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A First Glasgow Volvo Ailsa B55 in Bridgeton in 2005. 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 ...
Route M3 is a bus route in Glasgow. It runs from Milton to the city centre via Springburn and Stobhill Hospital. [1] It is operated commercially by First Glasgow. [2] The service was formerly numbered 3. [3] In October 2015, the frequency of the route was reduced to hourly. [4] In January 2020, the route began being operated by electric buses.
The service was originally known as Glasgow Shuttle and was introduced January 2011. A new fleet of ten Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC single-decker buses entered service on the route on 21 July 2016. [1] [2] On 14 April 2019, ten new Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City double-decker buses entered service on the route [3] [4] [5]
In April 2017, First stated that passenger figures were low and that operating the bus was losing the company around £1,100 per week. [4] From August onward, the route was supported by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. [5] Since August 2020, operation of the route has been subcontracted to Craigs of Cumbernauld. [6]
Stagecoach Glasgow – the successors to the former Western subsidiary of the Scottish Bus Group, with their Stagecoach Glasgow company competing on certain city routes. West Coast Motors – isndependent company providing services in the North West Glasgow area. Buchanan bus station is owned and run by SPT, and is a terminus for both local and ...
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A line-up of First Great Western trains at Plymouth in 2018. During December 1997, the company was renamed FirstGroup. [2] This change was due to the company's entry in February 1996 into Britain's recently privatised railways, having a 24.5% shareholding in Great Western Holdings that won the Great Western and North Western franchises, and a 100% shareholding in First Great Eastern that ran ...
Strathclyde Buses was created in October 1986. It inherited most of its fleet of around 800 vehicles from the former Strathclyde PTE company. A black and orange livery introduced by the PTE in 1983 was used on the majority of the company's buses; single-deck vehicles, which made up less than 1% of the fleet, were painted in a similar livery which also included white.