First Leicester
First Leicester is the trading name of Leicester Citybus Ltd., a bus company owned by the First Group. It runs buses in the city of Leicester, England, and was previously owned by the Leicester City Council.
Leicester City Centre is served by two main bus stations, the Haymarket Bus Station and St. Margaret's Bus Station. Services operated by First run from either the Haymarket Bus Station, Charles Street, Humberstone Gate or High Street. Buses either run from the city centre or are travelling through to another detination.
The services in operation run to Glenfield (Kirby Frith & Braunstone Frith Estates), Braunstone Town, Aylestone, Eyres Monsell, South Wigston, Evington, Leicester General Hospital, Goodwood, Humberstone, Nether Hall, Thurmaston, Rushey Mead, Birstall, Mowmacre Hill, Beaumont Leys and Anstey. There is also a circular service operating that runs to Highfields and returns to the city centre.
List of services
- (These services are subject to change)
- UHL (Hospital Hopper) Hamilton (Tesco) - Leicester General Hospital - Charles Frears Campus (Holmfield Road) - Railway Station - Leicester Royal Infirmary - Glenfield Hospital - Beaumont Centre
- Runs Monday to Friday every 30 minutes - the service is FREE to UHL employees on production of their ID pass
- 12 (Indigo Line) Thurmaston (Blount Road) - Northfield - City Centre - Glenfield Road - Park Rise - Kirby Frith (Ryder Road)
- Now operates on Sunday replacing Olive Line 21 to New Parks Way
- 14 (Orange Line) Kirby Frith (Ryder Road) - Dominion Road - City Centre - East Park Road - Goodwood - Leicester General Hospital
- No evening and Sunday service
- For Liberty Road and Ryder Road use Indigo Line 12
- For Aikman Avenue use Orange Line 14A or Brown Line 94
- For Charnor Road use Brown Line 94
- No evening and Sunday service
- 14A (Orange Line) Beaumont Centre - Glenfield Hospital - City Centre - East Park Road - Goodwood - Leicester General Hospital
- Now operates in the evening and Sunday replacing Orange Line 14 and service 70A in the evenings
- 16 (Green Line) Leicester General Hospital - St. Peter's Road - City Centre - Hinckley Road - Braunstone (Peverel Road)
- 17 (Purple Line) City Centre - Sparkenhoe Street - Highfields (Melbourne Road) - City Centre (Anti-clockwise)
- 21 (Olive Line) City Centre - St Matthew's - Catherine Street - Peebles Way - Rushey Mead
- No Sunday service to New Parks Way - use Indigo Line 12 to Park Rise and Ryder Road
- 22 (Blue Line) Evington (Downing Drive) - Railway Station - City Centre - Belgrave Road - Rushey Mead
- 25 (Pink Line) Mowmacre Hill - Thurcaston Road - City Centre - Aylestone - South Wigston (Blaby Road)
- Sunday service to South Wigston terminates on Sturdee Road outside The Exchange
- 26 (Mauve Line) Mowmacre Hill - Beaumont Centre - City Centre - Grace Road - Saffron Cross Roads
- Sunday service to Mowmacre Hill terminates outside the Beaumont Lodge - see service 25 to Mowmacre Hill
- 38 (Red Line) Nether Hall - Humberstone - City Centre - The Exchange - Eyres Monsell (Monmouth Drive)
- 54 (Yellow Line) City Centre - Abbey Lane - Stocking Farm - Beaumont Centre
- The Goodwood side of the route will be operated by an extension to Orange Line 14 / 14A
- 70 (Claret Line) Birstall (Wanlip Lane) - Abbey Lane - City Centre - Narborough Road - Blackmore Drive
- After 1900 hrs and all day Sunday it runs between Leicester and Blackmore Drive only operating via Welford Road, Leicester Royal Infirmary and Upperton Road
- 70A No service - use Orange Line 14A for Glenfield Hospital and Brown Line 94 for Glenfield
- 74 (Turquoise Line) City Centre - Anstey Lane - Beaumont Centre - Anstey (Hollow Road)
- 94 (Brown Line) City Centre - Stephenson Drive - Charnor Road - Elm Tree Avenue - Glenfield (Station Road)
- Now operates in the evening and Sunday replacing Orange Line 14 and service 70A
Buses UHL, 14 / 14A, 16, 22, 25, 26, 38, 54 and 74 have also been fitted with Star Trak, which tells you when the next bus arrives at your bus stop.
External links
- First Leicester website
- Traveline website - for timetable information
- Star Trak - Real-Time bus information