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First to run part of MetroBus service
First Bristol have been confirmed as the first operator to run part of Bristol’s MetroBus service.
The company will start running the MetroBus route from Ashton Vale to Temple Meads as soon as infrastructure works are completed and roadside facilities are installed.
All MetroBus passengers will have to buy their tickets before they board the bus, with no tickets able to be purchased on board, an initiative that First bosses hope will result in noticeably faster journeys.
First Bristol managing director James Freeman said: “MetroBus marks the start of an exciting new era for public transport in and around Bristol, with even lower-emission vehicles, faster boarding and dedicated sections of priority highway.”
Bristol deputy mayor Asher Craig added: “I am very much looking forward to MetroBus services starting that will benefit from the segregation and bus priority measures.
“These measures and new smart ticketing will generate a noticeable uplift of quality and reliability to the public transport network.”
Read more: First Bristol wants customers to ditch cash and embrace mobile tickets instead
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