Goose Bus Lines Vancouver Island Coach Lines Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines First Student (school, charter bus and public transit services) HandyDART Contract to TransLink (British Columbia) for accessible transit service in Metro Vancouver Germany FirstGroup Rhein-Neckar sold September 2011 to Marwyn European Transport Hong Kong New World First Bus 26% stake sold May 2000 to New World Development United Kingdom First Chester & The Wirral sold to Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire in January 2013 First Northampton ceased 14 September 2013 First Scotland East (formerly First SMT, First Borders and First Midland Bluebird) sold to McGills in September 2022 First London from March 1997 until September 2013, most operations sold to Go-Ahead London, Metroline and Tower Transit, remainder ceased upon expiry of contracts in September 2013 Greyhound UK coach services between September 2009 and December 2015 First Borders (formerly Lowland Scottish and part of the wider First Scotland East group) sold to West Coast Motors, trading as Borders Buses, on 26 March 2017. First Southampton (also known as First Cityred) ceased trading on 18 February 2023. United States Greyhound Lines (intercity bus services) BoltBus (a discount operator competing with Megabus) First Student, a school transport provider First Transit, a city and county public transport provider First Vehicle Services, which maintained vehicles for many corporations, organizations and local governments, including the other First divisions. Rail United Kingdom First Great Eastern from January 1997 until April 2004, incorporated into Greater Anglia franchise subsequently operated by National Express as One First North Western from March 1997 until December 2004, operations split between Arriva Trains Wales, First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail First GBRf from August 2003 until sold in June 2010 to Eurotunnel Group, rebranded as GB Railfreight First Capital Connect from April 2006 until September 2014, succeeded by Govia Thameslink Railway First ScotRail from October 2004 until March 2015, succeeded by Abellio ScotRail & Caledonian Sleeper First TransPennine Express (55% shareholding) from February 2004 until March 2016, succeeded by TransPennine Express with FirstGroup having 100% ownership United States A-train, Denton County Transportation Authority commenced October 2016 Denmark and Sweden DSBFirst was a joint rail venture with Danish State Railways (30% shareholding) until 2013 References External links Bus groups in the United Kingdom Companies based in Aberdeen Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange British companies established in 1995 Transport companies established in 1995 Transport operators of the United Kingdom 1995 establishments in