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Leicester Citybus,〔(Companies House extract company no 2000072 ) Leicester Citybus Limited〕 trading as First Leicester, is a bus operator providing services in Leicester. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup, who own 94% of the company. Trent Barton also own 6% of the company. ==History== In December 1874 the Leicester Tramways Company commenced operating. In July 1901 it was taken over by Leicester Corporation Transport with 39 tramcars and 30 horse-drawn buses and began to be electrified. In July 1924 the first motor buses entered service gradually replacing the trams with the last running in November 1949.〔(Leicester Corporation Transport 1901-1986 ) Peter Gould〕 In 1972 Leicester Corporation Transit began operating services in partnership with Midland Red to South Wigston and Wigston Magna and in 1976 to Oadby. In August 1979 the business of Gibson Brothers, Barlestone was purchased which included two services from Market Bosworth to Leicester, one via Barlestone the other via Peckleton.〔 In 1983 Leicester Corporation Transport was rebranded as Leicester CityBus. To comply with the Transport Act 1985, in 1986 the assets of Leicester CityBus were transferred to a separate legal entity.〔〔 In November 1993 Leicester City Council sold its 94% shareholding in Leicester CityBus to GRT Group.〔(Government Approves 19th Bus Sale of Leicester Citybus Ltd ) ''Local Government Chronicle'' 15 November 1993〕 After GRT Group merged with Badgerline to form FirstBus in April 1995, the operation was rebranded as First Leicester. As at March 2013 FirstGroup owned 94% of the shares, with Wellglade Group's Trentbarton the remaining 6%.〔(FirstGroup Annual Report March 2013 ) FirstGroup〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First Leicester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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