£9.45m BSIP24 funding awarded from the DfT

We are pleased to confirm that we have been awarded £9.45m of funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) to help us deliver our projects under our Bus Service Improvement Plan 2024 (BSIP24) for 2025/26.

The projects we are planning to fund and deliver by March 2026 are detailed below:

Revenue Funding:

  • Improve the existing commercial network

  • Provide fare initiatives on our multi-operator Flexi ticketing scheme

  • Improve the roadside outside of the city centre

  • Expand the Leicester Buses brand and promote Leicester Buses

  • Maintai our existing RTI infrastructure

  • Maintain the existing supported network

Capital Funding:

  • Continue our investment into electric vehicles for the core network.