First York

Advantages: Local Bus service provider forYork, Newish vehicles.
Disadvantages: High Fares, Rude drivers,

First York is the Main bus operator for the city of York, They operate 100 vehicles with the majority being under 3 years old, with three different types of route. The routes The Metro routes which are colour coded and "should" run on a set frequency depending on which route you're on it can be anything from every 10mins to every 30mins (Mon- Sat daytime) which there are 8 services that come into this category. Park and ride. These are operated ...
...you can use on any First york bus including park and ride. If you live within The city of York boundry and are over 60 You are entitled to free travel on the buses, which has caused problems with overcrowding. Plus points They are the local bus company for York and there is very little choice of other operators. The £3 day ticket makes it cheap. Newish vehicles. Minus points. They do tend to run late or get cancelled at very short notice, this ... Read review

First York promise a great deal but rarely deliver the advertised service. Their services operating between the town centre and the Woodthorpe area appear to take no account of fluctuations in demand at different times of the day as the buses either run almost empty or overcrowded at peak times. There also appears to be staff shortages and high turnover of personnel resulting in a busload of passengers being 'held' for periods of up to 15 minutes during crew change overs on a near daily basis due to rota errors or 'missing staff'. The much publicised FTR service is nothing more than a mobile road hazard yet it carries no more passengers than a normal bus, is hated by everyone and breaks down regularly!

Advantages: Excellent place to shop
Disadvantages: might be dangerous at night

...First time to New York? Here's some of the places which we visited previously when we made our first trip to the Big Apple. There are aobut 7 most important attractions in New York for one to visit. This includes: Empire State Building, World Trade Center, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum, Ship Museum, Statue of Liberty, Museum of Natural History. First, to get the most out of New York, and to save some $$$, go to one of those attraction except for Statue of Liberty and purchase a special pass for entrance into all those stated above. That really saves some money.Empire State Building, go at night. You can see the entire New York state from above. It is really amazing, twinkling lights as far as the eyes could see.... Read review

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Advantages: A lot of fantastic sights to visit
Disadvantages: Be careful when walking at night

...First time to New York? Here's some of the places which we visited previously when we made our first trip to the Big Apple. There are aobut 7 most important attractions in New York for one to visit. This includes: Empire State Building, World Trade Center, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum, Ship Museum, Statue of Liberty, Museum of Natural History. First, to get the most out of New York, and to save some $$$, go to one of those attraction except for Statue of Liberty and purchase a special pass for entrance into all those stated above. That really saves some money.Empire State Building, go at night. You can see the entire New York state from above. It is really amazing, twinkling lights as far as the eyes could see.... Read review

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Advantages: Lots to see and do in a small area
Disadvantages: Need more than a day to get the best out of it

...Early in February 2001 I took my wife and two sons, aged four and seven to York for the day. It was a spur of the moment trip so we did not have anything planned on arrival. The city centre was car chaos (many of the car parks were closed due to flooding), so we opted to park in one of the many Park & Ride schemes the city offers. Charges were £3.00 for a return family ticket and we were dropped off in the centre of York. First impressions of York are very good, you are surrounded by a medieval wall in varying states of decay and within this the buildings are georgian, victorian and elizabethan, you really get a feel of the history of the place just by its surroundings. Our first plan of attack was to visit the famous Jorvik viking centre which was a minutes walk away from the bus stop. It looked very impressive from the outside... Read review

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