, RATP Dev Transit London
\nChristopher Wilson, Go-Ahead London<\/p>\n
\nToby France, Arriva South and East Midlands
\nJoe Gilbey, Stagecoach London
\nAlan Isherwood, Transdev Blazefield
\nMark Mageean, Stagecoach Manchester
\nDawn Murphy, Stagecoach Yorkshire
\nKarishma Patel, Metroline
\nSarah Taylor, Lothian Buses<\/p>\n
\nFirst Bus Scotland \u2013 Free to Explore
\nGo North East \u2013 YOU are not a bus driver
\nNational Express West Midlands \u2013 Encourage modal shift
\nNorth East Enhanced Partnership \u2013 Get \u2018round for a pound
\nNottingham City Transport \u2013 Student Campaign
\nTransdev Blazefield \u2013 Get Your Freedom \u2013 Get Your Free Bus Pass
\nStagecoach Group \u2013 CAV Forth
\nStagecoach West Scotland \u2013 Your Ticket to Freedom<\/p>\n
\nLeicester City Council with Arriva, Centrebus, First Bus, Kinchbus, Roberts Travel and Stagecoach \u2013 Leicester Buses Enhanced Partnership
\nLothian Buses \u2013 Operation Unicorn
\nScottish Citylink and Stagecoach with HITRANS \u2013 Bikes on Buses
\nStagecoach East Scotland and the University of St Andrews \u2013 75% discount
\nStagecoach Manchester \u2013 Parklife festival transport
\nWest Yorkshire Bus Alliance \u2013 Youth Engagement Programme<\/p>\n
\nGo North East \u2013 YOU are not a bus driver
\nNational Express West Midlands \u2013 Driver simulator
\nNottingham City Transport \u2013 Recruit Retain
\nReading Buses \u2013 Supporting refugees
\nStagecoach East Midlands \u2013 Driver recruitment<\/p>\n
\nLothian Buses
\nNottingham City Transport
\nTranslink<\/p>\n
\nClyde Flyer 901\/906 \u2013 McGill\u2019s Bus Group
\nManchester-Newcastle \u2013 FlixBus
\nX6 Leicester-Coventry \u2013 Arriva East and South Midlands<\/p>\n
\nSanders Coaches
\nUno<\/p>\n
\nMiddleton, Stagecoach Manchester
\nMilewater Service Centre, Translink
\nMilton Keynes, Arriva East and South Midlands
\nNorthampton, Stagecoach Midlands
\nPorth, Stagecoach South Wales<\/p>\n
\nBrian Brotherston, Belfast Metro
\nFreddie Dempsey, Trentbarton
\nClive Egan, Morebus
\nTika Gurung, Nottingham City Transport
\nMariusz Losinski, Transdev Blazefield<\/p>\n
\nMcGill\u2019s Bus Group
\nPreston Bus
\nReading Buses
\nStagecoach in South Lancashire
\nStagecoach Midlands<\/p>\n
\nRobert and Mandy Bilham, Stagecoach Yorkshire
\nGavin Brackett, RATP Dev Transit London
\nKaren Morrison, Abellio London Bus
\nNick Painter, Stagecoach Manchester
\nLee Peters, Go South Coast (Damory)
\nAlison Wood, Stagecoach South Wales<\/p>\n
\nDan Graham, Go North East
\nRichard Greaves, Stagecoach Manchester
\nAmber Olney, Stagecoach East
\nReece Stannard, Stagecoach London
\nLauren Watson, Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire<\/p>\n
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