Emily Whitlam reports from Leicester, a city which recently held a spectacular event to mark the 100th anniversary of its municipal motorbus services
For the second time in two weeks, CBW is heading to Leicester, although this time not to look at the city’s newest, green buses, but its heritage.
Leicester Transport Heritage Trust’s ‘100 Years of Municipal Motor Omnibuses in Leicester’ event, held on Saturday 27 July 2024, marked the centenary of public bus services in my home city. There were 13 vehicle attendees in total on the day, comprising a mixture of the Trust’s collection and privately-owned preserved buses – all of which were wearing various iterations of the iconic Leicester City Transport cream and maroon livery from over the years.
The celebration was held across two sites: LTHT’s Stoneygate tram depot (an Edwardian building constructed in 1904, which is located just outside of the city borders and had the capacity to hold up to six trams at a time during its heyday) and De Montfort Hall, the city’s largest music venue belonging to Leicester City Council. All of the vehicles involved were parked up in the grounds of De Montfort Hall, located close to Victoria Park, whilst not being used to provide free shuttles between the sites, apart from ex-LCT fleet number 329 (registered CBC 921) and 163 (TBC 163) which were only there on display.
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