{"id":2073,"date":"2020-03-13T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukbusawards.dns-systems.net\/?page_id=2073"},"modified":"2020-03-13T17:35:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T17:35:35","slug":"2018-results","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/2018-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>2018 Results<\/h1>\n<p>\u00a0<span>Here are the results for the 2018 competition. Click on the category name for details of all the Winners and Finalists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-bus-and-the-community-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bus and the Community Award sponsored by Coach &amp; Bus Week<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Drive On, HCT Group<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: The #BeNiceBus, Stagecoach Group<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Christmas fundraising campaign, Stagecoach North East<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: BUSter&#8217;s Beach Party, Yellow Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Charity of Choice, Lothian Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Second Chance, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Charity and community, Reading Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Newham Safer Travel Project, Stagecoach London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-uk-bus-operator-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UK Bus Operator of the Year sponsored by Gallagher &amp; QBE Insurance<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: , Go South Coast<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: , Nottingham City Transport<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: , Ensign Bus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-engineer-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Engineer of the Year sponsored by Institute of Road Transport Engineers<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Terry Absalom, Stagecoach London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Ben Coghlan, Stagecoach Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Colin Barnes, Go North East<\/li>\n<li>Highly Commended: Graham Smith, Nottingham City Transport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-environment-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environment Award<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: World&#8217;s largest fleet of bio-gas double deckers, Nottingham City Transport<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: World&#8217;s first zero emission electric double decker, Optare<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Electric vehicles, Lothian Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Liverpool Bus Alliance, Merseytravel and partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-tfl-award-for-london-bus-garage-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TfL Award for London Bus Garage of the Year sponsored by Transport for London<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Twickenham, Abellio London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Tolworth, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Brixton, Arriva London South<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Perivale, Metroline<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Barking, Stagecoach London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-leadership-and-inspiration-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leadership &amp; Inspiration Award<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Jim Thorpe, Uno Bus<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Michael Gatenby, Arriva Yorkshire<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Oliver Monahan, Arriva Southern Counties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-making-buses-a-better-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making Buses a Better Choice: the Peter Huntley Memorial Award sponsored by Heathrow Airport<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Bus Services in New Residential Developments Guidance, Stagecoach Bus<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: West Midlands Bus Alliance, Transport for West Midlands and partners<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: X10 Stagecoach Express, Stagecoach Yorkshire<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Winchester Bus Station, Hampshire County Council<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Liverpool Bus Alliance, Merseytravel and partners<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Route 64, Stagecoach South<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-marketing-initiative-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Award for Marketing Initiative of the Year sponsored by Bus &amp; Coach Buyer<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: The Comet, come fly with us, Uno Bus<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: The Pops and the Cheshire Cat, Warrington&#8217;s Own Buses<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Better by Bus, Merseytravel and partners<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Big Days Out campaign, Go North East<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Service 10, Stagecoach North Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Meet Violet, she&#8217;s on her way, Uno Bus Northampton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-new-horizons-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Horizons Award sponsored by Passenger Transport<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: VecTive, Vectare<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: How do I catch a bus?, Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: On-Board Passenger Information System, Lothian Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Connected Apps, Arriva London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: BusMark, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Bus Driver Routeway, Go North East<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Social seating, Go South Coast &#8211; Swindon&#8217;s Bus Company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-the-putting-passengers-first-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Putting Passengers First sponsored by Coach &amp; Bus 2019<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Make My Mainline, The Burnley Bus Company<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Hello London, TfL and Steps Drama Learning Development<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: How do I catch a bus?, Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Re-building confidence in using the bus, East Coast Buses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-rosco-award-for-innovation-in-road-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ROSCO Award for Innovation in Road Safety sponsored by ROSCO<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Lytx DriveCam, National Express West Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: technology + empowered employees = safer buses, Reading Buses<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Walking and cycling in London, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Accident prevention days campaign, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-the-award-for-sustained-marketing-excellence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Award for Sustained Marketing Excellence sponsored by Exterion Media<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: m1 and m2, Go South Coast &#8211; morebus<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Express City Connect, Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Bluestar, shining across the city, Go South Coast &#8211; Bluestar<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Journeys taken care of, Go North East<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-top-city-operator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top City Operator sponsored by INIT Innovations<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: , Nottingham City Transport<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: , Stagecoach Merseyside<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: , Stagecoach Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: , Lothian Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: , National Express West Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: , Plymouth Citybus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-top-national-bus-driver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top National Bus Driver: the Chris Moyes Memorial Award sponsored by Volvo Bus<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Aaron Johnson, Nottingham City Transport<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Adam Davies, Transdev Blazefield<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: James Kearney, trentbarton<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Robbie Bartle, Go South Coast &#8211; morebus<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Garry Williams, National Express West Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Simon Crumpler, Stagecoach West<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Joanne Morgan, Stagecoach Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Steven Irvine, Stagecoach Manchester<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-top-independent-operator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Independent Operator sponsored by Omnibus<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: , Ensignbus<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: , Prentice Coaches<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: , Scarlet Band Bus and Coach<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: , Marshalls of Sutton-on-Trent<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: , Uno Bus Northampton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-top-london-bus-driver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top London Bus Driver sponsored by Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust and TfL<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Anthony Banks-Walker, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: David Harris, Arriva London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Christine Watkins, Arriva London<\/li>\n<li>Specially Commended: Decosta Skyers, Go-Ahead London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Jim Hart, Abellio London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Dean Golding, Go-Ahead London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Natasha Smith, Go-Ahead London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Patrick Lawson, CT Plus<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Leighton Shannon, Uno Bus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-top-national-bus-depot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top National Bus Depot sponsored by Personal Group<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Crawley, Metrobus<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: St Andrews, Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Newport, Isle of Wight, Go South Coast &#8211; Southern Vectis<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Shrewsbury, Arriva Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Heckmondwike, Arriva Yorkshire<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Grimsby, Stagecoach East Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Sharston, Stagecoach Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Intack, The Blackburn Bus Company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-top-shire-operator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Shire Operator sponsored by Ticketer<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: , Go South Coast<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: , Reading Buses<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: , Metrobus<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: , Oxford Bus Company<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: , Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-unsung-heroes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unsung Heroes Award sponsored by Backhouse Jones<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Matt Begg, Stagecoach Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Highly Commended: Janet Cameron, Abellio London<\/li>\n<li>Highly Commended: Margaret Skinner, First Scotland East<\/li>\n<li>Highly Commended: Steve Ilbury, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<li>Highly Commended: John Millar, Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Highly Commended: Thomas McGovern, Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Specially Commended: Cameron Dyche, First Aberdeen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2018-young-manager-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Manager of the Year sponsored by Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Rob Hutchings, Arriva London South<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Alex Chutter, Go South Coast<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Andy Turnbull, Transdev Blazefield<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Ben Coghlan, Stagecoach Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Elizabeth Richards, Stagecoach West<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ukba-after-content ukba-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"ukba-2757570672\"><div class=\"ukba-adlabel\">Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters, including<\/div><div id=\"ukba-slider-40\" class=\"custom-slider ukba-slider-4083536104 ukba-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"ukba-3387447576\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.best-impressions.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"best_impressions-blu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu-1280x377.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu-980x289.png 980w, https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/best_impressions-blu-480x141.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1500px, 100vw\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"ukba-3197327136\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.passengertransport.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PassTransLogo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PassTransLogo-e1598956173939.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"250\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $ukbaslider4083536104 = jQuery( \".ukba-slider-4083536104\" );$ukbaslider4083536104.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); 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