Arriva Leicester

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RE: Arriva Leicester

(31/07/2016 09:13)pete tierney Wrote:  There is only one left to arrive, 4535, the last one, (unless it arrived in the last couple of days!!) They have been put into service very quickly, often the next day after delivery.
They are easy to see, all the routes they are on pass through or by the Haymarket bus station in Leicester centre.
As I said in an earlier post, if you stand outside of the bus station at the junction of Belgrave Gate, Charles Street & Abbey Street the majority of the Leicester routes will pass by. This includes First & Centerbus as well as Arriva & Roberts on one of the P&R services. (plus Stagecoach working in from Nuneaton & Northampton & De-Courcey from Coventry) Other routes and National Express can been seen at the St. Margerets bus station which is @ 150mts along Abbey Street from the Haymarket bus station.

As an aside, if you want the other two Roberts P&R routes, a short 5min walk along Vaughan Way from St Margerets bus station to St Nicholas Circle will be the best place. Also a trip from Haymarket to the Beaumont Centre will net you the four new Solo's for Centrebus which work the "outer circle" service, these four don't come into the centre. Be prepared to wait awhile though whilst they come round. The Beaumont centre is generally busy, bus wise, most of the day.
Hope this is of some help.
Pete

Thank you for your detailed explanation of the area around Leicester Haymarket. I am encouraged that Arriva Midlands have evidently allocated all these Enviro 400-MMCs to Leicester routes. Long story, but I nearly arranged to come to Leicester on a daytrip from Coventry where I spend 2 nights early in September. I have now decided to come on a daytrip. Depending on Leeds & Liverpool travels I shall probably come on a daytrip in October.

I have incidentally seen that it a cheaper daytrip by train from Stockport to Leicester via Stoke & Derby and splitting the ticket at Uttoxeter than getting a through ticket. Admittedly it takes longer than via Sheffield, and possibly longer than via Birmingham too.