| Number: | Hop! |
| Bgcolor: | Green |
| Titlecolor: | white |
| Operator: | Centrebus |
| Vehicle: | Yutong E9 |
| Pvr: | 3 |
| Start: | Haymarket Bus Station |
| Via: | Savoy Street (Stand BC) St Peter's Lane Causeway Lane St Nicholas Circle Southgates Welford Road Tower Street Nelson Mandela Park Leicester Railway Station Granby Street Charles Street |
| End: | Haymarket Bus Station |
| Frequency: | upto every 10 mins (peak times & Saturday)/every 8 mins (Mon-Fri daytime off peak) |
| Day: | 08:00-18:00 |
| Time: | 20-26 mins |
Hop! is a free anti-clockwise circular bus route operating around the City Centre in Leicester, England.
The service was introduced on 3 April 2023.[1] [2] In its first 23 days of operation, 12,000 trips were taken on the service.[3]
The service is free-of-charge and operates up to every 10 minutes Monday to Friday peak times and all day Saturday and as a result of high passenger numbers, the Monday to Friday off-peak service was increased to every 8 minutes from April 2024. It is operated by Centrebus using three Yutong E9 electric buses.[4] [5]
Hop! operates as an anti-clockwise circular service calling at the stops shown below:[6]
| Stops served in order: | |
|---|---|
| Savoy Street (for St Margaret's Bus Station) | |
| St Peter's Lane (Stand AA) (for Clock Tower) | |
| Causeway Lane (Stand AD) (for Highcross Leicester) | |
| St Nicholas Circle (SB) | |
| Southgates | |
| Welford Road (for De Montfort University) | |
| Tower Street (for Leicester Royal Infirmary) | |
| Nelson Mandela Park (for Leicester Tigers and King Power Stadium) | |
| Granby Street (for Leicester Market) | |
| Charles Street (Stand CK) (for Curve Theatre) | |
| Haymarket Bus Station |