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Alexander Dennis Enviro400 branded for the FrequentFourteens in Glenfield in June 2023. As of August 2024, the First Leicester fleet consists of 110 buses, [citation needed] 68 of which are Wright GB Kite Electroliner battery electric single-deck buses that began entering service in May 2023; [5] [6] an additional 18 Streetdeck Electroliners were delivered during spring 2024. [7]
In 2008 the registered office of First Midland Red Buses Limited moved from Worcester to that used by First Leicester in Abbey Lane, Leicester. The operation was rebranded as First Worcester following the closure of Hereford depot in 2015. During July 2022, First Group announced proposals for changes to their operating structure of UK bus ...
Through the Trentbarton operations, Wellglade Group acquired a 6% shareholding of First Leicester in 1993, First Bus UK are the majority shareholder in the operations. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] During 2024, First Group purchased the Wellglade Group shareholding in Leicester CityBus ending the long standing shareholding.
The first buses from an initial order of 68 GB Kite Electroliner BEVs began entering service with First Leicester in May 2023, [22] followed by deliveries of 24 GB Kite Electroliner BEVs to First York beginning in late August 2023, [23] 32 to First West Yorkshire's Bramley depot between January and March 2024 for service in Leeds, [24] and the ...
As of June 2024, the Arriva Midlands East fleet consists of approximately 170 vehicles. [14] From January 2023, a brand new fleet of 8 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 MMCs and 28 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMCs entered service in Leicester, replacing Optare Versas and 2016 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMCs respectively.
The last tram ran in 1949, on the Humberstone Road line. The main depot, at Abbey Park Road, continued in use as a bus depot by First Leicester, the successor to Leicester Corporation buses, until 2007 when a new depot opened on Abbey Lane. The site is to be redeveloped as flats.
The vehicles were renumbered in late 2018 and early 2019 to avoid multiple Arriva Midlands vehicles sharing the same fleet numbers. [ 21 ] In 2018 the Cannock depot began closing entirely on Sundays due to county council subsidy cuts, leaving Cannock without buses, with the Cannock depot being sold to D&G bus in January 2021.
As of 2024, the fleet consists of around 40 buses which includes Enviro200 MMCs, Optare Versas and Optare Solos. [citation needed] As a result of the frequency increase to Skylink (Leicester - Derby) in March 2024 a number of vehicles are currently on long-term loan from fellow Wellglade Group subsidiary trentbarton.