Service Changes from 25 August
All areas
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LocationLeicester
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ResponsibilityFirst Bus
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Effective25/08/2024 - 22/12/2024
From Sunday 25 August, we're making changes to some of our services including the introduction of a new evening service on service 4 and new links to Fosse Park on new service 19! Please see a summary below and the new timetables can be viewed here
Service 4: City Centre - Rushey Mead
A new timetable across the whole week has been introduced to help keep buses run on time and provide a frequent service along Melton Road.
NEW Service 4E
Great News! We’re introducing an evening service for Rushey Mead
Service 4E will operate the same route at service 4 to Rushey Mead, after serving the Trevino Drive loop buses will go on to serve Troon Way and Barkby Road before returning to the City Centre on the same route as service 4 from the Wyvern Arms. This service will provide both Troon Way Business Centre and Troon Industrial Park with later journeys for staff on night shifts.
Service 13W: Narborough Road – Optimus Point
Great News! This service will now start from Fosse Road North and will be extended to create links to Beaumont Centre via New Parks and Glenfield Hospital.
Service 14 14A: City Centre – New Parks – Kirby Frith /Glenfield Hospital
The pre-summer holiday timetable will return with the frequency increased to every 6 minutes combined along Aikman Avenue during the main day Monday to Fridays.
Service 15: City Centre - Goodwood
A new timetable across the whole week has been introduced to help keep buses run on time.
Service 17: City Centre - Highfields
We’re introducing some additional evening journeys Monday to Saturday departing at 20:00, 20:30 and 21:00.
Service 18: City Centre - Braunstone
A new timetable is being introduced with the introduction of a new service 19.
NEW Service 19
Great News! We’re introducing a new service 19 which will create links to Fosse Park, Meridian Business Park and Thorpe Astley.
Service 19 will operate along the same route as service 18 between St. Margaret’s Bus Station and Peverel Road roundabout, buses will then continue to serve Fosse Park, Meridian Business Park and Thorpe Astley via Narborough Road on an hourly basis Monday to Saturday.
Service 21: City Centre – Thurmaston
A new timetable across the whole week has been introduced to help keep buses run on time. There will be some later departures from the City Centre and Blount Road to compliment the new 4E evening service.
Service 54: City Centre – Beaumont Centre
The last departure from the City Centre each evening at 23:10 will now be extended to serve Anstey. This will provide customers an addition evening journey after the last departure on service 74.
Upon reaching Beaumont Centre the bus will continue to Hollow Road in Anstey along the same route as service 74.
Service 74: City Centre – Anstey
The pre-summer holiday timetable will return with the frequency increased to every 20 minutes during the main day Monday to Fridays.
A new timetable has been introduced on Saturdays to help keep buses run on time.
The last departure on service 54 at 23:10 will extend to serve Anstey.
Services 88, 88A, 88E: City Centre - Saffron Cross Roads/Eyres Monsell
The pre-summer holiday timetable will return with the frequency increased to every 6 minutes combined along Saffron Lane during the main day Monday to Fridays.