Transaction in Own Shares

8 February 2006

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

                      Buyback of 200,000 ordinary shares                       

FirstGroup plc ('the Company') announces that on 8 February 2006 it purchased
200,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 395.9891 pence per
share. The highest price paid was 396 pence per share. The lowest price paid
was 395.5 pence per share.

The Company intends to hold these shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 8,040,691 of its
shares in treasury and has 390,710,630 shares in issue excluding treasury
shares.