history glasgow tramway and omnibus company formed horse trams run on lines leased from glasgow corporation glasgow corporation take control of city trams tabfirst electric tram goes into service on the th october tab the last horse car service runs in april tab first one man operated car between finnieston stobcross driver goes round car at stops to collect fares tabglasgow corporation raise the th battalion of the highland light infantry the result of this was the recruitment of women as drivers tab tab introduction of motorbuses initially used in the new housing schemes tab trolleybuses introduced tab tabthe last tram coronation runs on th september between auchenshuggle and anderston cross tab tab trolleybuses withdrawn tab conversion to one man operated system the demise of the famous glasgow clippies tab tab control handed over to the g g p t e greater glasgow passenger transport executive tab g g p t e becomes s p t e strathclyde passenger transport executive tabas 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 tab introduction of the metroriders custom built smaller passenger vehicles tabfire strikes at company headquarters larkfield depot loses buses in may tabmanagement employees purchase company from regional council named strathclyde's buses holdings later renamed s b holdings ltd tab tab 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 th august sees the launch of the overground first glasgow's blueprint for urban bus operations