FTR (bus)

FTR was a name used by First for a series of rapid transit systems.

2006-2012
FTR launched in York in 2006. The articulated buses associated with the service were withdrawn in 2012 in favour of conventional buses. The FTR brand was thus dropped.

2009-2015
A similar service launched in Swansea in 2009, this time using the FTRmetro brand. As with York three years previously, the distinctive purple people eaters were replaced with conventional buses and the FTR brand name dropped.

2012-2016


Utilising redundant FTR vehicles, a new service launched in 2012 between Leeds and Bradford. The FTR name was not used, instead a new brand, Hyperlink, was used. For the third occasion, the vehicles were replaced with conventional buses in 2016.