Hop!
History
The service was introduced on 3 April 2023.[1][2] In its first 23 days of operation, 12,000 trips were taken on the service.[3]
Service
The service is free-of-charge and runs every ten minutes in an anti-clockwise direction during daytimes Monday to Saturday.[1] It is operated by Centrebus using three Yutong E9 electric buses.[4][5]
It calls at the following stops:[6]
- Haymarket bus station
- St Peter's Lane
- Causeway Lane
- St Nicholas Circle
- Southgates
- Welford Road
- Tower Street
- Nelson Mandela Park
- Leicester railway station
- Granaby Street
- Charles Street
References
- "Free Hop electric bus service starts in Leicester city centre". BBC News. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- Richardson, Hannah (2023-04-03). "New free bus linking key Leicester locations up and running". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- "More than 12,000 trips taken on Leicester's new free buses". BBC News. 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- Kathryn (2023-03-18). "'Hop' aboard the new E9 zero-emission buses in Leicester". Pelican Yutong. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- "Free electric bus service gets ready to hop around the shops". news.leicester.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- "Hop!". Leicester Buses. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
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