Arriva Fox County

Arriva Fox County is a bus company which provides bus services in Leicester and Leicestershire. It is part of Arriva Midlands, a bus company.

History

Arriva Fox County was formed in 1981, as Midland Red East the old Midland Red bus company broke up, and it changed its name to Midland Fox in 1984.

In late 2006, a new "Leicester Linx" brand was introduced for services in Leicester.

After the Highcross Leicester opened several bus stops in the city centre were changed. These changes started on 1 September 2008, they are as follows;

• The existing bus stops H1-H9 have now been removed and replaced by new stops
• B1 to B4 - four new stops with shelters on the opposite side of the Haymarket (between the former Haymarket theatre and the Clock Tower)
• B5 - New bus stop added from 25 January 2009
• B6 (was B5) - one on Church Gate where the traffic flow has been reversed
• A1 to A2 - two new bus stops and shelters on St. Peter's Lane
• A3 to A9 - seven new bus stops with shelters on Causeway Lane

Routes

Arriva Fox County buses move across the Leicester area plus services to/from Loughborough, Coalville, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Market Harborough and Burton upon Trent.

In Leicester, Arriva run most of its services from St. Margaret's Bus Station with some journeys beginning and stopping in Charles Street. Other bus services use the Haymarket Bus Station, Haymarket, St. Peter's Lane, Causeway Lane and Humberstone Gate as its main city centre stops.

Arriva Fox County run the following services in the Leicester and Leicestershire area:

Service	From	To	Via	Notes
X1	Leicester	Coalville	Braunstone, Ratby, Botcheston, Thornton, Bagworth, Ellistown	City Linx service
X2	Leicester	Burton upon Trent	Coalville, Swannington, Asby-de-la-Zouch, Blackfordby, Woodville, Swadlincote, Brizlincote	City Linx service (Until 12/07/09)
X3	Leicester	Market Harborough	Oadby, Great Glen, Fleckney (131), Kibworth	City Linx service
X4	Leicester	Fleckney	Wigston Magna & Kilby	City Linx service (Until 12/07/09) see service 49B
5 / 5A	Leicester	Melton Mowbray	Thurmaston, Syston, Quelinborough (5), East Goscote (5), Rearsby, Asfordby
6	Leicester	Syston	Melton Road, Thurmaston Asda
14	Leicester	Kirby Frith, Ryder Road	Aikman Avenue
15	Leicester	Fosse Park	Thorpe Astley, Meridian East
22	Leicester	Evington, Downing Drive	Railway Station, Ethel Road
26	Leicester	Coalville	Groby Road, County Hall, Ratby, Botcheston, Thornton, Bagworth, Ellistown	(Starts 13/07/09)
27	Leicester	Ratby	Groby Road, County Hall
28	Leicester	Groby, Meadow Way	Groby Road, County Hall
28A / 28B	Leicester	Coalville	Groby Road, County Hall, Groby, Markfield, Greenhill (28A), Whitwick (28A)	(Services renumbered 29/29A from 13/07/09)
29	Leicester	Coalville	Groby Road, County Hall, Groby, Markfield	(from 13/07/09)
29A			Groby Road, County Hall, Groby, Markfield, Greenhill, Whitwick
31 / 31A	Leicester	Oadby Grange (31) Coombe Rise (31A)	Railway Station, London Road, Oadby
44 / 44A	Leicester	West Knighton (Pendlebury Drive) (44) Wigston Fields (Rolleston Road) (44A)	Queens Road, Knighton
47	Leicester	Wigston Magna & Leicester	Leicester Royal Infirmary, South Wigston, Little Hill	Local Linx circular
48		South Wigston & Leicester	Railway Station, Wigston Magna, Little Hill	Local Linx circular
49	Leicester	Wigston Harcourt	A5199 Welford Road, Wigston Magna, Wigston Harcourt, Kilby
49A		South Wigston
49B		Fleckney		(Starts 13/07/09)
50	Leicester	Croft	Narborough Road, Fosse Park, Enderby (50), Narborough (50), Huncote (50)
50A		Fosse Park		(to Croft from 13/07/09)
51	Leicester	Braunstone Cross Roads	Narborough Road, Rowley Fields (51A), Fosse Park (51A), Narborough (51A), Huncote (51A)
51A		Croft		(Until 11/07/09 - Use service 50A)
53	Leicester	Thurnby Lodge	Humberstone Park, Dudley Avenue
53A			Humberstone Park, Scraptoft Lane
53B		Scraptoft	Humberstone Park, Thurnby	(from 13/07/09)
56	Leicester	Scraptoft	Humberstone Park, Thurnby	(Service Renumbered 53B from 13/07/09)
58	Leicester	Leicester	Humberstone, Nether Hall, Tesco Store, Hamilton	Circular
58A			Hamilton, Tesco Store, Nether Hall, Humberstone
80	Leicester	Halls of Residence	Railway Station, University of Leicester, Ratcliffe Road	Term Time only
80A	University of Leicester		Ratcliffe Road
84 / 84A	Leicester	Lutterworth (84) Whetstone (84A)	Aylestone, Glen Parva, Blaby, Whetstone, Cosby, Broughton Astley, Dunton Basset
84A		Whetstone	Aylestone, Glen Parva, Blaby
85		South Wigston	Aylestone, Glen Parva, Blaby, Countesthorpe
86	Leicester	Eyres Monsell (Monmouth Drive)	Saffron Lane, The Exchange
87			Aylestone, The Exchange
99	Coalville	Nottingham	Whitwick, Shepshed, Loughborough, Bunny	(until 12/07/09)
104	Leicester	Fosse Park	Fosse Road South, Braunstone (Turnbull Drive)
126	Leicester	Coalville	Birstall, Rothley, Mountsorrel, Quorn, Loughborough, Shepshed, Whitwick	(from 13/07/09)
127		Shepshed	Birstall, Rothley, Mountsorrel, Quorn, Loughborough, Shepshed, Whitwick	(only to shepshed from 13/07/09)
152	Leicester	Coalville	Kirby Muxloe, Desford, Barlestone, Ibstock
153		Market Bosworth (153)	Kirby Muxloe, Desford, Barlestone
158		Nuneaton	Braunstone Crossroads, Leicester Forest East, Earl Shilton, Barwell, Hinckley
217	Leicester	Ashby de la Zouch	County Hall, Glenfield, Groby, Ratby, Markfield, Greenhill, Whitwick, Coalville, Swannington
218		Swadlincote	County Hall, Glenfield, Groby, Ratby, Markfield, Greenhill, Whitwick, Coalville,
302	Leicester	Beaumont Centre	Railway Station, Freemens Common, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Braunstone, Glenfield, New Parks, Glenfield Hospital	Braunstone Bus

Star Trak

So far, all buses except routes 15, 56 and X3 have been fitted with Star Trak, which tells the passenger when the next bus arrives at the bus stop.

Other websites

• Arriva UK bus official site
• Leicester Linx website