by editor | Nov 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Route 55 General Hospital The first bus service to Leicester General Hospital was introduced on 14th April 1930. This was a connecting service from the East Park Road tram routes and only ran between Gwendolen Road/East Park Road junction via Gwendolen Road to...
by editor | Oct 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
On Monday 26th October 1970, the once well-known Anstey Lane loop service commenced.The history of the Anstey Lane routes can be traced back to the introduction of route 12 Groby Road on 24th January 1949, replacing tram route 9 and running from the City Centre to...
by editor | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Interested in Leicester’s Road Transport history? Join the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust in October, November or December 2020 and get 15 months membership till December 2021. Special offer of £25 membership deal Download LTHT application from the link...
by editor | Oct 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
‘Park & Ride in Leicester’ by Andrew Bartlett Britain’s first successful Park & Ride scheme was launched in Leicester during the run-up to Christmas in 1966. This book chronicles the fifty-five years of ups and downs from those humble beginnings in 1966 and...
by editor | Oct 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
A look back at the old Route 87 to Eyres Monsell Joint service between Midland Red & LCT We are slightly late but we’ll mark the 60th annivesary of the start of Route 87 which began on Sunday 2nd October 1960: New Route 87 ran From: Welford Place, Newarke...
