Press Releases

• 30%* reduction in emissions since 2020
• 1,450 zero-emission buses delivering 189 million passenger journeys
• Progress delivered by investments of more than £500million in the last four years

FirstGroup has today released its full year results for 2025/26.

First Rail London has announced its new management team that has today (May 3) begun operating the London Overground on behalf of Transport for London (TfL).

FirstGroup has acquired Wilfreda Luxury Coaches Limited, trading as Wilfreda Beehive bases in Adwick le Street near Doncaster, further strengthening its position in the UK coach market and expanding the breadth of its customer proposition.

FirstGroup has acquired Eagle Coaches, a long-established family coach operator based in Bristol, further strengthening its position in the UK coach market and expanding the breadth of its customer proposition.

FirstGroup plc, a leading bus and rail operator, has again been recognised as one of Europe’s 50 Most Sustainable Corporations, rising 15 places from last year to number 31 in the rankings.

First Bus has today announced an additional £18m electrification programme in Scotland.

• FirstGroup is included in the S&P Sustainability Yearbook for the 4th consecutive year
  
  

• The company climbs five places in a table of the world’s 200 largest publicly listed companies, ranked by revenue from sustainable products and services.

Great Western Railway today (Saturday 31 January) introduced the UK’s first battery-only powered train into passenger service.