Hop!
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Hop! is a circular bus route in Leicester, England.
History[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ a b "Free Hop electric bus service starts in Leicester city centre". BBC News. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Richardson, Hannah (3 April 2023). "New free bus linking key Leicester locations up and running". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "More than 12,000 trips taken on Leicester's new free buses". BBC News. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Kathryn (18 March 2023). "'Hop' aboard the new E9 zero-emission buses in Leicester". Pelican Yutong. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Free electric bus service gets ready to hop around the shops". news.leicester.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Hop!". Leicester Buses. Retrieved 8 May 2023.