Transaction in Own Shares

15 February 2005

                                FirstGroup plc                                 

                       Buyback of 65,000 ordinary shares                       

FirstGroup plc ('the Company') announces that on 15 February 2005 it purchased
65,000 ordinary shares of 5p each at an average price of 354.7868p per share.

The Company intends to hold these shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 585,000 of its shares
in treasury and has 398,166,321 shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).