First Transit

**FirstGroup plc** is a Scottish transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Canada, USA, and from 2009 also in Denmark, with headquarters in Aberdeen.

In February 2007 FirstGroup agreed to buy the US-based firm Laidlaw, an operator of inter-city coaches and yellow school buses across North America, for £1.9 billion (US$3.7 billion). This also gave them a controlling stake in Greyhound USA, the largest bus operator in North America. The Greyhound name and the names of Canadian subsidiaries of Greyhound Canada were retained, and all other Laidlaw-owned services in the United States and Canada were rebranded under the First or Greyhound names, except for Voyageur Colonial and Grey Goose in Canada.

On April 23, 2021, FirstGroup announced it has entered into an agreement for the sale of First Student and First Transit to EQT Infrastructure. The sale is subject to both FirstGroup shareholder approval and regulatory approval. It is expected to be completed in the second half of 2021.   On July 22, 2021, EQT Infrastructure completed acquisition of First Student and First Transit.  First Student and First Transit operations will continue as usual and uninterrupted with the same local teams and leadership.

## First Bus

* First Aberdeen
* First Berkshire & The Thames Valley
* First Bradford
* First Bristol, Bath and the West
* First Calderdale and Hubbersfield
* First Chester & Wirral
* First Devon & Cornwall
* First Dorset
* First Eastern Counties
* First Essex
* First Greater Glasgow
* First Manchester
* First Hampshire
* First Leeds
* First Leicester
* First London
* First Northampton
* First South & West Wales
* First South East and Central Scotland
* First South Yorkshire
* First Staffordshire & South Cheshire
* First Worcestershire and Herefordshire
* First York

## Greyhound

* Greyhound Canada

* Grey Goose Lines
* Vancouver Island Coach Lines
* Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines

* Greyhound UK
* Greyhound USA

## First Transit

First Transit is subsidiary of EQT Infrastructure, that operates transit and shuttle operations across the United States and Canada. See First Transit's operations by country:

### Canada

* BC Transit - Some transit systems in the Province of British Columbia
	+ Central Fraser Valley Transit System - Abbotsford and Mission, BC
	+ Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System - Cowichan Valley, BC
	+ Chilliwack Transit System - Chilliwack, Agassiz-Harrison, and Hope, BC
	+ Kamloops Transit System - Kamloops, BC
	+ Kelowna Regional Transit System - Kelowna, BC
	+ Vernon Regional Transit System - Vernon, BC
	+ Victoria Regional Transit System (HandyDart) - Victoria, BC
* TransLink - Metro Vancouver, BC
	+ Coast Mountain Bus Company (Operating Community Shuttle routes 280, 281, 282, 370, 372, 560, 561, 562, 563 and 564 which were previously operated by Bowen Island Community Transit Ltd., Metro Shuttle Service Ltd. and DW Services Ltd.)
	+ HandyDART (previously operated by MVT Canadian Bus)

### United States

* Access Allegany - Belmont, NY
* Anaheim Resort Transportation - Anaheim, CA
* Auburn University - Auburn, AL
* Some buses of Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses (AMA) - San Juan, PR
* Capital Area Transit System - Baton Rouge, LA
* C TRAN - Elmira, NY
* Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority/University of Texas Shuttle - Austin, TX
* Clemson University - Clemson, SC
* Colgate Cruiser - Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
* College of Staten Island Shuttle Service - Staten Island, NY
* Community Transit - Everett, WA (most commuter service to Seattle and CT-contracted Sound Transit routes)
* Connecticut Transit (CTtransit) - Hartford, New Haven & Stamford, CT
* Corning-Erwin Area Transit System - Corning, NY
* Cortland Transit - Cortland, NY
* Corvallis Transit System - Corvallis, OR
* CrimsonRide - University of Alabama
* Dutchess County Public Transit - Dutchess County, NY
* Emory University Transportation - Atlanta, Ga
* Estuary Transit District - Old Saybrook, CT
* Georgetown Metro Connection - Washington, DC
* Greater Lynchburg Transit Company (GLTC) - Lynchburg, VA
* Lake Erie Transit - Monroe, MI (split with Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation)
* Lorain County Transit - Lorain County, OH
* Louisiana State University Tiger Trails - Baton Rouge, LA
* Marguerite Shuttle - Palo Alto, CA
* Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority - Charleroi, PA
* Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) - Milwaukee, WI
* Monroe Transit System (MTS) - Monroe, OH
* Nashua Transit System (NTS) - Nashua, NH
* Nashville International Airport shuttle - Nashville, TN
* New Jersey Transit (NJT) Region 5 - New Jersey (AccessLink service only)
* Olean Area Transit System - Olean, NY
* Pasadena Area Rapid Transit System (ARTS) - Pasadena, CA
* Princeton University Tiger Transit - Princeton, NJ
* Philadelphia International Airport shuttle - Philadelphia, PA
* Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland (RTA) - Anne Arundel, Howard and Prince George's Counties, MD
* Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, NY
* Rutgers University - New Brunswick/ Newark/ Camden, NJ
* Santa Maria Area Transit (SMAT) - Santa Maria, CA
* Savannah College of Art and Design shuttle - Cincinnati, OH
* Seneca Transit System - Seneca Nation, Cattaraugus County, NY
* Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Paratransit - Philadelphia, PA
* Steuben County Transit System - Bath, NY
* Texas State University Bobcat Shuttle - San Marcos, TX
* LIFT Paratransit of TriMet - Portland, OR
* Turlock Transit - Turlock, CA
* UB Stampede Campus Shuttle - University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
* UConn Transportation Services (HuskyGo) - Storrs, CT
* University of Minnesota Campus Shuttle
* University of Rochester Parking and Transportation Services - Rochester, NY
* University of Tennessee Knoxville Transit - Knoxville, TN
* Vacaville City Coach - Vacaville, CA
* Some buses of Valley Metro (the Phoenix West Division, RPTA Tempe Division, and RPTA Mesa Division) - Phoenix, AZ
* Volusia County Transit (Votran) - Daytona Beach, FL
* DC Circulator - Washington, DC
* Wolfline - Raleigh, NC
* Yamhill County Transit Area - McMinnville & Yamhill County, OR

## References

* Wikipedia - FirstGroup
* Wikipedia - First Student Canada

1. ↑ [1]FirstGroup Enters Agreement to Sell First Student and First Transit
2. ↑ [2]EQT Infrastructure to acquire First Student and First Transit, the market leading providers of essential North American transportation services, for USD 4.6bn
3. ↑ [3]EQT Infrastructure completes acquisition of First Student and First Transit, the market leading providers of essential North American transportation services
4. ↑ [4]EQT Infrastructure Closes Acquisition of First Student and First Transit
5. ↑ First Transit wins U. of Buffalo contract extension, metro-magazine.com, retrieved 2010-08-22