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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]
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 Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive (GGPTE), formerly the municipal transport operator, is now privately owned by First Glasgow. The largest bus operators in the City are: First Glasgow – the successors to the former Glasgow Corporation Transport Department, and the former Central and Kelvin subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus ...
Magic Bus was a brand of the Stagecoach Group for local bus operations in the United Kingdom, usually operated on routes with strong competition from other operators.Until the rollout of the Bee Network, the brand was most commonly used in Manchester, though in the past, it was also employed in Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, and Rotherham.
In September 2019, First announced plans to withdraw the route on 27 October. [1] [2] The company claimed passenger numbers had been falling for several years and blamed this on factors including increased journey times as a result of congestion on the M74 motorway which made the bus less attractive when compared to competing rail services. The ...
Scottish Citylink Coaches was formed in 1985 during the reorganisation of the Scottish Bus Group to co-ordinate and manage the long-distance express services operated by the other SBG subsidiaries, particularly the Western Scottish and Eastern Scottish services from Glasgow and Edinburgh to London and the south.
It partly replaced route 4A, which was withdrawn. From 5 December, the frequency was reduced to hourly and the route changed to the current route between Anniesland and Partick. [2] [3] 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]