First Bus Leeds have posted details of some changes to local bus services which will come into effect on Saturday 18 February. For most Headingley and Hyde Park buses this simply means revised timetables to improve punctuality, but the following two services will have more substantial changes:

Number 1: Some additional University Term Time evening short journeys will run from Monday – Saturday between Leeds and West Park, as service 1A.

Number 56: Journeys towards Moor Grange (i.e. out of town) will be re-routed along Hyde Park Road and Victoria Road rather than Royal Park Road, Queen’s Road and Chestnut Avenue, to avoid problems with parked vehicles.

The changes to the number 56 route are particularly important for people living along Royal Park Road, Queen’s Road and Chestnut Avenue who have been used to being able to get the bus to these areas from town. The new route means that the bus will no longer be going directly along these streets. Please share this post if you have friends living in this area, to make sure that they are aware of the changes.

You can see full details of the changes at the First Leeds website.