BBC News Published image copyrightFirstGroup Transport giant FirstGroup has announced the sale of two US bus divisions in a deal worth £3.3bn. The sale of its First Student and First Transit arms to EQT Infrastructure comes more than a year after it first announced plans to quit North America. First Student operates about 43,000 yellow school buses in the US, while First Transit runs local bus and transport services. The sale will now be formally put to a vote by shareholders. Aberdeen-based FirstGroup has been seeking to pull out of North America and focus on its UK bus and rail operations following pressure from its largest shareholder, Coast Capital.