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:''This article describes the bus group, for the Grampian Regional Transport bus company and successors/predecessors, see First Aberdeen'' GRT Group was a bus operating company in the United Kingdom from 1989 until 1995. It was formed when Grampian Regional Transport (GMT) was privatised. It went on to purchase a number of bus companies in England and Scotland. In April 1994, GRT Group was listed on the stock exchange, and in June 1995 merged with Badgerline to form FirstBus. ==History== The GRT Group〔(Companies House extract company no SC114203 ) GRT Bus Group Limited formerly GRT Bus Group plc formerly GRT Holdings plc〕 was formed as a holding company to purchase Grampian Regional Transport, the city bus operator in Aberdeen, Scotland, in a management buyout. Motivation for the buyout was the 1988 announcement that the Scottish Bus Group was to be privatised, sparking fears that GRT could be acquired by a larger group and asset stripped. The buyout was achieved on 20 January 1989.〔(Our history ) FirstGroup〕 General Manager Moir Lockhead, together with four other managers, took a 51% stake in the new company, with employees holding 33%, and Aberdeen Asset Management and 3i the remaining 16%.〔〔(Grampian ESOP Agreed ) ''Commercial Motor'' 26 January 1989 page 15〕 At the time GRT had a fleet of 200 buses and 500 employees.〔(Interview with Moir Lockhead ) ''Railway People'' 11 April 2006〕 GRT Group went on to purchase other bus operators in England and Scotland. In April 1994, it was listed on the stock exchange. In June 1995, GRT Group merged with Badgerline to form FirstBus.〔〔(Badgerline links with GRT ) ''The Independent'' 5 April 1995〕〔(Link-up creates second largest bus group: GRT and Badgerline in agreed £265m merger ) ''Herald Scotland'' 5 April 1995〕 GRT Group contributed 1,600 buses to the new company's fleet of 5,600.〔 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「GRT Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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