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Arriva is celebrating after its flagship airport service and one of its employees took top honours at this year’s Scottish Transport Awards.

The bus company picked up the ‘Best Bus Service’ award for its Glasgowflyer 500 service, which offers commuters a high frequency 24/7 service direct between Glasgow Airport and the city centre.

Jimmy McGrory, whose job as a service regulator ensures buses run on time, was also crowned ‘Frontline Employee of the Year’.  Jimmy, aged 55, from Erskine, has worked for Arriva for 28 years and was “over the moon” to collect the award.

Ralph Roberts, director and general manager for Arriva Scotland West, said: “It’s great news that the hard work and dedication behind our Glasgowflyer has been recognised as being the best bus service in Scotland. A major factor of its success is the people behind the scenes who ensure the service is tip top day-in-day out.

 “I’m very proud of Jimmy who’s an extremely popular member of the team at Arriva Scotland West and with our customers in Erskine and Glasgow. They rely on him to ensure their bus is on time and gets them where they need to be, which he does admirably. He’s a real credit to the company.”

Jimmy said: “I was so happy to hear that I had been nominated for the award, but to actually win is the icing on the cake. It’s nice to be recognised for doing a job that I enjoy so much.”

The annual Scottish Transport Awards sees the best of the transport community get together to recognise and celebrate industry achievements across Scotland. This year’s winners were honoured on 29 October at a ceremony in Glasgow.