It’s 90 years since the City of Leicester Tramways Dept took a bold step forward and introduced a small fleet of single deck buses to the streets of our city. To celebrate this bold move First Leicester (the present day company whose lineage can be traced back to the City of Leicester Tramways Dept) has marked the occasion by painting two vehicles in their modern fleet in heritage liveries.
First Leicester are to be congratulated on such a wonderful gesture. This vehicle symbolises the very beginnings of a motor bus service that grew and eventually replaced our tramway network and flourished into the services First Leicester operate today. Both vehicles look stunning and the quality of workmanship that went into this early paint scheme, not only its application but also adapting the design tastefully to fit the curves of a modern Wright bodied Volvo, is superb.
After unveiling the livery to the Mayor and invited guests, the two modern vehicles, accompanied by two former Leicester City Transport Leyland Pd3’s, embarked on a tour of the original 1924 route to Evington and then on to Oadby for a guest reception at the Racecourse.
