2019  Results

Here are the results for the 2019 competition. Click on the category name for details of all the Winners and Finalists.

Bus and the Community sponsored by CBW

• Winner, Gold Award: Brand the Bus!, Oxford Bus Company
• Winner, Silver Award: Stuff a Bus, Translink
• Winner, Bronze Award: School library bus, Metroline
• Finalist: Santa Bus, Brighton & Hove Buses
• Finalist: Chatty Bus, Go-Ahead Group
• Finalist: Autism and accessibility, Reading Buses
• Finalist: Christmas fundraiser, Stagecoach North East
• Finalist: Safety Bus, Translink

UK Bus Operator of the Year sponsored by Gallagher & QBE Insurance

• Winner, Gold Award: Nottingham City Transport
• Winner, Silver Award: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
• Winner, Bronze Award: Ensignbus

Cutural Change

• Winner, Gold Award: Master Driver, National Express West Midlands
• Winner, Silver Award: Cultural change journey, Oxford Bus Company
• Winner, Bronze Award: West Wellbeing, Stagecoach West
• Finalist: Journey Makers, First Bus
• Finalist: Better bus drivers for London, Go-Ahead London
• Finalist: Level 2 bus driver apprenticeship, Stagecoach UK Bus

Engineer of the Year sponsored by IRTE

• Winner, Gold Award: Stephen Stringer, Warrington’s Own Buses
• Winner, Silver Award: Jack Abbott, Stagecoach Manchester
• Winner, Bronze Award: Paul Slaney, Translink
• Finalist: Leon Hall, Arriva Southern Counties
• Finalist: Jake Moore, Nottingham City Transport
• Finalist: Darren Richmond, Uno

Environment

• Winner, Gold Award: Harrogate Electrics, The Harrogate Bus Company
• Winner, Silver Award: Guildford park & ride electric buses, Stagecoach South
• Winner, Bronze Award: The UK’s first air filtering bus, Go South Coast – Bluestar
• Finalist: Series-E hybrid buses for London, Go-Ahead London
• Finalist: Electric buses and Cleaner Air for Bus Drivers, Metroline
• Finalist: Electric buses at Shepherd’s Bush, RATP Dev London

London Bus Garage of the Year sponsored by Transport for London

• Winner, Gold Award: Norwood, Arriva London
• Winner, Silver Award: Romford, Stagecoach London
• Winner, Bronze Award: Croydon, Go-Ahead London
• Finalist: Alperton, Metroline

Leader of the Year sponsored by Euro Bus Expo 2020

• Winner, Gold Award: Damian Bannon, Translink
• Winner, Silver Award: Raj Chander, Arriva Midlands
• Winner, Bronze Award: Urvi Patel, Abellio London
• Highly Commended: Jamie Crowsley, Arriva Midlands

Making Buses a Better Choice: the Peter Huntley Memorial Award sponsored by Heathrow

• Winner, Gold Award: Glider, Translink
• Winner, Silver Award: PickMeUp, Oxford Bus Company
• Winner, Bronze Award: metrobus Bristol, First West of England
• Finalist: purple 17, Reading Buses
• Finalist: Transforming Rosso, Rosso
• Finalist: N21 night bus, Stagecoach South West
• Finalist: S6 Swindon to Oxford Improvements, Stagecoach West
• Finalist: Connector 98/99, Thames Travel

Marketing Initiative of the Year sponsored by Bus & Coach Buyer

• Winner, Gold Award: Stimulating senior bus travel, Stagecoach Yorkshire and partners
• Winner, Silver Award: Explore by Bus, Visit Isle of Wight
• Winner, Bronze Award: Cruiselink, Lothian
• Highly Commended: People Like You, Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus
• Finalist: InterConnect Bus Walks, Stagecoach East Midlands
• Finalist: Glider, Translink
• Finalist: Dragonfly, Uno
• Finalist: It’s easy as 1, 2, 3!, Yellow Buses

New Horizons sponsored by Passenger Transport

• Winner, Gold Award: Mobileye, Abellio London
• Winner, Silver Award: CrewPLAN, Omnibus
• Winner, Bronze Award: Newbury e-paper next bus pilot, West Berkshire Council
• Finalist: Mirrorless CCTV, First Glasgow

ROSCO Award for Innovation in Road Safety sponsored by ROSCO

• Winner, Gold Award: Driving a strong safety culture, Arriva Yorkshire
• Winner, Silver Award: Mobileye, Abellio London
• Winner, Bronze Award: Glider driver training programme, Translink

Services to the Bus Industry sponsored by Buses magazine

• Winner, Gold Award: Mark Fowles

Sustained Marketing Excellence sponsored by Global

• Winner, Gold Award: Going for growth, First West of England
• Winner, Silver Award: People Against Ordinary, Uno
• Winner, Bronze Award: Express City Connect, Stagecoach East Scotland
• Finalist: Welcome to Coastliner Country, Transdev Blazefield

Top City Operator sponsored by INIT Innovations

• Winner, Gold Award: Nottingham City Transport
• Winner, Silver Award: Brighton & Hove Buses
• Winner, Bronze Award: Stagecoach Manchester
• Finalist: Lothian
• Finalist: National Express West Midlands
• Finalist: Plymouth Citybus
• Finalist: Stagecoach Merseyside
• Finalist: Translink Metro

Top National Bus Driver: the Chris Moyes Memorial Award sponsored by Volvo Bus

• Winner, Gold Award: Jatinder Kumar, Nottingham City Transport
• Winner, Silver Award: Keith Thomas, First Cymru
• Winner, Bronze Award: Gurnam Singh, Stagecoach West
• Finalist: Gerard Porter, Translink
• Finalist: Tracey Pemberton, trentbarton
• Finalist: Bronagh McDonnell, Ulsterbus

Top Independent Operator sponsored by Omnibus

• Winner, Gold Award: Ensignbus
• Winner, Silver Award: Prentice Coaches
• Winner, Bronze Award: Courtney Buses
• Finalist: BorderBus
• Finalist: Edwards Coaches
• Finalist: Uno

The Luke Rees-Pulley Award for Top London Bus Driver sponsored by Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust and Transport for London

• Winner, Gold Award: Wasiq Ali, RATP Dev London
• Winner, Silver Award: Nick Kukaj, Abellio London
• Winner, Bronze Award: Peter Huttly, Go-Ahead London
• Finalist: Andres Austin-Bennett, Abellio London
• Finalist: David Harris, Arriva London
• Finalist: Christine Watkins, Arriva London
• Finalist: Simon Ellis, Go-Ahead London
• Finalist: Agnieszka Narbut, Metroline

Top National Bus Depot sponsored by Personal Group

• Winner, Gold Award: Blairgowrie, Stagecoach East Scotland
• Winner, Silver Award: Reading, Reading Buses
• Winner, Bronze Award: Swindon, Go South Coast – Swindon’s Bus Company
• Finalist: Crawley, Metrobus
• Finalist: St Andrews, Stagecoach East Scotland

Top Shire Operator sponsored by Ticketer

• Winner, Gold Award: Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
• Winner, Silver Award: Stagecoach East Scotland
• Winner, Bronze Award: Oxford Bus Company
• Finalist: EastCoastbuses
• Finalist: Go South Coast
• Finalist: Metrobus
• Finalist: Stagecoach East Midlands
• Finalist: Warrington’s Own Buses

Unsung Heroes sponsored by Backhouse Jones

• Winner, Gold Award: Sheila Swift, Nottingham City Transport
• Specially Commended: Chuk Ejakita, RATP Dev London
• Specially Commended: Eddie Hollis, RATP Dev London
• Specially Commended: Craig Trueman, trentbarton
• Specially Commended: Roy Barrett, RATP Dev London
• Specially Commended: Mitesh Patel, Metroline

Young Manager of the Year sponsored by Metroline

• Winner, Gold Award: Jack Abbott, Stagecoach Manchester
• Winner, Silver Award: Kerrie Grant, Go South Coast – Bluestar
• Winner, Bronze Award: Adam Green, Arriva Kent and Surrey