Service Updates Last updated: Tuesday, 29 April 2025 05:54 PM

40 Orbital ChangeDate: Monday 27th April 2025

Your Orbital services, serving key shopping and workplace hubs, including Leicester General Hospital, Oadby, Wigston, Fosse Park, Glenfield, Glenfield Hospital, Beaumont Leys, Rushey Mead, Hamilton, Netherhall. 

From the 27th April, the route and timetable for the Orbital service will be split to help improve reliability on the service.

The 40N (Northern Orbital) will operate between General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital
The 40S (Southern Orbital) will operate between Hamilton, Tesco and Beaumont Leys.

The service will continue to operate on an hourly basis on each service, Monday to Saturday, with significant improvement to reliability.  Passengers travelling directly between Hamilton and Leicester General Hospital, and Beaumont Leys and Glenfield Hospital, will have the benefit of an increased frequency by being able to travel on either service.

Please note that the Northern (40N) and Southern (40S) Orbitals are not designed to connect in any way and through fares are not available to purchase.

The Orbital service continues to be a service which the city council supports and we are committed to transform it through increased frequency, more electric buses and bus priority. The first stage of our plan was delivered in October 2022, with the launch of new electric buses and the rebranding of the service.

We are currently trialling the split of the Orbital service, so it operates as a Northern and Southern Orbital to help improve reliability on the service, with an added benefit of an increase in frequency in some of the overlapping sections of the two services.

Our next phase, which includes an increase in frequency for the whole service, is hoped to be delivered by 2028.

Timetable can be found HERE


At the end of the project the aim is to have a total of 20 new electric buses orbiting the City on a 15 minute frequency, providing increased connections and better reliability. Helping to achieve the Leicester Buses Partnership aim to bring about a transformative change in bus travel, that’s electric, frequent, reliable, easy and great value.

 

This is part of an exciting 4 phase project to significantly transform the service.

The service runs every hourly Monday to Saturday and operates in a clockwise and anticlockwise direction.

Features of the new service:

  • Fully electric buses for cleaner, healthier air quality, helping us to move towards a net zero City.

  • Fully branded buses in an eye-catching greenlines livery.

  • USB charging points so you can charge your phone and laptop whilst on the move.

  • On-board passenger information displays to keep you better informed and improve accessibility.

  • Next stop audio-visual announcements helping to make travel more accessible.

  • New bus shelters so you can wait for your bus in comfort.

  • Real-time information displays at all main bus stops and interchanges to help you plan your journey better.

  • Text-to-speech facilities at bus stops to make travel more accessible.

  • Tap on Tap off best fare capping contactless, easy to use and no fuss travel.

 

Date: Monday 28th April 2025

747 Leicester - Uppingham

Following discussions with Leicestershire County Council and Rutland Council, we will be making changes to the 747 service from Monday 28th April 2025. 

- The service will be renumbered from 747 to LC7. 
- 06:41 trip from Thurnby to Uppingham will be withdrawn. 
- 07:22 Sch trip from Leicester to Uppingham Community College will be retimed to depart at 07:15. Same arrival time at UCC. 
- The 08:30 and 10:30 trips from Leicester will be withdrawn, but replaced with an 09:25 and 11:20 trip. 
- 16:30 trip from Leicester will be withdrawn. 
- The 17:30 trip from Leicester will be retimed to 17:15. 
- The 09:30 and 11:25 trips from Uppingham will be withdrawn, but replaced with an 10:25 and 12:20 trip. 
- There will be no change to the afternoon School trip from Uppingham Community College and it will continue to pick-up at 15:25. 
- The 16:25 and 17:25 trips from Uppingham will be withdrawn. 
- 18:22 from Uppingham will be retimed to 18:09. 
- 19:22 from Uppingham to Thurnby will be withdrawn. 

Timetable can be found HERE

Affected Services:

  • ic_bus LC7
Date: Monday 28th April 2025

22/A/E Birstall - Evington via City Centre

Following a network review, we will be making changes to the 22, 22A, 22E services from Monday 28th April 2025.

The services will be split:

- 22 service will only operate between Leicester and Evington to a revised timetable. 
- 22A service will only operate between Leicester and Evington. 
- 24 will replace the 22A service between Leicester and Birstall. 
- 24A will replace the 22A service between Barrow and Leicester. 
- There will be minor timing changes to the 22E service. 
- Following end of contract, we will be operating an hourly 24 service on a Saturday between Birstall and Leicester City Centre. 

22/A/E Timetable can be found HERE
24/A Timetable can be found HERE

Affected Services:

  • ic_bus 22, 22A, 22E
  • ic_bus 22
  • ic_bus 22A
  • ic_bus 22E
  • ic_bus 24, 24A
  • ic_bus 24
  • ic_bus 24A
Date: Monday 28th April 2025

MC4 Melton Mowbray Town Service

Following discussions with Leicestershire County Council, we will be making changes to the MC4 service from Monday 28th April 2025. 

- The 07:55 (SCH) trip from Windsor Street, will be extended to John Ferneley College, to remove the need for Students to change and walk across the town centre to connect with the MC1.

Timetable can be found HERE

Affected Services:

  • ic_bus MC4
A607 Melton RoadDate: Monday 22nd April to Sunday 8th June 2025

Road Closed: A607 Melton Road
Date: Monday 22nd April to Sunday 8th June 2025
Service affected: 8

Due to a closure on the A607 between Waltham on the Wolds and Grantham, the 8 service will be on diversion and a temporary timetable will be in place. 

To Melton: from the last stop in Waltham on the Wolds, it will operate via the A607 to Freeby Lane, around the triangle, and then back along the A607 to the Royal Horse Shoes PH, left onto Goadby Road and Waltham Road to the crossroads (Eastwell crossroads), where it will turn left onto Waltham Lane and Landyke Lane, left onto King Street to Scalford Village. From Scalford Village, it will turn right at the cross road (King Street) and then on Melton Road and Scalford Road into Melton Mowbray. 

To Grantham: It will operate the reverse of the above. 

Temporary Timetable can be found HERE

Please note: Thorpe Arnold Village and the bus stops on Thorpe Road will not be served for the duration of the closure. There may be some delays to the services as there is a road closure on Melton Spinney Road until 14th May. 

 

Affected Services:

  • ic_bus 8, LC8
  • ic_bus 8
Date: Monday 28th April 2025

LC1 Melton Mowbray - Oakham

Following a review, there will be a revised timetable in place from Monday 28th April to improve reliability. 

Timetable can be found HERE

Affected Services:

  • ic_bus LC1
Date: Monday 28th April 2025

LC3 Melton Mowbray - Grantham

Following a review, there will be a revised timetable in place from Monday 28th April to improve reliability. 

Timetable can be found HERE

Affected Services:

  • ic_bus LC3
Date: Monday 28th April 2025

MC1 Melton Mowbray Town Service

Following a review, we will be making the following changes from Monday 28th April. 

The route will be revised to serve Tennyson Way and Melbray Drive. 

 

 

Affected Services:

  • ic_bus MC1