First Greater Manchester

First Greater Manchester^[1] (formerly First Manchester) is one of the bus companies serving Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It is part of "FirstGroup", a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America. The company operates within the area covered by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, a public body responsible for helping to co-ordinate public transport services in the Greater Manchester area.

First Greater Manchester

Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TL in October 2012
Parent	FirstGroup
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Oldham
Locale	North West England
Service area	Greater Manchester (some services overlap into other counties)
Service type	Bus services
Hubs	Manchester Bolton Bury Oldham Rochdale Salford
Depot(s)	5
Fleet	673 (March 2013)
Web site	www.firstgroup.com/manchester