100 Years Of Municipal Motorbuses In The City Of Leicester 2024

Leicester vintage buses assembled at Victoria Park to celebrate 100 years of municipal motor buses operating in the city. The first Tilling Stevens TS6 motor bus entered service on 24 July 1924 on a new route between Charles Street and St. Phillips Church, Evington Lane in the city.
But it wasn't until 1949 that buses replaced the trams in the city. 154 ran trips along part of the original route to Evington.

The film starts with some of the buses arriving at De Montfort Hall and then departing and arriving back from trips to the Tram Depot which can be briefly seen. Many of the buses can be seen passing Victoria Park and contending with the traffic along London Road. Finally at the end of the film you can see the procession along London Road and their return from the Tram Depot. There are a few other buses which also feature in the film listed below.
A great way to mark the occasion with some classic vehicles in attendance some over 70 years old. There were trips to the Stoneygate Tram Depot in Oadby which contains some really interesting exhibits and is well worth a visit and the day ended with a grand procession of buses from the park. Thanks to the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust and their volunteers and Leicester City Council for their hard work in bringing us this event. I think you'll agree that a great selection of buses gathered all of whom had served the city well over the years.

Buses in attendance:-

CBC 921--Leicester City 329 AEC Renown/Northern Counties (1939)
FJF 193--Leicester City 154 Leyland Titan PD2 (1950)
TBC 163--Leicester City Transport Leyland PD3/Park Royal (1958)
217 AJF--Leicester City Transport 217 AEC Bridgemaster (1961)
90 HBC---Leicester City Transport Leyland Titan PD3A (1964)
FJF 40D--Leicester City Transport 40 AEC Renown/East Lancs (1966)
DBC 190--Leicester City Transport 190 AEC Renown (1965)
TRY 122H--Leicester City Transport Bristol RELL6L/ECW (1969)
ARY 225K--Leicester City Transport Scania BR111MH/MCW (1972)
GJF 301N Leicester City Transport Scania BR111DH/MCW (1975)
UFP 233S-Leicester City Transport Dennis Dominator (1977)
TBC 50X--Leicester City Transport Dennis Dominator (1982)
FUT 240V--Leicester City Bus Dennis DDA120/East Lancs (1980)

Other Buses featured:-
KX12 AMV--Stagecoach Midlands 28628 ADL Enviro 300 (X7 to Northampton)
YX11 FZM--RATP London DE20185 ADL Enviro 200 (Rail Replacement service)
BK73 ACY--Arriva Midlands 8002 Wright Streetdeck Electroliner (31A service to Oadby)
BK73 AEA--Arriva Midlands 8009 Wright Streetdeck Electroliner (31 service)

I hope you have enjoyed this film. Please feel free to comment or leave a like. I will be shortly uploading a film of the Classic Bus Running Day in Windsor so look out for this and I will be attending the Big Bus Show at Stonham Barns next month which is expected to be another rally not to be missed.