Passenger transport
Leicestershire County Council recognises the important role that passenger transport services can play in keeping people and places connected, especially in a rural county such as Leicestershire, helping to provide transport choice and reducing private car travel to help cut congestion and limit emissions.
Facilitating and supporting an appropriate mix of services, working with communities and commercial and third sector operators, remains a key aim for us. Set against the national backdrop and of the Council’s challenging funding situation, we will continue to seek to:
- meet statutory requirements
- help us deliver our strategic priorities and outcomes
- support the people of Leicestershire in accessing key services
Our Passenger Transport Policy, and the associated Passenger Transport Strategy, were updated in December 2023, responding to the Government’s National Bus Strategy, local context and funding levels. Our updated policy and strategy enables us to support our communities and commercial bus operators in providing a more resilient and secure passenger transport network.
The policy and strategy provides a valuable overview of our role in helping to deliver passenger transport services, our broad priorities and how we will deliver these priorities, working in collaboration with other parties, including through our Enhanced Partnership (EP) with commercial bus operators operating in Leicestershire.
In support of the Governments National Bus Strategy ‘Bus Back Better’, which was published in March 2021, we adopted a Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) and entered into an EP with commercial bus operators operating in Leicestershire. The BSIP and EP continue to set out our ambitions and commitment to improving passenger transport provision in Leicestershire in support of our communities:
View further information on passenger transport.
Leicester and Leicestershire Rail Strategy
A review of the rail strategy will take place to identify whether it is still fit for purpose.