FirstGroup's NW bus businesses just the ticket for Stagecoach

A number of buses in Birkenhead and Chester are set to get a respray after a change of ownership from FirstGroup to Stagecoach.

A number of buses in Birkenhead and Chester are set to get a respray after a change of ownership from FirstGroup to Stagecoach.

In a development reminiscent of the passenger experience of waiting ages for a bus and then several coming along at once, bus and train group FirstGroup is selling its Birkenhead and Chester bus businesses to Stagecoach Group for £4.5m, having only last week sold its Wigan bus business to Stagecoach for £12m.

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