Arriva Leicester

[Mayfield]

And 1903/4

[AlexS]

That's a good swop

For Yorkshire maybe, certainly not for Leicester.

[joieman]

1903-5 entered service today

[Mayfield]

For Yorkshire maybe, certainly not for Leicester.

Irony 

[Mayfield]

1903-5 entered service today

And 1901/12

[47609FireFly]

I stumbled across 1904, working a service 127, in Quorn at about 1740 hours on 28/01/2025 and I think poorly presented tat is the best way to sum it up. Side destination sign not working, rear route number sign not working, exterior nearside rear lower corner panel bent out of line and exterior offside rear lower corn panel held on with a bit of riveted plate. Utter dross. 

[joieman]

I stumbled across 1904, working a service 127, in Quorn at about 1740 hours on 28/01/2025 and I think poorly presented tat is the best way to sum it up. Side destination sign not working, rear route number sign not working, exterior nearside rear lower corner panel bent out of line and exterior offside rear lower corn panel held on with a bit of riveted plate. Utter dross.

I rode on 1905 the day it entered service in Leicestershire for the first time, and none of the destination blinds were working. And there I was on my way into Leicester, hoping my college classmates who would board the bus later en route wouldn't get confused by it! Thankfully the blinds were fixed by the time I caught it back home from Loughborough town centre.

Internally, it has the same sorry pad seats over the wheels and also at the back like some of the CX58 E400s, and upstairs there were a couple of mismatched headrests: one the same colour as the Max headrests but with "Sapphire" written on it instead, and another with the monochrome squares moquette. The "dashboard" upstairs looked rather worn out. Overall, I'd say their condition is slightly worse than the ex-Merseyside E400s we previously got.

[47609FireFly]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/193275301@N05/54292928686/

Nice to see former 4578, now Yorkshire 2008, still celebrating Diwali along Leicester's 'Golden Mile' in its new home, along with a reference to 'Leicester Buses' on its exterior nearside advert. The advert was put on to celebrate Diwali 2023 but has been providing constant reference to the festival ever since. Still, at least it can't quite match 3100 - its exterior rear advert was put on to celebrate Diwali 2022 and there it has remained ever since...

[joieman]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/193275301@N05/54292928686/

Nice to see former 4578, now Yorkshire 2008, still celebrating Diwali along Leicester's 'Golden Mile' in its new home, along with a reference to 'Leicester Buses' on its exterior nearside advert. The advert was put on to celebrate Diwali 2023 but has been providing constant reference to the festival ever since. Still, at least it can't quite match 3100 - its exterior rear advert was put on to celebrate Diwali 2022 and there it has remained ever since...

Meanwhile, for instance, the two 14-plate E400s here in Leicester still have giant photos of Derby on the side of the staircase.

[Magikrabby]

Meanwhile, for instance, the two 14-plate E400s here in Leicester still have giant photos of Derby on the side of the staircase.

That's quite bad, it's from 3 depots ago! You would expect at least one of them to have thought that perhaps removing the photos would be a good idea... then again it is Arriva so not exactly surprising!