bodied volvo b9tl passing george square parent firstgroup founded july 1998 headquarters glasgow locale greater glasgow service type bus services routes 118 hubs glasgow blantyre parkhead cumbernauld scotstoun overtown dumbarton fleet 882 july 2014 website first greater glasgow first glasgow is the largest bus company serving the greater glasgow area in scotland . it is a subsidiary of firstgroup . the company operates within the area covered by the strathclyde partnership for transport a public body responsible for helping to co ordinate public transport services in the greater glasgow area . contents 1 history 2 services 3 fleet 4 depots 5 references 6 external links history edit uvg urbanstar bodied dennis dart slf in glasgow in april 2008 plaxton president bodied dennis trident 2 in glasgow in july 2007 first glasgow was created through firstgroup s buyout of strathclyde buses created from the former greater glasgow passenger transport executive bus fleet formerly the municipal glasgow corporation transport which had itself recently bought out the former kelvin central buses an amalgamation of kelvin scottish and central scottish owned by the state owned scottish bus group . 1 2 3 first glasgow has two operator s licences 4 first glasgow no. 1 limited 5 the former strathclyde buses licence first glasgow no. 2 limited 6 the former kelvin central buses licence buses carry legal signwriting for first glasgow limited despite of this having been a dormant company since at least 2008 . 7 services edit first glasgow mainly run services in greater glasgow and lanarkshire areas of strathclyde . however some services do run outside of these areas . it was one of the first bus operators to introduce an overground a colour coded set of bus routes with route branding on the bus exteriors and timetables . as of 2006 route branding has been removed from buses but remained on timetables until mid 2008 . in may 2013 the company introduced a new network in glasgow called simplicity fleet edit as at july 2014 the fleet consisted of 882 buses and coaches . 8 depots edit first glasgow currently operates out of five depots glasgow caledonia dumbarton birch road glasgow tollcross road parkhead closed in january 2016 operations moved to caledonia glasgow south street scotstoun hamilton glasgow road blantyre overtown castlehill road in may 2013 cumbernauld depot closed with staff buses and services transferred to larkfield parkhead and blantyre depots . larkfield depot closed on 18 october 2014 with all staff buses and services moving to a new purpose built depot on the site of the former gushetfaulds railfreight terminal on nearby cathcart road . 9 the new depot and head office known as caledonia depot opened on 14 october 2014 . 10 it is the largest bus depot in the united kingdom with capacity for 450 buses . it was officially opened by first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon on 12 december 2014 . 11 in january 2016 parkhead depot closed and services and drivers will transferred to the new caledonia depot on cathcart road . citation needed references edit takeover nets bus workers 35 000 the independent 10 may 1996 bus takeover is finally cleared the herald 1 august 1998 firstbus plc and sb holdings limited a freport on the merger situation competition commission about us first glasgow companies house extract company no sc097299 first glasgow no 1 limited formerly strathclyde buses limited companies house extract company no sc127012 first glasgow no 2 limited formerly kelvin central buses limited companies house extract company no sc129033 first glasgow limited firstgroup fleetlist steve white first s new 20m glasgow depot . bus and coach buyer . retrieved 13 february 2014 . first glasgow we ve moved . 2014 10 14 . retrieved 2014 10 16 . first minister opens uk s biggest bus depot in glasgow first group 12 december 2014 external links edit media related to first glasgow at wikimedia commons company website v t e transport in 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argyle ayrshire coast cathcart circle croy cumbernauld inverclyde maryhill motherwell cumbernauld north clyde paisley canal shotts south western whifflet main lines cross country network east coast main line glasgow to aberdeen line glasgow to edinburgh via carstairs line glasgow to edinburgh via falkirk line highland main line transpennine north west west coast main line west highland line operations abellio scotrail caledonian sleeper transpennine express virgin trains east coast virgin trains west coast past stations bellahouston botanic gardens bridge street bridgeton central buchanan street mainline college crow road cumberland street dunlop street eglinton street finnieston gallowgate gallowgate central glasgow cross glasgow green gorbals govan hyndland ibrox kelvinbridge kelvinside kirklee main street maryhill central merkland street mount vernon north parkhead stadium gcr parkhead north nbr partick central aka kelvin hall partickhill partick west pollokshields possil shields shields road southside st enoch mainline strathbungo tollcross whiteinch victoria park lines cathcart district railway city union line edinburgh and glasgow railway glasgow city and district railway glasgow barrhead and kilmarnock joint railway glasgow central railway glasgow and paisley joint railway glasgow and renfrew district railway lanarkshire and dumbartonshire railway polloc and govan railway stobcross railway operations caledonian railway edinburgh and glasgow railway north british railway lner scottish region of british railways scotrail future garl glasgow crossrail proposed subway stations bridge street buchanan street cessnock cowcaddens govan hillhead ibrox kelvinbridge kelvinhall kinning park partick shields road st enoch st george s cross west street roads motorways m8 m73 motorway m74 motorway m77 motorway m80 motorway a roads a8 european route e05 a74 a77 a728 a730 a737 a739 a749 a761 a763 a80 a81 a82 a89 a803 a804 a814 a879 streets argyle street buchanan street byres road candleriggs duke street glasgow cross high street ingram street paisley road west queen street rottenrow sauchiehall street scotland street st. vincent street trongate great western road broomielaw gallowgate saltmarket london road tram past glasgow corporation tramways other air glasgow airport glasgow prestwick airport glasgow seaplane terminal water spt ferry services forth and clyde canal cycling national cycle route 7 national cycle route 75 national cycle route 754 national cycle route 756 spt transport in scotland v t e current bus operators of scotland national magic bus megabus national express scottish citylink citylink gold regional blue bus of north lanarkshire first aberdeen first glasgow first scotland east glasgow citybus lothian buses mcgill s bus services stagecoach bluebird stagecoach in fife stagecoach in the highlands stagecoach in perth stagecoach strathtay stagecoach west scotland west coast motors xplore dundee see also transport scotland v t e firstgroup united kingdom bus companies first aberdeen first berkshire & the thames valley first cymru first essex first glasgow first greater manchester first hampshire & dorset first midlands first leicester 94 % first midland red first potteries first norfolk & suffolk first scotland east first south west the buses of somerset first south yorkshire first west of england first bristol first somerset & avon first west yorkshire first bradford first calderdale & huddersfield first leeds first york first student uk international bus companies america first student united states first student canada first transit greyhound united states boltbus with peter pan bus lines greyhound canada greyhound mexico grey goose bus lines vancouver island coach lines voyageur colonial bus lines ireland aircoach railway companies great western railway heathrow connect with heathrow airport holdings hull trains transpennine express former divisions dsbfirst 25 % danish 30 % swedish first capital connect first 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