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At one time it had a registration number on Bustimes and a journey against it but the registration number quickly disappeared, so possibly not.

It incorrectly tracked.. basically it was a different bus but had wrong fleet number on the ticket machine!

63522 is away undergoing RTC repairs looking at flikr

Has 63531 even been delivered yet?

63548 was on 13 today.. but driver on the 12.20 departure couldn't "start it"! It was sat at the bus stop just outside St.Margarets.. for about 15 minutes! I noticed again it did the same at "One Stop" in glenfield.. all the lights flashing (indicators, brake lights etc)! They can't be worn out already yet surely.. ?
I notice after the journey it went into haymarket and later venture onto 25 (according to bus times).. Was it fixed?

Hope this is true as they're certainly needed!

the current mixture of singles on the 13 and 14 is awful, end up crammed in like sardines for most of the day 😔

I've raised several complaints regarding 13 & 14 since start of the new school year - but so far nothing has been acted on?
Noted today, probably busiest Sunday in Leicester.. 14 is full of singles?
Cannot work it out.. at all! It just shows (to me personally) how the new First Managing Structure does not work. You need local managers (not huge regional ones!). 
I personally would be running a full DD output on 4, 14/A, 15 & 54, and have mixed boards across 13, 18, 38/A, 74 and the 88's.
Equally full single routes would then just leave 16, 17, 21 (obvious reasons), 25/26 (22B).. but even for these routes I'd be adjusting the timetables so more buses are on them! This is personally where I find Leicester buses has gone wrong.. they should be pushing for this rather than spending money on cycle lanes, new bus stops and actually if more use the bus there wouldn't be need for more bus lanes as more would be off the road anyway!

Looking at the timetable on bustimes.org for the AirCoach service it looks like the PVR is 3 minibuses will be used with the other one acting as a spare?

The timings seem a bit tight to me just over 70 mins each way.

Timetable: https://bustimes.org/services/aircoach-leicester-st-margarets-bus-station-birmin

As the only stop on the way is Fosse Park, I think it's reasonable.. as it's a mini bus it's likely it can do 70mph (rather than the main coach limited max speed of 62mph). My guess is they will head out along Narborough Road (but at peak times could use Hinckley road & Lubbesthorpe way). There appears to be more time added at each end so I guess this covers if there is a delay due to traffic?

Also read on Facebook.. possibly more Double Deckers on the way after all? Some Leeds batch being diverted to Leicester taking total to 26? (Would make a lot more sense!).

Strange.. 69383 started tracking as 69303 this afternoon? Maybe driver entered incorrect ticket machine info?
69303 is correctly tracking as BHX5 - and also did a run on 15! But the rest (88A, 88 & 88E journeys) are all 69383!
Also noticed Amazon bus (BHX3) now seems to be the 10am 14A journey again - 13 has gone back to just being a short running board for 1 bus in the morning although afternoon 13 peak does still inter work with 14.
Also noticed the 15 seems to have some vehicles just doing short boards too? Is this because of the extra buses what with Saffrons still around? Or is it permanent (and more electrics still need to be ordered)?

All 7 Saffron buses were out in service today! September 5th.. this is the first time all have been serviceable since mid June! But strangely.. around 10 Kites are not in service? Do first have a date when these B7RLEs are going out of service?

Certainly at least 18 double deckers are due, a number of the streetdecks have departed so they're using what they've got for now.

Yep, I know there's 18 coming..
They've currently got 20 serviceable DD's left in the fleet..
The Leicester buses website says 54 will be allocated 8 DD's - however from what I've seen past few days, 54 alongside 15 & 14/A have been very much mixed boards. With no clear DD allocation. 
I still personally think they've got it wrong.. they should have replaced like for like or if anything ordered more DD's.. The Leicester bus plan won't work if people are crammed on board.
Just like HH from Centrebus.. I know people avoid this service as it's always full, council even acknowledges it, but no plan to introduce DD's there either.. 
(I think a lot of it came down to Leicester city council taking charge rather than the actual bid companies, due to the government grant)..

Today (31st August).. the first time an electric has been used on service 13W..
Interestingly 54 is being run today by mostly single deckers? Maybe Leicester buses news was incorrect when it said 8 DD's for 54?

All kites are apparently now here (according to bus times).. 
Tuesday will see New weekday times, with full PVR.. so will be interesting to see what's allocated where!
Noticed a lot of comments about 14/A being like Sardines..
Let's hope First realise their mistake and increase the DD order (which Leicester is currently last expected Jan 24)!

only registered services track now for some reason. Dead runs, EMA buses and the BHX3 don't track as a result.

Correct.. all still run.
BHX3 has a different "private" registration compared to BHX5.. and EMA also has the same "Private" registration.
It's likely bus times will update and these may show up again at some point in future!

Not sure those timetables are entirely accurate. Somehow I don't see that the actual plan is for the X84 to be running 2 journeys 5 minutes apart each hour.

I thought that too.. 104 bus leaves fosse park in the evening before it's arrived at fosse park! (Unless they now plan to run 2 buses all night and have massive wait / layovers?).

Are the service changes listed anywhere yet?
Can't find any info online, and even Leicester buses website doesn't mention any info about them .. just says the service that's changing but doesn't explain the changes.. 

Any update on the Leicester to Birmingham airport service, when it's starting and what vehicles to be used

Nothing has been registered.. although somebody on Facebook said September..
Perhaps it will run as a coach service so has a different registration? Or could it simply be it's a staff / private service?

Also to note: 15 ran a mix of DD and singles today.. I guess this is a sign of what is to come.. Full DD on 54, then the rest split between mixed on 13, 14/A & 15?

Also:
New timetables available - basically looks like 18, 74 & 88/A are reverting back to pre-summer services.. 14/A also but with slightly revised times (maybe to stop bunching in St.Margaret's). New weekend times on 38/A also.. 

3 Streetdecks have now left Leicester.. 35153  is off to Worcester.. 35176/77 are also at Worcester but moving through later on.