Thursday 18th January 2023 This month’s miscellany I spotted on recent travels. Coalville information I was in Coalville on Tuesday. It has two locations in the town centre where buses congregate - one called Marlborough Square and the other Memorial Square. It can be confusing for visitors but credit to Leicestershire County Council which has... Continue Reading →
DRT developments in Leicestershire (Part 2)
Thursday 4th August 2022 I left you in Tuesday's blog arriving in Narborough on the Vectare operated NovusFlex DRT bus. Keith kindly set me down in Narborough rail station's car park soon after 12:30 and I had cautiously arranged my next journey on the new FoxConnect DRT service from there at 13:00 allowing time for... Continue Reading →
It’s less in Leics
Thursday 1st October 2020 Pre Covid, Leicestershire County Council was pursuing a review of tendered bus routes across the county with a view to achieving £400,000 saving on its annual £2.4 million subsidy budget. This involved an area by area assessment of each route with public consultation workshops to discuss proposals. One of these was... Continue Reading →