Arriva Leicester

[Mayfield]

Does anyone know what happens to 4752 in the Midland Fox livery did it just get scrapped 

[Magikrabby]

Aren't they lucky, better get a recovery contact in place, they dumped a number of the 40** to Aylesbury a few year ago if remember correctly

I believe Aylesbury now only operate a few long distance X services, so they will probably break down even more than they did in Leicester 😂

[joieman]

Does anyone know what happens to 4752 in the Midland Fox livery did it just get scrapped

Was withdrawn last summer, so almost certainly scrapped now.
4750, 4753, 4762 and 4770 have been sold to an as-yet unknown customer, '50 being for spares as it was withdrawn due to accident damage.

[Mayfield]

Only 5 DB250's left on Bustimes today and 2 more electrics 8014/7

[Mayfield]

Probably wrong place to post this, open top bus tour for Leicester city winning promotion tomorrow 

[Mayfield]

Only 5 DB250's left on Bustimes today and 2 more electrics 8014/7

8015/6/20 now added and according to bus times all 19 in use today

[leicesterbusadventurer]

After mindlessly scrolling through Flickr earlier today, I discovered that former Arriva Leicester Volvo Olympian 4637 (R637 MNU) has now been preserved by the South Buckinghamshire Preservation Group. They are also the confirmed new owners of Scania L113CRL 2168.

I didn't expect an R-MNU to be preserved, so this is fantastic news.

[joieman]

4767 wasn't looking too happy today. I spotted it earlier this afternoon limping along Epinal Way in Loughborough with its hazard lights on as it was overtaken by 4436, and I found it parked on Greenclose Lane in the town centre shortly afterwards.
UPDATE: Now tracking on the 104.

[47609FireFly]

4767 wasn't looking too happy today. I spotted it earlier this afternoon limping along Epinal Way in Loughborough with its hazard lights on as it was overtaken by 4436, and I found it parked on Greenclose Lane in the town centre shortly afterwards.
UPDATE: Now tracking on the 104.

I arrived at Haymarket Bus Station at 1850 hours on 10/05/2024 and clocked 4767 parked on the back fence. Not long after that, a driver got in it and drove it away.

Today (11/05/2024), there's a bit of a heritage running day on service 127, a week before the LTHT's event in Quorn, with all five of the remaining DB250s operating the route. 

Nice to see Leicester rid of the ex Yorkshire B9TLs to other parts of the Arriva 'empire'. Perplexed me how the company could never be bothered to get the rear destination equipment working properly on the majority of them. 

[markcf83]

Nice to see Leicester rid of the ex Yorkshire B9TLs to other parts of the Arriva 'empire'. Perplexed me how the company could never be bothered to get the rear destination equipment working properly on the majority of them.

It appears they've migrated to Luton,to replace older double deckers including I think the last Dennis Tridents.

[Magikrabby]

It appears they've migrated to Luton,to replace older double deckers including I think the last Dennis Tridents.

6 have gone to Luton to replace various ALX400s and Darts. 6 have gone to Milton Keynes - 4 to replace older Wright Eclipses and 2 swapped with E400s. I think the last has gone to telford to join the others that are already there.

[Mayfield]

24 electrics in service now is that the full order 

[Glenfieldmathk1]

24 electrics in service now is that the full order

Correct.
Although it's expected a further order for 127 & 5/5A will be made imminently following the next round of funding (which will also see pretty much all Loughborough going electric, except for sky, midland Diamond & the few Centrebus routes).
It's also thought the 148/158 corridor could be going electric too (thanks to Warwick receiving a share of the fund.. although not sure if yet officially confirmed or just early speculation).

[AlexS]

Correct.
Although it's expected a further order for 127 & 5/5A will be made imminently following the next round of funding (which will also see pretty much all Loughborough going electric, except for sky, midland Diamond & the few Centrebus routes).
It's also thought the 148/158 corridor could be going electric too (thanks to Warwick receiving a share of the fund.. although not sure if yet officially confirmed or just early speculation).

The Stagecoach 148 should be going electric within the next few months, as far as I know Arriva had no part in that bid and there are no plans for the 158 to follow.
On the topic of the 4401/4402 transfers to Leicester I would have thought it would have made far more sense for these to have gone to Merseyside with Leicester instead retaining 4531/4532 to give both areas a more uniform fleet.

[Fin W]

148 is according to https://www.leicesterbuses.co.uk/electric