Editing York (section)

===Buses===
[[File:First bendy bus on York P&amp;R.jpg|thumb|A First York [[Mercedes-Benz Citaro]] articulated bus on Rougier Street|200x200px]]

Public transport within the city is largely bus-based. [[First York]] operates the majority of the city's local bus services, as well as the [[York park and ride]] services. York was the location of the first implementation of FirstGroup's experimental and controversial [[FTR (bus)|FTR bus concept]], which sought to confer the advantages of a modern tramway system at a lower cost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.york.gov.uk/transport/Public_transport/ftr/ |title=ftr – York's new public transport scheme |publisher=City of York Council |date=22 May 2008 |access-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628212433/http://www.york.gov.uk/transport/Public_transport/ftr/ |archive-date=28 June 2008}}</ref> The service was withdrawn following an election manifesto pledge by the Labour Group at the 2011 local government election.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9584455.ftr_buses_withdrawn_from_York/ |title=Controversial ftr buses make their final journey in York |work=York Press |date=13 March 2012 |access-date=12 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520013757/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9584455.ftr_buses_withdrawn_from_York/ |archive-date=20 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Transdev Blazefield|Transdev York]] also operates a large number of local bus services. Open-top tourist and sightseeing buses are operated by Transdev York, on behalf of [[City Sightseeing]] and York Pullman on behalf of [[Golden Tours]].

Rural services, linking local towns and villages with York, are provided by a number of companies with [[Yorkshire Coastliner|Transdev York & Country]], [[East Yorkshire (bus company)|East Yorkshire]] and Reliance Motor Services operating most of them. Longer-distance bus services are provided by a number of operators, including [[Arriva Yorkshire]] services to Selby, [[East Yorkshire (bus company)|East Yorkshire]] services to Hull, Beverley, Market Weighton and Pocklington, and [[Yorkshire Coastliner|Transdev York & Country]] services to Boroughbridge, [[Knaresborough]], Harrogate, [[Castle Howard]] and Malton. [[Yorkshire Coastliner]] links [[Leeds City bus station|Leeds]] and York with Scarborough, Malton, Pickering and [[Whitby]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=York, York bus services |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=17 December 2024 |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/york-york}}</ref>