Wakes Road, Wigston

Wakes Road, Wigston Closure 

Wakes Road is closed in an eastbound direction (towards Oadby) from Friday 19th April for six weeks.  During this time the 40 service will divert from Ayelstone Lane via Long Street, Moat Street and Bull Head Street, then back onto Oadby Street as per the normal line of route.

The service will operate as normal towards Aylestone.

Loughborough Road, Burton on the Wolds Closure

Due to roadworks Loughborough Road in Burton-on-the-Wolds, Loughborough Road will be closed just after the small roundabout.

The 8 service will divert at the roundabout via Barrow Road and Nottingham Road then continue as per normal route.  This will add approximately 3-4 minutes per trip to the service.

Affected Services:

• 8
• 8

Cranford Road, Kettering

Cranford Road will be closed due to roadworks for a new housing estate and gas mains work. 

During this we will be unable to access Cranford from Kettering towards Thrapston.  Service 16 will divert from the A14 to Cranford, in to the village via Church Lane/Duck End and back to A14 roundabout towards Woodford.

This will add 5-10 minutes extra on to all journey times.

Affected Services:

• 16
• X16

London Road, Leicester

Road Closed - Granby Street to Regent Street Outbound from City Centre

The road will be closed from Tuesday 16th at 7pm and re-open at 06:00am on Friday 26th April.

Easter Break - The road will be open from Friday 19th at 06:00 and close on Tuesday 23rd at 7pm.

Service 22A and 22B will divert from Charles Street along Swain Street, Sparkenhoe Street, St Peters Road, turn right on to East Park Road and left back on to Evington Road.

Service 54A will divert from Charles Street along Swain Street, Sparkenhoe Street, St Peters Road, turn left on to East Park Road and join its normal route.

The UHL service will operate along Tigers Way, right into Regent Road and left into DeMontfort Street.

Temporary stops will be in place as highlighted below;

Affected Services:

• 22A
• 22B
• 54A
• UHL

Ratcliffe Road Closure

To allow Severn Trent Water to install new water connections Ratcliffe Road, Thrussington will be closed for 3 days.

The 128 service from Leicester will operate the normal route to Ratcliffe on the Wreake where it will turn right on to Broome Lane and continue on Broome Lane to Melton Road, turn left on to Brook Street to Brookside and take a left on to Station Road, head North to Rearsby Road and re-join its normal route in Thrussington for travel on to Melton Mowbray.

The 128 service from Melton Mowbray will operate the reverse of the above.

Passengers affected are advised to wait for the service at the junction of Main Street and Broome Lane. If you wish to board the bus, please signal clearly to the driver for the bus to stop

Affected Services:

• 128
• 128

Broadmarsh Bus Station, Nottingham

Due to the closure of Broadmarsh Bus Station, service 19 will use stop C12 in Canal Street.

Affected Services:

• 19
• 19

London Road, Leicester Railway Station

To allow for improvement work and a new cycle lane along London Road, work will start on the bus stops at the Railway Station from 7th January 2019.

Phase 3 of these works, from 15th February 2019, has all the bus stops for the station being relocated.

North-bound passengers, towards Leicester City Centre, will have to cross over London Road and catch

services from the stop located near to Costa Coffee on London Road.  This is also the closest alighting stop for the Railway Station, the next stop will be next to Kwik-fit in Charles Street.

South-bound passengers towards Goodwood, Evington and the General Hospital will need to move to a new bus stop located outside the Tesco Express next to Conduit Street.

Affected Services:

• 22A
• 22B
• 22C
• 54A
• 81
• UHL