2022 Results

Here are the results for the 2022 competition. 

Bus and the Community sponsored by Heathrow

• Winner, Gold Award: The Friendship Bus, Stagecoach South East
• Winner, Silver Award: Go North East
• Winner, Bronze Award: Sam’s Wellbeing on Wheels, Stagecoach East Scotland
• Finalist: Bus Depot on Weston Street, Diamond Bus North West
• Finalist: Electric Bus Viewing, RATP Dev Transit London
• Finalist: Ensignbus
• Finalist: Forever Manchester, Stagecoach Manchester

Buses for Pleasure sponsored by Coach & Bus Week

• Winner, Gold Award: Greetings from Yorkshire, Transdev
• Winner, Silver Award: Toon Tour, Seasider X11 and the X75, Go North East
• Winner, Bronze Award: Explore the Lakes by Bus, Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
• Finalist: 575A, Diamond Bus North West
• Finalist: Clipper Cabriolet, First Eastern Counties
• Finalist: Exmoor Coaster, First South West
• Finalist: Skegness Seasiders, Stagecoach East Midlands

Culture Change

• Winner, Gold Award: The Transdev Spirit, Transdev
• Winner, Silver Award: One Team GNE, Go North East
• Winner, Bronze Award: Safety Strategy Forum, Stagecoach London
• Finalist: Learning and Development Team, Abellio London Bus
• Finalist: Let’s talk equality, diversity and inclusion, Stagecoach London
• Finalist: Service Delivery Team, Stagecoach South East

Engineer of the Year sponsored by IRTE

• Winner, Gold Award: Jamie Stockton, Stagecoach Manchester
• Winner, Silver Award: Craig Mills, Stagecoach London
• Winner, Bronze Award: Mick Branigan, Diamond Bus North West
• Finalist: Darren Bull, RATP Dev Transit London

Leader of the Year sponsored by Bus & Coach Buyer

• Winner, Gold Award: Jim Thorpe, Uno
• Winner, Silver Award: Joel Mitchell, Stagecoach South East
• Winner, Bronze Award: Samantha Teggart, Abellio London Bus
• Finalist: Bill Daly, Stagecoach London
• Finalist: Ken Fennell, Abellio London Bus

London Bus Garage of the Year sponsored by Transport for London

• Winner, Gold Award: Putney, Go-Ahead London
• Winner, Silver Award: Bow, Stagecoach London
• Winner, Bronze Award: Brixton, Arriva London
• Finalist: Beddington, Abellio London Bus
• Finalist: Lea Interchange, Stagecoach London
• Finalist: Uxbridge, Metroline

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

• Winner, Gold Award: Koli Begum, Go-Ahead London
• Winner, Silver Award: Wolfgang Chindamo, Metroline
• Winner, Bronze Award: Domingos Goncalves, RAPT Dev Transit London
• Finalist: Aliya Aleskerova, Metroline
• Finalist: Kellie Heard, Stagecoach London
• Finalist: Nimish Jamnadas, RAPT Dev Transit London
• Finalist: Mohamed Maow, RAPT Dev Transit London
• Finalist: Porpin Owusu, Metroline

Marketing sponsored by Coach & Bus 23

• Winner, Gold Award: Jobs with Real Purpose, Go North East
• Winner, Silver Award: Transformation at TeamPennine, Transdev
• Winner, Bronze Award: Cornwall Bus Fares Pilot Launch, Cornwall Council
• Finalist: A Day in the Life series, Stagecoach South East
• Finalist: Saving Money for Salford, Diamond Bus North West

Partnering for Delivery: The Peter Huntley Memorial Award

• Winner, Gold Award: Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme, First West Yorkshire and partners
• Winner, Silver Award: The Freeway Approach, Transdev and Harrogate BID
• Winner, Bronze Award: Analyse Bus Open Data, ito World
• Finalist: Leicester Enhanced Bus Partnership, Leicester Bus Partnership
• Finalist: Nottingham Contactless, Nottingham City Transport and partners
• Finalist: Transport for Cornwall, Cornwall Council and partners

RSOCO Award for Contribution to Safer Driving sponsored by ROSCO

• Winner, Gold Award: Intelligent Speed Assistance, Stagecoach East and Volvo Bus
• Winner, Silver Award: Tailored Ticketer Road Restriction Alerts, Ticketer and Reliance Motor Services
• Winner, Bronze Award: Safety Strategy Forum, Stagecoach London

Services to the Bus Industry sponsored by Passenger Transport

• Winner, Gold Award: Peter Crichton

Supporting the Customer Experience sponsored by Tracsis

• Winner, Gold Award: Push Messaging, Grant Palmer
• Winner, Silver Award: Sky Class, Transdev
• Winner, Bronze Award: Freeflow, Oxford Bus Company
• Finalist: Flexible Contactless Capping, Brighton & Hove and Metrobus
• Finalist: Cornwall Bus Fares Pilot, Cornwall Council
• Finalist: Ticketing and Partnerships, Diamond Bus North West
• Finalist: Nottingham Contactless, Nottingham City Transport and partners

Supporting the Environment sponsored by CitySwift

• Winner, Gold Award: Big Switch off, Stagecoach East
• Winner, Silver Award: Electrifying Caledonia, First Glasgow
• Winner, Bronze Award: Biggest Zero Emission Park & Ride Fleet, First York
• Finalist: New Vehicles for Manchester, Diamond Bus North West
• Finalist: Zero Emission Project, Translink
• Finalist: Nottingham’s Green Euro Vl Fleet, Nottingham City Transport

Top Express Coach Operation sponsored by Volvo

• Winner, Gold Award: Oxford Tube
• Winner, Silver Award: RailAir 1 and 2

Top National Bus Depot sponsored by Integrated Solutions

• Winner, Gold Award: Barrow, Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
• Winner, Silver Award: Portree, Stagecoach North Scotland
• Winner, Bronze Award: St Andrews, Stagecoach East Scotland

Top National Bus Driver: The Chris Moyes Memorial Award sponsored by Personal Group

• Winner, Gold Award: Jonathan Smallman, Nottingham City Transport
• Winner, Silver Award: Darren Dalton, Preston Bus
• Winner, Bronze Award: Gurnam Singh, Stagecoach West
• Finalist: Ama Adae-Bosmpra, Uno
• Finalist: Grzegorz Ranis, Uno

Top City Operator sponsored by Init Innovations

• Winner, Gold Award: Diamond Bus North West
• Winner, Silver Award: Abellio London Bus

Top Independent Operator

• Winner, Gold Award: Uno
• Winner, Silver Award: Ensignbus
• Winner, Bronze Award: Grant Palmer

Top Shire Operator sponsored by Ticketer

• Winner, Gold Award: Blackpool Transport
• Winner, Silver Award: Stagecoach East Scotland
• Finalist: Stagecoach East

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

• Winner, Gold Award: Blackpool Transport
• Winner, Silver Award: Diamond Bus North West
• Winner, Bronze Award: Uno

Unsung Heroes sponsored by Backhouse Jones

• Winner, Gold Award: Lesley Hester, Stagecoach Manchester
• Specially Commended: Aafreeda Merican, Abellio London Bus
• Specially Commended: Kolawole ‘Kola’ Obasa, Metroline
• Specially Commended: Glenn Oldman, Stagecoach London
• Specially Commended: Louise Sills, Stagecoach South East
• Specially Commended: Steph Smith, Diamond Bus North West
• Specially Commended: James Third, Stagecoach South East

Young Manager of the Year

• Winner, Gold Award: Hayley Russell, FlixBus
• Winner, Silver Award: Zachary McAskill, Stagecoach Manchester
• Winner, Bronze Award: Ben Houghton, Stagecoach London
• Finalist: Daniel Bowden, Stagecoach East Midlands
• Finalist: Thomas Calderbank, Diamond Bus North West
• Finalist: Michelle Doyle, Stagecoach West