The UK Bus Awards, organised by The Bus Industry Awards Limited

UKBA 2009 Results List

Operating Awards

The UK Bus Operator of the Year, sponsored by Belmont International and QBE

• Winner:     Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company
• Runners Up:    Western Greyhound

The Optare Shire Operator of the Year

• Winners:     Transdev Yellow Buses
• Runners Up:     Stagecoach Bluebird
• Highly Commended:
  
  •    Stagecoach in Fife    
  •    Stagecoach in Warwickshire    
  •    Transdev Burnley & Pendle
  •    Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner

The City Operator of the Year

• Winners:     Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company
• Runners Up:     Stagecoach Manchester
• Highly Commended:  
  • First Glasgow 
    
  • Nottingham City Transport
  • Stagecoach North East   

The Scania Independent Operator of the Year

• Winners:    Western Greyhound
• Joint Runners Up:
  • Konectbus
  • Norfolk Green
• Highly Commended:  
  
  • Ipswich Buses
  • Quality Line - Epsom Coaches Group    

The Volvo Express Coach Operation of the Year Award

• Winners:    Route X5, Oxford to Cambridge, Stagecoach East
• Runners Up:    Green Line 757, London to Luton Airport, Arriva the Shires
• Highly Commended:  
  • RailAir Reading to Heathrow, First London & Berkshire
  • East Scotland Express Network, Stagecoach Scotland
  • National Express Route 444, Gloucester to London, Stagecoach in Gloucester

The Transport Authority of the Year

• Winner:    Cambridgeshire County Council

Technical Awards

The Infrastructure Award

• Winners:     Primelines Partnership, Coventry City Council and partners
• Joint Runners Up:   
  
  • The Landore Express Bus Route, City and County of Swansea
  • Swansea Ftrmetro, First Cymru
• Highly Commended:   
  
  • A23 Decongestion Project: Redhill – Horley Quality Bus Corridor, Surrey County Council    
  • Doncaster Bus Infrastructure, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
  • Lisburn BusCentre Project, Translink
  • Scarborough Park & Ride, North Yorkshire County Council and partners

The BAA Heathrow Award for Integration

• Winners:    Fife’s Transport Hubs, Fife Council
• Runners Up:    Norfolk’s School Run Park & Ride, Norfolk County Council    

The CBS Outdoor Bus Marketing Campaign of the Year

• Winner:     Bluestar 1 –“Star Quality”, Go South Coast
• Runners Up:     Club Skylink, a Customer Relationship Management strategy, The East Midlands Airport Bus Partnership
• Highly Commended:    
  • Norfolk’s School Run Park and Ride, Norfolk County Council
  • Stagecoachgold, Stagecoach Group
  • Travel Route 60 Style, Stagecoach South    
  • Metro Connects, Translink

The Alexander Dennis Innovation Award

• Winners:     EcoManager, Arriva North West
• Runners Up:    Small Changes, Big Difference: the FirstGroup Climate Change Strategy
• Highly Commended:  
  • Go Green, Go-Ahead London
  • Presence on Facebook, Metrobus    
  • Carbon Stoppers, Transdev Yellow Buses

The Bus in the Countryside

• Winners:     Norfolk Green and Norfolk County Council – Coasthopper
• Runners Up:    Coast and Castles Connection, Arriva North East
• Highly Commended:    
  • Breeze up to the Downs, Brighton & Hove City Council
  • Bringing ‘Vitality’ to Reading Buses, Reading Transport
  • Humber FastCat, Stagecoach East Midlands and East Yorkshire Motor Services

The Department for Transport Award for Winning New Customers

• Winners:     Go2 West Bridgeford: Introducing a Vehicle So Advanced, You Don’t Even Have to Drive It, Nottingham City Transport
• Runners Up:    Putting the Friday Fun back into Bus Travel - Translink
• Highly Commended:    
  • We are Derby, Arriva Midlands    
  • Fancy a Spin? First Glasgow    
  • The Ulink Bus Service, Wessex Connect and the University of Western England
  • X2 Preston to Liverpool. Stagecoach North West

Awards for People in the Industry

Engineer of the Year Award sponsored by the Institute of Road Transport Engineers

• Winner:    Mike Brinicombe, Stagecoach Manchester
• Runner Up:    Phil Cummins, Arriva Yorkshire    
• Highly Commended:     
  • Alan Pratt, First Devon & Cornwall
  • Keith Ward, Reading Transport

The Young Manager of the Year, sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Winner:     Christina Ratcliffe, Stagecoach South West
• Runner Up:     Ed Wills, Transdev Yellow Buses
• Highly Commended:    
  • Rosie Stewart,    First Glasgow
  • Mark Kipling, National Express West Midlands

The Chris Moyes Memorial Award for Top National Bus Driver sponsored by Passenger Focus

• Winner:    Barry Allitt, TrentBarton
• Runner Up:    Patricia Taylor, Arriva North East
• Highly Commended:  
  • Billy Cook, Go North East
  • Brian Gosling, Arriva the Shires & Essex
  • Graham Killingworth, Arriva North East
  • Karen Parker, First in Berkshire

The Award for Services to the Industry, sponsored by Giles Fearnley and Stuart Wilde

• Winner:    Steve Clayton

Accessibility: The Claudia Flanders Memorial Award sponsored by the TAS Partnership

• Winner:    The TITAN Project, Norfolk County Council

London Awards

The TfL Surface Transport Award for London Bus Garage of the Year

• Winner:    Epsom, Quality Line - Epsom Coaches Group
• Runners Up:    Brentford, Metroline
• Highly Commended:    
  • Hayes, Abellio London
  • Grays, Arriva Kent Thameside
  • Palmers Green, Arriva London
  • Waterloo, Go-Ahead London

The TfL Surface Transport London Service Quality Award

• Winners:     Route 195, 4 days to Start a Service, First London
• Runners Up:    Hayes Garage Operations Team, Abellio London
• Highly Commended:   
  • Putney Garage Engineering Team, Go-Ahead London    
  • Hounslow CCTV Team, Transdev London

The Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust Award for Top London Bus Driver

• Winner:    Winston Dottin, First London
• Joint Runners Up:  
  • Grantley Best, Arriva London
  • Kevin West, Transdev London
• Highly Commended:    
  • Harjinder Banbheru, First London
  • Comfort Nkrumah, First London
  • Hilbert Williams, CT Plus
  • Bob Wiltshire, Go-Ahead London
  • Stephen Winfield, Go-Ahead London