The UK Bus Awards has announced its 2022 shortlist after another bumper year for entries.

After a pause over the last two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, people, projects and bus operators will once again be competing for the top awards across 22 categories at an in-person presentation ceremony on 15 November at Troxy, London.

The judging process has included – once again – mystery travelling of the driver and operator finalists and face-to-face interviews with all of those shortlisted for the people awards. The UK Bus Awards is run independently.

Alan Millar, Chair of the UK Bus Awards, said: “This shortlist of finalists represents the skills and talents of the industry. They range from small, family-owned businesses through to the very large multinational transport groups, including several entering for the first time. It’s pleasing to see our first in-person awards ceremony since 2019 will once again recognise and reward excellence across the board to find the very best in the business.

“There will be some tough competition too. We have been challenged by the sheer strength and creativity of the entries, especially within the people categories, all of which our independent team of judges reported as outstanding.

“We can’t wait to bring the industry together once again to celebrate its successes, achievements, innovations, dedication and sheer brilliance.”

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The UK Bus Awards 2022 Shortlist

BUS AND THE COMMUNITY SPONSORED BY HEATHROW

• Diamond Bus North West, Bus depot on Weston Street
• Ensignbus
• Go North East
• RATP Dev Transit London, Electric Bus Viewing
• Stagecoach East Scotland, Sam’s Wellbeing on Wheels
• Stagecoach Manchester, Forever Manchester
• Stagecoach South East, The Friendship Bus

CULTURE CHANGE

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

ENGINEER OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY IRTE

• Mick Branigan, Diamond Bus North West
• Darren Bull, RATP Dev Transit London
• Craig Mills, Stagecoach London
• Jamie Stockton, Stagecoach Manchester

LEADER OF THE YEAR

• Bill Daly, Stagecoach London
• Ken Fennell, Abellio London Bus
• Joel Mitchell, Stagecoach South East
• Samantha Teggart, Abellio London Bus
• Jim Thorpe, Uno

LONDON BUS GARAGE OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY TRANSPORT FOR LONDON

• Abellio London, Beddington
• Arriva London, Brixton
• Go-Ahead London, Putney
• Metroline, Uxbridge
• Stagecoach London, Bow
• Stagecoach London, Lea Interchange

MARKETING

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

TOP NATIONAL BUS DEPOT SPONSORED BY INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS

• Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, Barrow
• Stagecoach East Scotland, St Andrews
• Stagecoach North Scotland, Portree

TOP CITY OPERATOR SPONSORED BY INIT INNOVATIONS

• Abellio Bus
• Diamond Bus North West

TOP INDEPENDENT OPERATOR

• Ensignbus
• Grant Palmer
• Uno

UNSUNG HEROES SPONSORED BY BACKHOUSE JONES

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

YOUNG MANAGER OF THE YEAR

• Ben Houghton, Stagecoach London
• Daniel Bowden, Stagecoach East Midlands
• Hayley Russell, FlixBus
• Michelle Doyle, Stagecoach West
• Thomas Calderbank, Diamond Bus North West
• Zachary McAskill, Stagecoach Manchester

SUPPORTING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SPONSORED BY TRACSIS

• Cornwall Council, Cornwall Bus Fares Pilot
• Diamond Bus North West, Ticketing and Partnerships
• Grant Palmer, Push Messaging
• Oxford Bus Company, Freeflow
• Nottingham City Transport and partners, Flexible Contactless Capping
• Transdev, Sky Class

ROSCO AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO SAFER DRIVING SPONSORED BY ROSCO

• Stagecoach East and Volvo Bus, Intelligent Speed Assistance, Stagecoach East and Volvo Bus
• Stagecoach London, Safety Strategy Forum
• Ticketer and Reliance Motor Services, Tailored Ticketer Road Restriction Alerts, Ticketer and Reliance Motor Services

TOP SHIRE OPERATOR SPONSORED BY TICKETER

• Blackpool Transport
• Stagecoach East
• Stagecoach East Scotland

TOP NATIONAL BUS DRIVER: THE CHRIS MOYES MEMORIAL AWARD SPONSORED BY PERSONAL GROUP

• Ama Adae-Bosmpra,
• Darren Dalton, Preston Bus
• Grzegorz Ranis, Uno
• Gurnam Singh, Stagecoach West
• Johnathan Smallman, Nottingham City Transport

BUSES FOR PLEASURE

• Diamond Bus North West , 575A
• Go North East, Toon Tour, Seasider X11 & X75
• First Norfolk & Suffolk , Clipper Cabriolet
• First South West, Exmoor Coaster, First South West
• Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, Explore the Lakes by Bus
• Stagecoach East Midlands, Skegness Seasiders
• Transdev, Greetings from Yorkshire

Luke Rees-Pulley Award for Top London Bus Driver sponsored by The Luke Rees-Pulley CHARITABLE TRUST AND TRANSPORT FOR LONDON

• Aliya Aleskerova, Metroline
• Domingos Goncalves, RAPT Dev Transit London
• Koli Begum, Go-Ahead London
• Kellie Heard, Stagecoach London
• Mohamed Maow, RAPT Dev Transit London
• Nimish Jamnadas, RAPT Dev Transit London
• Poppy Owusu, Metroline
• Wolfgang Chindamo, Metroline

Top Express Coach Operation sponsored by Volvo

• Oxford Tube
• RailAir and RailAir 2

Partnering for Delivery: The Peter Huntley Memorial Award

• Cornwall Council and partners, Transport for Cornwall, Cornwall Council and partners
• First West Yorkshire and Partners, Leeds Public Transport Investment Programme
• ito World, Analyse Bus Open Data
• Leicester Bus Partnership
• Nottingham City Transport and partners, Nottingham Contactless,
• Transdev and Harrogate BID, The Freeway Approach

Supporting the Environment sponsored by CitySwift

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