First Glasgow
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| Parent | FirstGroup |
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| Founded | July 1998 |
| Headquarters | Glasgow |
| Locale | Greater Glasgow |
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| Service type | Bus services |
| Routes | 118 |
| Fleet | 882 (July 2014) |
| Website | First Greater Glasgow |
First Glasgow is the largest bus company serving the Greater Glasgow area in Scotland. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup. The company operates within the area covered by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, a public body responsible for helping to co-ordinate public transport services in the Greater Glasgow area.
First Glasgow was created through FirstGroup's buyout of Strathclyde Buses (created from the former Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive bus fleet, formerly the municipal Glasgow Corporation Transport), which had itself recently bought out the former Kelvin Central Buses (an amalgamation of Kelvin Scottish and Central Scottish, owned by the state-owned Scottish Bus Group).
First Glasgow has two operator's licences:
Buses carry legal signwriting for First Glasgow Limited, despite of this having been a dormant company since at least 2008.
First Glasgow mainly run services in Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire areas of Strathclyde. However, some services do run outside of these areas. It was one of the first bus operators to introduce an "overground", a colour-coded set of bus routes with route branding on the bus exteriors and timetables. As of 2006, route branding has been removed from buses but remained on timetables until mid 2008. In May 2013 the company introduced a new network in Glasgow called SIMPLICITY
As at July 2014, the fleet consisted of 882 buses and coaches.
First Glasgow currently operates out of Five depots:
In May 2013 Cumbernauld depot closed with staff, buses and services transferred to Larkfield, Parkhead and Blantyre depots.
Larkfield depot closed on 18 October 2014 with all staff, buses and services moving to a new purpose built depot on the site of the former Gushetfaulds railfreight terminal on nearby Cathcart Road. The new depot and head office, known as Caledonia Depot opened on 14 October 2014. It is the largest bus depot in the United Kingdom, with capacity for 450 Buses. It was officially opened by First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2014.
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