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First West Yorkshire〔(Companies House extract company no 1990370 ) First West Yorkshire Limited formerly Yorkshire Rider Limited〕 is a bus operator in West Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup. ==History== In April 1974 the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive was formed with the municipal fleets of Bradford, Calderdale, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds combined under the MetroBus brand with a cream and verona green livery adopted.〔(Part 1 - 1974 to 1979 The Early Metrobus era ) ''West Yorkshire Buses''〕 To comply with the Transport Act 1985, in 1986 the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive's bus operations were transferred to a separate legal entity and rebranded as Yorkshire Rider.〔 The livery changed to a bright green and cream livery with a stylised "YR" logo, plus the name "Yorkshire Rider", with an area on the logo that incorporated the town in which the garage for that bus was located. In October 1988 Yorkshire Rider was sold in a management buyout.〔(Part 3 - 1986 to 1990 Yorkshire Rider the early days ) ''West Yorkshire Buses''〕 In August 1989 West Yorkshire Road Car Co was purchased from AJS Holdings with services in Bradford, Leeds and Otley.〔 In April 1994 Yorkshire Rider was sold to Badgerline who in June 1995 merged with GRT Group to form FirstBus.〔(Part 4 - 1991 to 1994 Rider Group expansion ) ''West Yorkshire Buses''〕 In September 1995 Yorkshire Rider was split into separate divisions:〔( Part 5 - 1995 to 1997 Badgerline & FirstBus, new names, new liveries ) ''West Yorkshire Buses''〕 *Bradford Traveller - covering Bradford with a depot at Bowling Back Lane *Calderline - covering Halifax and Calderdale with depots in Halifax and Todmorden *Kingfisher Huddersfield - covering Kirklees with a depot at Old Fieldhouse Lane *Leeds City Link - covering the Leeds area with depots in Bramley, Hunslet and Cherry Row In February 1998 all were renamed as First Bradford, First Calderdale, First Huddersfield and First Leeds as part of the rollout of the FirstGroup brand.〔(Part 6 - 1997 to 1999 The early Metrobus era ) ''West Yorkshire Buses''〕 During the early 2000s, several were merged. First Quickstep were based at the same Kirkstall Road depot as First Leeds but as a separate entity running several services around the Leeds area until it was merged into First Leeds' operation, while First Calderdale and First Huddersfield merged in 2003 to form First Calderdale & Huddersfield. In July 2005, First Leeds took over Morley based Black Prince Buses.〔(Anticipated acquisition by First West Yorkshire Limited of Black Prince Buses Limited ) Office of Fair Trading〕〔(Farewell to the prince of buses ) ''Morley Observer & Advertiser'' 19 February 2008〕 On 18 May 2008 First Leeds' Kirkstall Road depot was closed after 111 years of public use and operations moved to a new complex in Hunslet. During 2009, the management of the three First companies in West Yorkshire plus First York were centralised. 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 West Yorkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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