Diwali Light Switch on - Diversions on Services 4 & 25/26

9th Oct 2022All areas

Location

Belgrave Road
Cause

Road Closure
Responsibility

Diwali
Effective

09/10/2022 - 09/10/2022

The Diwali lights are being switch on this Sunday, 9 October. Belgrave Road will be closed and services 4 & 25/26 will need to divert as follows;

Service 4 Rushey Mead will divert via Dysart Way & Catherine Street.

Please note that bus stops along Belgrave Road / Melton Road & Marfitt Street/Gipsy Lane will not be served.

Service 25 Outbound will divert via Abbey Street, St. Margaret's Way, Abbey Lane & Thurcaston Road. Inbound is normal route

Service 26 outbound is normal route. Inbound buses will divert via Thurcaston Road, Abbey Lane, St. Margaret's Way, Gravel Street/Abbey Street

Please note bus stops along Belgrave Gate / Belgrave Road & Loughborough Road will not be served.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Bennion Road - 14A, 25, 26, 54

Bennion Road will be closed for 4 nights from 17th November, from 20:00 each night.

Services will serve Rutherford Road only until 22:30, and then will divert as follows:

14A: Normal route to Bennion Road, Orwell Drive.
Pick up/drop off from Orwell drive and then on to normal route

25: Normal route to Astill Lodge Road, then Benion Road, Leycroft Road, Beaumont Leys Lane, Krefeld Way, Strasbourg Drive to normal route.

26: Reverse of the above.

54: Normal route to Strasbourg Drive, then Krefeld Way, Anstey Lane, Benion Road, Orwell Drive, on to normal route.
Pick up/drop off from Orwell drive bus stop.

CLEAR Rutland Street - 88/88A

Route now clear and service returning to normal.

~~Rutland Street is closed on the 24th November from 06:00 until 12:00.~~

~~Services 88 & 88A will divert via the following:~~

Outbound: Normal route to Charles Street then St Georges Way, Waterloo Way, Regent Road, Welford Road back on to the normal route.

Inbound: Normal route.

Rutherford Road - 26, 54 & 74

Rutherford Road is closed - from 22h - 26th November from 8pm to 6am. (Nights only)

Services are diverting as follows:

Service 26:

Normal route to Orwell Drive then Bennion Road on to the normal route.

Temporary stops will be placed opposite the main bus stops on Benion Road

Service 54:

Normal route to Orwell Drive, Benion Road, Circle Roundabout to Beaumont Leys Bus Station.

Pickup/ Drop off from the 54 Bus Stop.

Service 74:

Normal route to Orwell Drive, Bennion Road, Circle Roundabout to Beaumont Leys Bus Station.

Pickup/ Drop off from the 74 Bus Stop.

CLEAR Dudley Avenue - 38 & 38A

Dudley Avenue now open and services back to regular runs.

~~Service 38/38A - 24h November 2024~~

~~Dudley Avenue is closed - services will divert as follows:~~

Service 38: Normal route to Thurncourt Road, Ocean Road and Elmcroft Ave on to the normal route.

Service 38A: Normal route to Elmcroft Avenue, Ocean Road and Thurncourt Road on to the normal route.

Discover things to do this Christmas in the Leicester here

We'll be operating a revised service level over the Festive Season

Monday 23 December	Normal service
Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24 December	Saturday service (except for service 22B which will not operate) buses will finish early
Christmas Day, Wednesday 25 December	No service
Boxing Day, Thursday 26 December	No service
Friday 27 December	Saturday service (except for service 22B which will not operate)
Saturday 28 December	Saturday service
Sunday 29 December	Sunday service
Monday 30 December	Saturday service (except for service 22B which will not operate)
New Year's Eve, Tuesday 31 December	Saturday service (except for service 22B which will not operate) buses will finish early
New Year's Day, Wednesday 1 January	No service
from Thursday 2 January onwards	Normal service resumes

Timetables can be viewed here

Last buses on Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve

	Last bus towards		Last bus from
Service 4	Rushey Mead	1810	Rushey Mead	1806
Service 13	Glenfield	1820	Glenfield	1810
Service 14	Ryder Road	1815	Ryder Road	1808
Service 14A	Beaumont Centre	1805	Beaumont Centre	1818
Service 15	Goodwood	1815	Goodwood	1814
Service 16	General Hospital	1815	General Hospital	1810
Service 17	Highfields	1830	Highfields	1837
Service 18	Braunstone	1755	Braunstone	1820
Service 19	Fosse Park/Thorpe Astley	1825	Thorpe Astley	1821
Service 21	Blount Road	1803	Blount Road	1828
Service 25	Beaumont Centre	1800	Mowmacre Hill*	1815
Service 26	Mowmacre Hill	1815	Beaumont Centre**	1831
Service 38	Netherhall	1820	Netherhall^	1817
Service 38A	Thurnby Lodge	1810	Thurnby Lodge^^	1836
Service 54	Beamount Centre	1815	Beamount Centre	1812
Service 74	Anstey	1830	Anstey	1827
Service 88	Eyres Monsell	1805	Eyres Monsell	1756
Service 88A	Saffron Cross Roads	1750	Saffron Cross Roads	1748
Service 88E	Eyres Monsell	1820	Eyres Monsell	1812

Service 19 - The 1825 departure from the City Centre will depart Braunstone at 1847 and Fosse Park at 1900

Service 19 - The 1821 departure from Thorpe Astley will depart Fosse Park at 1847 and Braunstone at 1850

*1829 from Beaumont Centre

**1843 from Mowmacre Hill

^1820 from Thurnby Lodge

^^ 1839 from Netherhall

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Diwali Light Switch on - Diversions on Services 4 & 25/26