UK Bus Awards 2010 - Results List

Operating Awards

The BAE Systems City Operator of the Year

• Winners:        Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company
• Runners Up:    Stagecoach Yorkshire
• Highly Commended:
• Lothian Buses
• National Express Coventry 
• Stagecoach Manchester

Scania Independent Operator of the Year

• Winners:         Norfolk Green
• Runners Up:     Quality Line, Epsom Group
• Highly Commended:   
• DRM Bus
• Ensign Bus Company
• Commended:       
• Johnsons Coach & Bus Travel

Shire Operator of the Year

• Winner:        Transdev Yellow Buses
• Runners Up:  Western Greyhound
• Highly Commended:  
• Stagecoach East
• Reading Transport 
• Thamesdown Transport 
• Transdev Burnley & Pendle

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

• Winners:        Norfolk Green
• Joint Runners Up:
• Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company
• Transdev Yellow Buses

The Volvo Express Coach Operation of the Year

• Winners:         Stagecoach East, for the X5, Cambridge to Oxford
• Runners Up:     Stagecoach in Oxfordshire, for the Oxford Tube
• Highly Commended:    
• Stagecoach East Scotland, for Express City Connect 
• National Express, the “A” services: London to Stansted Airport
• First in London & Berkshire: RailAir, Reading to Heathrow

Top National Bus Depot

• Winners:         Birkenhead, Arriva Merseyside
• Runners Up:     Heckmondwike, Arriva Yorkshire
• Highly Commended:    
• Crawley, Metrobus
• Yardley Wood, National Express West Midlands
• Trent Bridge Garage, Nottingham City Transport
• Hyde Road, Manchester, Stagecoach Manchester

TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

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

• Winners: Essex County Council, for two projects: Access Braintree and Try a Bus – Choice, Control and Independence
• Runners Up:  Thamesdown Transport, Talking Buses
• Highly Commended: Lothian Buses, Easy Access for All

The Bus in the Countryside

• Winners:         Denbighshire County Council, Vale of Clwyd Project
• Runners Up:     Stagecoach South West, Go2: Establishing a desirable, sustainable and commercial bus service
• Highly Commended:  
• Hadrian's Wall Heritage, for Hadrian's Wall Country Bus Service AD122
• Norfolk County Council, The Norfolk Flexibus Project - Imagine?
• Stagecoach North West, Cumbria and Lakes Promotion

The CBS Outdoor Bus Marketing Campaign of the Year

• Winners:     Arriva Yorkshire, for “The Arriva 110 'takes off'” campaign
• Runners Up: Nottingham City Transport, for EasyRider Citycard - Save a Few Squid
• Highly Commended: 
• Arriva Midlands, We are Derby
• Newport Transport for Newport Bus - You'll be surprised who you might see
• East Midlands Airport (EMA) Bus Partnership, Skylink - Start your holiday with the bus
• Stagecoach East Kent,  It's a breeze - Thanet to Canterbury
• Transdev Burnley & Pendle, Mainline - Catch a local hero

BAA Heathrow Environment Award

• Winners:      BAE Systems, The Low Carbon Ve hicle Programme
• Runners Up:  Go-Ahead Group, Cutting back on Carbon
• Highly Commended:   
• FirstGroup UK Bus, DriveGreen Scheme
• Transdev London, The Drivewell Project
• Translink, Switch to Efficiency Campaign
• Lothian Buses plc, Zero Waste

Infrastructure

• Winners:  Transport for London, East London Transit Phase 1a (ELT1a) 
• Runners Up: Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive), Brighouse Bus Station
• Highly Commended: 
• Lothian Buses plc, BusTracker: A real-time passenger information and fleet management system
• First Aberdeen, New Bus Depot

Alexander Dennis Innovation Award

• Winners:  Stagecoach Merseyside: Contactless Card Payment Pilot on Stagecoach Merseyside Buses
• Runners Up:  Arriva UK Bus, Bus Tickets 2 ur mobile
• Highly Commended:  
• "Operation Invariance", National Express and partners
• Mobile Travel Centre, Nottingham City Transport
• Route 36 iPhone App, Transdev Blazefield
• Specially Commended: Great North Bus Challenge, Durham - Lesotho Link

Transport Authority of the Year

• Winners:         Nottingham City Council

The Winning New Customers Award

• Winners:         Trent Barton, the nines - the really good way to win new customers 
• Runners Up:     Kent County Council and partners, ASK for a joined up Ashford 
• Highly Commended: 
• Arriva the Shires and partners, PlatinumMK route 300
• Stagecoach Manchester, Unirider
• Reading Transport, £1 to town

Awards for Industry People

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

• Winner:      Darren Roe, Stagecoach Manchester
• Runner Up:  Bill Devlin, Lothian Buses
• Highly Commended:     Steve Prewett, Go South Coast

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

• Winner:       Lorna Murphy, Abellio London
• Runner Up:   Charlotte Whitfield, FirstGroup UK Bus
• Highly Commended:
• Mike Butt, Stagecoach West
• Mark Whitelocks, Stagecoach West

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

• Winner:      Rhamzan Mohammed, Trent Barton
• Runner Up:  John Peck, Arriva the Shires
• Highly Commended:  
• Ian Anderson, Arriva North East
• Matthew Courtney, Arriva Scotland West   
• Ron Fomes, First Devon & Cornwall
• Krishna Kumar (KK) Rai, First Berkshire

Unsung Heroes Award

• Winner:  Keith Shayshutt

Winners of a UK Bus Awards Commendation for Outstanding Service

• Tony Dallison, National Express Group
• Nic Hake, Stagecoach South West
• Bill Priday, Stagecoach Manchester

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

• Winner:   Frank Clegg, Translink

London Awards

London Bus Garage of the Year

• Winner: Wood Green, Arriva London
• Runners Up: Bexleyheath, Go-Ahead London

• Highly Commended:
• Croydon, Metrobus
• Edgware, Metroline Travel
• Lea Interchange, First in London
• Uxbridge, First in London

The TfL Surface Transport London Service Quality Award

• Winners: Mick Gilroy and Alan Ball, delivering Arriva London's route control strategy, Arriva London  
• Runners Up: Croydon Service Quality Team, Metrobus
• Highly Commended:
• First London Commercial Contracting Team, First in London
• Wood Green Control Team. Arriva London   
• Bexleyheath Road Manager and Team, Go-Ahead London Central

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

• Winner: Phil Hiett, First in London East

• Joint Runners Up:
• Anthony Ransom, Transdev London
  John Tebuseke, Go-Ahead London General

• Highly Commended:

• Eddie Bainbridge, Go-Ahead London Central
• Stephen Elliot, First in London East
• Eusebio Duarte, Arriva London
• Mohamed Sadeq Mulla, Arriva London
• Daniel Notley, Go-Ahead London General