Editing FirstGroup (section)

==Former operating companies==
[[File:FirstGroup Bus in Mannheim 101 9195.jpg|thumb|FirstGroup Rhein-Neckar [[Mercedes-Benz Citaro]] in [[Mannheim]] in August 2008]]

===Bus and coach===

====Canada====
* [[Greyhound Canada]] ([[intercity bus service]]s)
**[[Grey Goose Bus Lines]]
**Vancouver Island Coach Lines<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vicoachlines.com/|title=Vancouver Island Coachlines – Your Vancouver Island Transportation Solution|access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref>
**[[Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines]]
**[[First Student Canada|First Student]] (school, charter bus and public transit services)
**[[HandyDART]] Contract to [[TransLink (British Columbia)]] for accessible transit service in [[Metro Vancouver]]

====Germany====
* FirstGroup Rhein-Neckar sold September 2011 to Marwyn European Transport<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date = 23 May 2007 |title = First moves in to Germany |url = http://www.busandcoach.com/newsstory.aspx?id=1373 |url-status = dead |work = Bus & Coach Professional |location = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071213230616/http://www.busandcoach.com/newsstory.aspx?id=1373 |archive-date = 13 December 2007 |access-date = 17 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date = 4 October 2011 |title = FirstGroup zieht sich aus Deutschland zurück |trans-title = FirstGroup withdraws from Germany |url = https://www.omnibusrevue.de/nachrichten/management/firstgroup-zieht-sich-aus-deutschland-zurueck-2567641 |language = de |work = OmnibusRevue |access-date = 17 January 2023}}</ref>

====Hong Kong====
* [[New World First Bus]] 26% stake sold May 2000 to [[New World Development]]

====United Kingdom====
* [[First Chester & The Wirral]] sold to [[Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire]] in January 2013
* [[First Northampton]] ceased 14 September 2013
* [[First Scotland East]] (formerly First SMT, First Borders and First Midland Bluebird) sold to [[McGill's Bus Services|McGills]] in September 2022
* [[First London]] from March 1997 until September 2013, most operations sold to [[Go-Ahead London]], [[Metroline]] and [[Tower Transit]], remainder ceased upon expiry of contracts in September 2013
* [[Greyhound UK]] coach services between September 2009 and December 2015
* First Borders (formerly [[Lowland Scottish]] and part of the wider [[First Scotland East]] group) sold to [[West Coast Motors]], trading as [[Borders Buses]], on 26 March 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://cbwmagazine.com/first-sells-scottish-border-services-to-west-coast-motors/ |title = First sells Scottish border services to West Coast Motors |magazine = [[Coach & Bus Week]] |date = 14 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.firstgroup.com/south-east-and-central-scotland/news-and-service-updates/news/sale-first-borders-west-coast-motors |title = Sale of First Borders to West Coast Motors |publisher = First Group |date = 25 March 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* First Southampton (also known as First Cityred) ceased trading on 18 February 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.route-one.net/news/first-bus-to-close-southampton-business-in-2023/ |title = First Bus to close Southampton business in 2023 |date = 29 November 2022 |newspaper = Route One |access-date = 19 February 2023}}</ref>
* Aircoach (Leicester to Birmingham Airport) a trial service which started in September 2023 was discontinued on 31 October 2024 due to poor passenger numbers.<ref>{{cite news |title=First Leicester to end Aircoach Birmingham Airport trial |url=https://www.route-one.net/news/first-leicester-to-end-aircoach-birmingham-airport-trial/ |access-date=12 March 2025 |work=Route One |date=27 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Kernow (bus company)|Kernow]] was phased out in December 2024 alongside other local brands.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=First ends local identities |magazine=Buses |date=2025 |issue=839 |page=7}}</ref>

====United States====
* [[Greyhound Lines]] (intercity bus services)<ref name="Sale of Greyhound Lines, Inc"/>
**[[BoltBus]] (a discount operator competing with [[Megabus (United States)|Megabus]])
* First Vehicle Services, which maintained vehicles for many corporations, organizations and local governments, including the other First divisions.
* [[First Student]], sold in 2021
* [[First Transit]], sold in 2021

===Rail===
====United Kingdom====
[[File:51133180752 1a510547ce o (444042 at SOA) (XAM-E1).jpg|thumb|A {{brc|444}} operated by [[South Western Railway (2017-2025)]]]]
* [[First Great Eastern]] from January 1997 until April 2004, incorporated into [[East Anglia franchise|Greater Anglia franchise]] subsequently operated by [[National Express]] as [[National Express East Anglia|One]]
* [[First North Western]] from March 1997 until December 2004, operations split between [[Arriva Trains Wales]], [[First TransPennine Express]] and [[Northern Rail]]
* [[GB Railfreight|First GBRf]] from August 2003 until sold in June 2010 to [[Getlink|Eurotunnel Group]], rebranded as GB Railfreight
* [[First Capital Connect]] from April 2006 until September 2014, succeeded by [[Govia Thameslink Railway]]
* [[First ScotRail]] from October 2004 until March 2015, succeeded by [[Abellio ScotRail]] & [[Caledonian Sleeper]]
* [[First TransPennine Express]] (55% shareholding) from February 2004 until March 2016, succeeded by [[TransPennine Express (2016–2023)|TransPennine Express]] with FirstGroup having 100% ownership
* [[TransPennine Express (2016-2023)|TransPennine Express]] from April 2016 until May 2023, superseded by government-owned [[TransPennine Express]]
* [[South Western Railway (2017–2025)|South Western Railway First/MTR]] (70% shareholding) from August 2017 until May 2025, succeeded by government-owned [[South Western Railway]]

==== United States ====
* [[A-train (Texas)|A-train]], [[Denton County Transportation Authority]] commenced October 2016

==== Denmark and Sweden ====
* [[DSBFirst]] was a joint rail venture with [[Danish State Railways]] (30% shareholding) until 2013