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Operations in York were subsequently rebranded as York City & District. In 1990, the York-based operations of AJS Group were sold to Yorkshire Rider. [2] [3] Four years later, Rider York was included in the sale of Yorkshire Rider to Badgerline. [4] In 1995, First Group was formed, following the merger of Badgerline and GRT Group.
FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland. [2] The company operates transport services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland . It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index .
FTR was a British rapid-transit bus system formerly operated in Leeds, Luton, Swansea and York. FirstGroup introduced the system, using 39 Wright StreetCar articulated buses in conjunction with infrastructure upgrades by local authorities.
In 2009, the management of the three FirstGroup sub-divisions in West Yorkshire, as well as First York were centralised, creating First West Yorkshire. [20] First's Todmorden outstation was partially demolished in 2015, converting the site into an open-air yard housing 24 vehicles. [21]
During December 2015, FirstGroup was awarded the franchise of TransPennine Express. The effective start date of the new franchise was 1 April 2016 and it was scheduled to run until 31 March 2023, with an option to extend for two years.
York Pullman [4] was founded in 1926 as a partnership between Norman Pearce, who for the preceding six years had operated a service between York and Stamford Bridge, and Hartas Foxton. Its name and livery of maroon, cream and yellow was derived from the luxury Pullman train carriages in use at the time.
First TransPennine Express [1] was a British train operating company jointly owned by FirstGroup and Keolis which operated the TransPennine Express franchise. First TransPennine Express ran regular Express regional railway services between the major cities of Northern England as well as Scotland.
In 2010 FirstGroup were awarded the contract to provide buses and coaches for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [4] This involved providing a total of 26 park & ride operations to London Stadium and other venues across London and the rest of the country, with FirstGroup providing 600 of its own buses plus a further 300 sub-contracted from other companies.