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History

1872 Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company formed  Horse trams run on lines leased from Glasgow Corporation.

1894 Glasgow Corporation take control of city trams.

1898TABFirst electric tram goes into service on the 13th October. 

1902TAB The last horse car service runs in April.

1910TAB First ""one man operated"" car between Finnieston - Stobcross. Driver goes round car at stops to collect fares.

1914TABGlasgow Corporation raise the 15th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry. 
The result of this was the recruitment of women as drivers !TAB

1920TAB Introduction of Motorbuses initially used in the new housing schemes.

1949TAB Trolleybuses introduced.TAB

1962TABThe last tram Coronation 1174 ,runs on 4th September between Auchenshuggle and Anderston Cross.
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1967TAB Trolleybuses withdrawn.

1969TAB Conversion to ""One Man Operated"" system. The demise of the famous Glasgow ""clippies"".TAB

1973TAB Control handed over to the G.G.P.T.E. Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive

1975TAB G.G.P.T.E. Becomes S.P.T.E. Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.

1986TABAs a result of a new Transport Act S.P.T.E. becomes Strathclyde's Buses Ltd. Required to operate commercially but still owned by council.

1987TAB Introduction of the Metroriders Custom built smaller passenger vehicles.

1992TABFire strikes at company headquarters Larkfield Depot loses 60 buses in May 1992

1993TABManagement/Employees purchase company from Regional Council named Strathclyde's Buses Holdings.Later renamed S.B.Holdings Ltd.TAB

1996TAB S.B. Holdings Ltd. acquired by First Group now called First Glasgow. Company has one of the youngest bus fleets in the country comprising of Low Floor Access and State of the art Bendi-buses.

1999 13th August sees the launch of the OVERGROUND First Glasgow's blueprint for urban bus operations."