{"id":2159,"date":"2020-03-13T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukbusawards.dns-systems.net\/?page_id=2159"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:07:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:07:20","slug":"2019-results","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/2019-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 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;][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>2019\u00a0 Results<\/h1>\n<p><span>Here are the results for the 2019 competition.\u00a0<\/span><span>Click on the category name for details of all the Winners and Finalists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||391px||&#8221;][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<h4><a href=\"2019-bus-and-the-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bus and the Community sponsored by CBW<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Brand the Bus!, Oxford Bus Company<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Stuff a Bus, Translink<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: School library bus, Metroline<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Santa Bus, Brighton &amp; Hove Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Chatty Bus, Go-Ahead Group<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Autism and accessibility, Reading Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Christmas fundraiser, Stagecoach North East<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Safety Bus, Translink<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-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: Nottingham City Transport<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Stagecoach Cumbria &amp; North Lancashire<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Ensignbus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-cultural-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cutural Change<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Master Driver, National Express West Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Cultural change journey, Oxford Bus Company<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: West Wellbeing, Stagecoach West<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Journey Makers, First Bus<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Better bus drivers for London, Go-Ahead London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Level 2 bus driver apprenticeship, Stagecoach UK Bus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-engineer-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Engineer of the Year sponsored by IRTE<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Stephen Stringer, Warrington&#8217;s Own Buses<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Jack Abbott, Stagecoach Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Paul Slaney, Translink<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Leon Hall, Arriva Southern Counties<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Jake Moore, Nottingham City Transport<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Darren Richmond, Uno<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environment<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Harrogate Electrics, The Harrogate Bus Company<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Guildford park &amp; ride electric buses, Stagecoach South<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: The UK&#8217;s first air filtering bus, Go South Coast &#8211; Bluestar<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Series-E hybrid buses for London, Go-Ahead London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Electric buses and Cleaner Air for Bus Drivers, Metroline<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Electric buses at Shepherd&#8217;s Bush, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-london-bus-garage-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London Bus Garage of the Year sponsored by Transport for London<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Norwood, Arriva London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Romford, Stagecoach London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Croydon, Go-Ahead London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Alperton, Metroline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-leader-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leader of the Year sponsored by Euro Bus Expo 2020<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Damian Bannon, Translink<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Raj Chander, Arriva Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Urvi Patel, Abellio London<\/li>\n<li>Highly Commended: Jamie Crowsley, Arriva Midlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-making-buses-a-better-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making Buses a Better Choice: the Peter Huntley Memorial Award sponsored by Heathrow<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Glider, Translink<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: PickMeUp, Oxford Bus Company<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: metrobus Bristol, First West of England<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: purple 17, Reading Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Transforming Rosso, Rosso<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: N21 night bus, Stagecoach South West<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: S6 Swindon to Oxford Improvements, Stagecoach West<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Connector 98\/99, Thames Travel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-marketing-initiative-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marketing Initiative of the Year sponsored by Bus &amp; Coach Buyer<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Stimulating senior bus travel, Stagecoach Yorkshire and partners<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Explore by Bus, Visit Isle of Wight<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Cruiselink, Lothian<\/li>\n<li>Highly Commended: People Like You, Brighton &amp; Hove Buses and Metrobus<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: InterConnect Bus Walks, Stagecoach East Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Glider, Translink<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Dragonfly, Uno<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: It&#8217;s easy as 1, 2, 3!, Yellow Buses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-new-horizons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Horizons sponsored by Passenger Transport<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Mobileye, Abellio London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: CrewPLAN, Omnibus<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Newbury e-paper next bus pilot, West Berkshire Council<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Mirrorless CCTV, First Glasgow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-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: Driving a strong safety culture, Arriva Yorkshire<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Mobileye, Abellio London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Glider driver training programme, Translink<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-services-to-the-bus-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Services to the Bus Industry sponsored by Buses magazine<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Mark Fowles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-sustained-marketing-excellence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sustained Marketing Excellence sponsored by Global<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Going for growth, First West of England<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: People Against Ordinary, Uno<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Express City Connect, Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Welcome to Coastliner Country, Transdev Blazefield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-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: Brighton &amp; Hove Buses<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Stagecoach Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Lothian<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: National Express West Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Plymouth Citybus<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Stagecoach Merseyside<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Translink Metro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-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: Jatinder Kumar, Nottingham City Transport<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Keith Thomas, First Cymru<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Gurnam Singh, Stagecoach West<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Gerard Porter, Translink<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Tracey Pemberton, trentbarton<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Bronagh McDonnell, Ulsterbus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-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: Courtney Buses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: BorderBus<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Edwards Coaches<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Uno<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-top-london-bus-driver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Luke Rees-Pulley Award for Top London Bus Driver sponsored by Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust and Transport for London<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Wasiq Ali, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Nick Kukaj, Abellio London<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Peter Huttly, Go-Ahead London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Andres Austin-Bennett, Abellio London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: David Harris, Arriva London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Christine Watkins, Arriva London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Simon Ellis, Go-Ahead London<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Agnieszka Narbut, Metroline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-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: Blairgowrie, Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Reading, Reading Buses<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Swindon, Go South Coast &#8211; Swindon&#8217;s Bus Company<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Crawley, Metrobus<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: St Andrews, Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-top-shire-operator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Shire Operator sponsored by Ticketer<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Stagecoach Cumbria &amp; North Lancashire<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Stagecoach East Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Bronze Award: Oxford Bus Company<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: EastCoastbuses<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Go South Coast<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Metrobus<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Stagecoach East Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Finalist: Warrington&#8217;s Own Buses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-unsung-heroes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unsung Heroes sponsored by Backhouse Jones<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Sheila Swift, Nottingham City Transport<\/li>\n<li>Specially Commended: Chuk Ejakita, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<li>Specially Commended: Eddie Hollis, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<li>Specially Commended: Craig Trueman, trentbarton<\/li>\n<li>Specially Commended: Roy Barrett, RATP Dev London<\/li>\n<li>Specially Commended: Mitesh Patel, Metroline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"2019-young-manager-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Manager of the Year sponsored by Metroline<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner, Gold Award: Jack Abbott, Stagecoach Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Winner, Silver Award: Kerrie Grant, Go South Coast &#8211; 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