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Arriva Fox County is a bus company operating in Leicester and Leicestershire. It is part of Arriva Midlands.

History

Arriva Fox County was formed in 1981, as Midland Red East with the breakup of the old Midland Red bus company, and then became known as Midland Fox in 1984.

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

Following the opening of the Highcross Leicester there were some changes to several bus stops in the city centre from 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 run services 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 commencing/terminating 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 (Until 12/07/09) see service 26
X2	Leicester	Burton upon Trent	Coalville, Swannington, Asby-de-la-Zouch, Blackfordby, Woodville, Swadlincote, Brizlincote	City Linx service (Until 12/07/09) see service 26
X3	Leicester	Market Harborough	Oadby, Great Glen, Fleckney (131), Kibworth	City Linx service (Until 12/07/09) see services 32 & 32A
X4	Leicester	Fleckney	Wigston Magna & Kilby	City Linx service (Until 12/07/09) see service 49B
5	Leicester	East Goscote	Thurmaston, Syston, Quelinborough
5A		Melton Mowbray	Thurmaston, Syston, Quelinborough , East Goscote , Rearsby, Asfordby
6		Syston	Melton Road, Thurmaston Asda
14	Leicester	Kirby Frith, Ryder Road	Aikman Avenue
15	Leicester	Fosse Park	Thorpe Astley, Meridian East
16	Leicester	General Hospital	St. Saviours Road	New service (from 13/07/2009)
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	Leicester	Oadby Grange	Railway Station, London Road, Oadby
31A		Coombe Rise	Railway Station, London Road, Oadby
32	Leicester	Market Harborough	Oadby, Great Glen, Kibworth	(From 13/07/09)
32A	Leicester	Market Harborough	Oadby, Great Glen, Fleckney , Kibworth	(From 13/07/09) Evenings only
44	Leicester	West Knighton (Pendlebury Drive)	Queens Road, Knighton
44A		Wigston Fields (Rolleston Road)	Queens Road, Knighton
45		Wigston Fields (Rolleston Road)	Queens Road, Knighton, West Knighton	(from 12/07/2009) Eves & suns only
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
56		Scraptoft	Humberstone Park, Thurnby
56A	Scraptoft	Leicester		(Service Renumbered 57 from 12/07/09)
57	Leicester	Scraptoft	Humberstone Park, Thurnby	(from 13/07/09)
58	Leicester	Hamilton Columbine Road	Humberstone, Nether Hall, Tesco Store, Hamilton
59		Netherhall	Hastings Road, Hamilton Columbine Road, Hamilton Tesco
80	Leicester	Halls of Residence	Railway Station, University of Leicester, Ratcliffe Road
80A	University of Leicester		Ratcliffe Road	Term Time only
84	Leicester	Lutterworth	Aylestone, Glen Parva, Blaby, Whetstone, Cosby , Broughton Astley , Dunton Basset
84A		Whetstone	Aylestone, Glen Parva, Blaby
85		South Wigston	Aylestone, Glen Parva, Blaby, Countesthorpe
85A		Little Hill	Aylestone, Glen Parva, Little Glen Road, South Wigston	(From 12/07/2009)
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	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 Coalville services 11, 14, 15, 99 & 155 and Leicester services 5/5A, 15, 22, 50/50A, 51/51A, 56, 58/58A, 80/80A, 104, 158, 302, Skylink and all the City Linx services have been fitted with Star Trak, which tells you when the next bus arrives at your bus stop.

External links

• Arriva UK bus official site
• Leicester Linx website