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Parent | FirstGroup |
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Founded | 2006 |
Headquarters | Aberdeen, Scotland |
Service area | |
Service type | Bus rapid transit |
Fuel type | Diesel |
Operator | First Cymru First Northampton First West Yorkshire First York |
FTR was a British rapid-transit bus system formerly operated in Leeds, Luton, Swansea and York. FirstGroup introduced the system, using 39 Wright StreetCar articulated buses in conjunction with infrastructure upgrades by local authorities. The vehicles were branded as "the future of travel", the operators claiming that ftr is Abjadic textspeak for the word future.[1]