Transaction in Own Shares

23 February 2005

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

                      Buyback of 300,000 ordinary shares                       

FirstGroup plc ('the Company') announces that on 23 February 2005 it purchased
300,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 344.2561p per share.

The Company intends to hold these shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 2,200,000 of its
shares in treasury and has 396,551,321 shares in issue (excluding treasury
shares).