▁stub ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁company , ▁now ▁conf ined ▁to ▁city ▁services ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁Br istol , ▁trad ed ▁under ▁the ▁City ▁Line ▁brand ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁Mid land ▁Red ▁West , ▁another ▁priv at ised ▁bus ▁company ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁bought ▁by ▁its ▁management ▁the ▁year ▁before . ▁ ▁Sub sequ ent ▁history ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Mid land ▁Red ▁West ▁was ▁itself ▁sold ▁to ▁Bad ger line . ▁Br istol ▁Om n ibus ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁June ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁mer ger ▁of ▁Bad ger line ▁with ▁G RT ▁Group ▁to ▁form ▁First Bus . ▁ ▁The ▁Br istol ▁Om n ibus ▁name ▁had ▁fallen ▁out ▁of ▁oper ational ▁use ▁for ▁some ▁time , ▁as ▁First Bus ▁rolled ▁out ▁its ▁corpor ate ▁identity ▁to ▁its ▁subs idi aries . ▁Br istol ▁Om n ibus ▁Company ▁eventually ▁changed ▁its ▁legal ▁name ▁to ▁First ▁Br istol ▁B uses ▁Limited ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁renamed ▁again ▁to ▁First ▁Som erset ▁& ▁Av on ▁Limited ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁and ▁to ▁First ▁West ▁of ▁England ▁Limited ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Under ▁that ▁name ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁First ▁company ▁operating ▁in ▁Br istol , ▁Bath , ▁north ▁Som erset , ▁south ▁Gl ouc esters hire ▁and ▁west ▁W ilt shire , ▁but ▁it ▁remains ▁the ▁same ▁legal