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last tram Coronation 1174 runs on 4th September between Auchenshuggle and Anderston Cross TAB 1967TAB Trolleybuses withdrawn 1969TAB Conversion to One Man Operated system The demise of the famous Glasgow clippies TAB 1973TAB Control handed over to the G G P T E Greater Glasgow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