Our Awards

We would like to thank all our lovely customers and our staff for helping make us an award winning operator. The awards displayed below are in recognition of all the hard work our staff do to provide you with a high quality service.

2024

  • Top Shire Operator - UK Bus Awards (Gold)
  • Partnership for Excellence - UK Bus Awards (Bronze)
  • Passenger Transport - CILT Annual Awards for Excellence (winner)

2023

  • Passenger Transport - CILT Annual Awards for Excellence (winner)
  • Buses for leisure, London Line 702 & Flightline 703 - UK Bus Awards (Bronze)
  • Top Shire Operator - UK Bus Awards (Bronze)
  • Recruitment and Retention, Supporting refugees - UK Bus Awards (highly commended)

2020

  • Top Operator – National Express 1-5 vehicle category (winner)
  • Golden Spanner – National Express engineering standards

2019             

  • Passenger Service Innovation – CILT Annual Awards for Excellence (winner)
  • Top National Bus Depot – UK Bus Awards (silver)
  • Bus in the Community – UK Bus Awards (finalist)
  • Making Buses a Better Choice – UK Bus Awards (finalist)
  • Operator Training Award – routeone (finalist)
  • Best Use of Technology – routeone (finalist)
  • Dan Bassett, Manager of the Year – routeone (finalist)
  • Dan Moss, Rising Star – routeone (finalist)

2018              

  • Business Champion of the Arts - Reading Cultural Awards (winner)
  • Nikki Ball, Marketing & PR - Venus Women’s Awards (winner)
  • Top Shire Operator - UK Bus Awards (silver)
  • The Bus and the Community - UK Bus Awards (silver)
  • ROSCO Award for Innovation in Road Safety - UK Bus Awards (silver)
  • Company of the Year - European Diversity Awards (finalist)
  • Diversity Champion - CILT Annual Awards for Excellence (finalist)
  • Large Bus Operator of the Year - routeone (finalist)
  • Environment Award - routeone (finalist)
  • Best use of technology - routeone (finalist)
  • Operator training award - routeone (finalist)
  • Dan Bassett, Manager of the year - routeone (finalist)
  • John Bickerton, Engineer of the year - routeone (finalist)
  • Smile of the Year - Pride of Reading Awards (finalist)

2017

  • Company of the Year - Natwest Venus Awards, Thames Valley (winner)
  • Martijn Gilbert, Manager of the Year - routeone (winner)
  • Maks Pruscewicz, Bus Driver of the Year Award - UK Bus Awards (gold)
  • Dan Bassett, Young Manager of the Year Award - UK Bus Awards (gold)
  • The New Horizons Award - UK Bus Awards (silver)
  • Operator Training Award - routeone (shortlisted)
  • Large Bus Operator of the Year - routeone (shortlisted)
  • Environment Award - routeone (shortlisted)
  • John Bickerton, Engineer of the Year - routeone (shortlisted)
  • Best Use of Technology - routeone (shortlisted)
  • Passenger Transport Best Practice - CILT (shortlisted)
  • Making Buses a Better Place - UK Bus Awards (shortlisted)

2016

  • Development of People - CILT (winner)
  • Martijn Gilbert, Manager of the Year - routeone (winner)
  • John Bickerton, Engineer of the Year - routeone (winner)
  • Martijn Gilbert, Manager of the Year - Talent in Mobility Awards (shortlisted)
  • Operator Training Award - routeone (shortlisted)
  • Large Bus Operator of the Year - routeone (shortlisted)
  • Environment Award - routeone (shortlisted)
  • Innovation - routeone (shortlisted)
  • Partnership Award, Reading Buses and the Wider Community - routeone (shortlisted)
  • Improvements to Bus Services - National Transport Awards (shortlisted)
  • Bus Operator of the Year - UK Bus Awards (shortlisted)
  • Top Shire Operator - UK Bus Awards (shortlisted)
  • Putting Passengers First - UK Bus Awards (shortlisted)
  • New Horizons - UK Bus Awards (shortlisted)
  • Making Buses a Better Choice - UK Bus Awards (shortlisted)
  • Environment Award - UK Bus Awards (shortlisted)
  • Chris Vest, Unsung Hero - UK Bus Awards (shortlisted)
  • Dan Bassett, Young Manager of the Year - UK Bus Awards (shortlisted)
  • Low Carbon Transport Initiative of the Year - Low Carbon Champions Awards (shortlisted)