SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                  WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                             
                             
                        FORM 8-K/A
                             
                             
                      CURRENT REPORT
          PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
              SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                             
                             
                             
 Date of report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 15, 1997
                             
                             
                    TRANSIT GROUP, INC.
  (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
                             
                             
Florida                       33-30123-A                  59-2576629
(State or other         (Commission File No.)          (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of                                  Identification No.)
incorporation or
organization)
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
            3350 Cumberland Circle, Suite 1900
                  Atlanta, Georgia 30339
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
                             







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ITEM 2.   ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
     On August 15, 1997, Transit Group, Inc. ("Transit Group"), 
formerly known as "General Parcel Service, Inc."consummated the 
acquisition of Service Express, Inc., an Alabama corporation ("Service 
Express").  Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization 
executed at closing, a wholly-owned Alabama subsidiary of Transit 
Group was merged with and into Service Express in a reverse triangular 
merger, with Service Express remaining as the surviving corporation of 
the merger.  Upon consummation of the merger, all of the outstanding 
common stock of Service Express was converted into 903,226 shares of 
Transit Group common stock.

     In addition, on August 15, 1997, Transit Group consummated the 
acquisition of Capitol Warehouse, Inc., a Kentucky corporation 
("Capitol Warehouse").  Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of 
Reorganization executed at closing, a wholly-owned Kentucky subsidiary 
of Transit Group was merged with and into Capitol Warehouse in a
reverse triangular merger, with Capitol Warehouse remaining as the 
surviving corporation of the merger.  Upon consummation of the merger, 
all of the outstanding common stock of Capitol Warehouse was converted 
into 641,283 shares of Transit Group common stock.

     Service Express and Capitol Warehouse are truckload carriers 
based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Louisville, Kentucky, respectively.

 ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
     (a)  Financial Statements of Business Acquired

     At the time Form 8-K was filed to report the acquisitions of 
Service Express and Capitol Warehouse, it was impractical to provide 
the required financial statements for Service Express and Capitol 
Warehouse relative to their respective acquisitions as required by
Article 11 of Regulation S-X and this Item 7 of Form 8-K.  Transit 
Group is filing such financial information under cover of this Form 
8-K/A as the following exhibits:

     Exhibit 7.1 - Financial Statements for Service Express

     Exhibit 7.2 - Financial Statements for Capitol Warehouse

     (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information

     At the time Form 8-K was filed to report the acquisitions of 
Service Express and Capitol Warehouse, it was impractical to provide 
the pro forma financial information relative to the Service Express 
and Capitol Warehouse acquisitions as required by Article 11 of
Regulation S-X and this Item 7 of Form 8-K.  Transit Group is filing 
such pro forma financial information under cover of this Form 8-K/A
as the following exhibit:

     Exhibit 7.3 - Pro Forma Financial Information

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed 
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

TRANSIT GROUP, INC.
Date: November 4, 1997

By:  Wayne N. Nellums
Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary