First West Yorkshire
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Huddersfield bus station in June 2006
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| Parent | FirstGroup |
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| Founded | April 1974 |
| Headquarters | Hunslet |
| Service area | West Yorkshire |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Depots | 5 |
| Fleet | 893 (March 2013) |
| Chief executive | Dave Alexander |
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First Bradford First Halifax, Calder Valley & Huddersfield First Leeds |
First West Yorkshire is a bus operator in West Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup.
In April 1974 the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive was formed with the municipal fleets of Bradford, Calderdale, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds combined under the MetroBus brand with a cream and verona green livery adopted.
To comply with the Transport Act 1985, in 1986 the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive's bus operations were transferred to a separate legal entity and rebranded as Yorkshire Rider. The livery changed to a bright green and cream livery with a stylised "YR" logo, plus the name "Yorkshire Rider", with an area on the logo that incorporated the town in which the garage for that bus was located. In October 1988 Yorkshire Rider was sold in a management buyout.
In August 1989 West Yorkshire Road Car Co was purchased from AJS Holdings with services in Bradford, Leeds and Otley.
In April 1994 Yorkshire Rider was sold to Badgerline who in June 1995 merged with GRT Group to form FirstBus.
In September 1995 Yorkshire Rider was split into separate divisions:
In February 1998 all were renamed as First Bradford, First Calderdale, First Huddersfield and First Leeds as part of the rollout of the FirstGroup brand.
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