5A Haymarket Bus Station ↔ Windsor Street
Operated by Arriva Midlands. First bus 06:20, last bus 19:25. 40 journeys on weekdays.
✅ The 5A is confirmed in the national fare cap — single fares cost at most £3
until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Source: GOV.UK.
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Timetable
Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.
towards Windsor Street · Monday to Friday towards Windsor Street · Saturday towards Haymarket Bus Station · Monday to Friday towards Haymarket Bus Station · Saturday
| Haymarket Bus Station (Stand HN) | 06:20 | 07:00 | 07:45 | 08:15 | 08:45 | 09:15 | 09:45 | 10:15 | 10:45 | 11:15 | 11:45 | 12:15 | 12:45 | 13:15 | 13:45 | 14:15 | 14:45 | 15:15 | 15:45 | 16:15 | 16:50 | 17:50 | 19:25 |
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| Sainsbury's (opp) | 06:33 | 07:13 | 08:01 | 08:30 | 09:00 | 09:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 | 12:00 | 12:30 | 13:00 | 13:30 | 14:00 | 14:30 | 15:05 | 15:35 | 16:03 | 16:33 | 17:08 | 18:07 | 19:38 |
| Canal Street (adj) | 06:39 | 07:19 | 08:07 | 08:36 | 09:06 | 09:36 | 10:06 | 10:36 | 11:06 | 11:36 | 12:06 | 12:36 | 13:06 | 13:36 | 14:06 | 14:36 | 15:11 | 15:41 | 16:09 | 16:39 | 17:14 | 18:13 | 19:44 |
| Health Centre (outside) | 06:47 | 07:27 | 08:17 | 08:46 | 09:15 | 09:45 | 10:15 | 10:45 | 11:15 | 11:45 | 12:15 | 12:45 | 13:15 | 13:45 | 14:15 | 14:45 | 15:20 | 15:50 | 16:18 | 16:48 | 17:23 | 18:22 | 19:53 |
| Primrose Way (adj) | 06:51 | 07:31 | 08:21 | 08:50 | 09:19 | 09:49 | 10:19 | 10:49 | 11:19 | 11:49 | 12:19 | 12:49 | 13:19 | 13:49 | 14:19 | 14:49 | 15:24 | 15:54 | 16:22 | 16:52 | 17:27 | 18:26 | 19:57 |
| Horse & Groom (opp) | 06:53 | 07:33 | 08:23 | 08:52 | 09:22 | 09:52 | 10:22 | 10:52 | 11:22 | 11:52 | 12:22 | 12:52 | 13:22 | 13:52 | 14:22 | 14:52 | 15:27 | 15:57 | 16:25 | 16:55 | 17:30 | 18:29 | 20:00 |
| Pump Lane (opp) | 07:07 | 07:48 | 08:37 | 09:06 | 09:37 | 10:07 | 10:37 | 11:07 | 11:37 | 12:07 | 12:37 | 13:07 | 13:37 | 14:07 | 14:37 | 15:06 | 15:42 | 16:12 | 16:40 | 17:10 | 17:45 | 18:44 | 20:15 |
| John Ferneley College (inside) | · | 08:00 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Windsor Street (Stand W2) | 07:20 | 08:10 | 08:52 | 09:21 | 09:51 | 10:21 | 10:51 | 11:21 | 11:51 | 12:21 | 12:51 | 13:21 | 13:51 | 14:21 | 14:52 | 15:21 | 15:55 | 16:25 | 16:53 | 17:23 | 17:58 | 18:55 | 20:25 |
| Valley Road Shops (adj) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Crown Inn (outside) | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
Route map
All stops on route 5A
5A towards Windsor Street
- Haymarket Bus Station (Stand HN) Leicester
- Orchard Street (Stand BF) Leicester
- George Street (opp) Leicester
- Leicester College (adj) Belgrave
- Abbey Park Street (adj) Belgrave
- Donaldson Road (opp) Belgrave
- Law Street (adj) Belgrave
- Doncaster Road (opp) Belgrave
- Lexham Street (adj) Belgrave
- Arbour Road (opp) Belgrave
- Moores Road (opp) Belgrave
- Lancashire Street (opp) Belgrave
- Belgrave Police Station (opp) Belgrave
- Rushey Mead School (opp) Belgrave
- Uxbridge Road (adj) Belgrave
- Oakland Avenue (adj) Leicester
- Sainsbury's (opp) Leicester
- Alderton Close (adj) Leicester
- Manor Medical Centre (opp) Thurmaston
- Dorothy Avenue (adj) Thurmaston
- Bridge Park Road (corner) Thurmaston
- Lea Close (opp) Thurmaston
- Forest Avenue (adj) Thurmaston
- Canal Street (adj) Thurmaston
- Costco (adj) Thurmaston
- Roundhill College (opp) Thurmaston
- Barkby Lane (outside) Syston
- Wanlip Road (outside) Syston
- Rail Station (adj) Syston
- Albert Street (opp) Syston
- Brookside (adj) Syston
- Health Centre (outside) Syston
- Tentercroft Avenue (opp) Syston
- Wreake Valley College (adj) Syston
- New Zealand Lane (adj) Queniborough
- Syston Road (opp) Queniborough
- Avenue Road (opp) Queniborough
- Primrose Way (adj) Queniborough
- Willowbrook Way (opp) East Goscote
- Broome Lane (adj) East Goscote
- Grange Avenue (opp) Rearsby
- Horse & Groom (opp) Rearsby
- The Wheel (outside) Rearsby
- Brookside (adj) Rearsby
- Hives Farm (outside) Rearsby
- Brooksby Road (adj) Brooksby
- Gaddesby Lane (opp) Rotherby
- Great Lane (adj) Frisby-on-the-Wreake
- Station Lane (N Bound) Kirby Bellars
- Pump Lane (opp) Asfordby
- Hall Drive (opp) Asfordby
- Jubilee Avenue (adj) Asfordby
- All Saints Close (opp) Asfordby
- Parish Hall (outside) Asfordby
- Roseberry Avenue (adjacent) Asfordby Hill
- Primary School (adjacent) Asfordby Hill
- Collingwood Crescent (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Dorothy Avenue (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Brooksby College (opposite) Melton Mowbray
- Cattle Market (outside) Melton Mowbray
- Tennyson Way (outside) Melton Mowbray
- John Ferneley College (inside) Melton Mowbray
- Clark Drive (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Newport Avenue (adj) Melton Mowbray
- King Street (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Windsor Street (Stand W2) Melton Mowbray
- Egerton View (near) Melton Mowbray
- Aldi (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Valiant Way (adj) Melton Mowbray
- B&Q (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Kennet Way (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Valley Road Shops (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Severn Hill (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Hartland Drive (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Swallowdale School (opposite) Melton Mowbray
- Queensway (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Princess Drive (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Tudor Hill (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Cotswold Close (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Dorset Drive (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Gloucester Avenue (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Victoria Street (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Baldocks Lane (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Rail Station (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Crown Inn (outside) Melton Mowbray
5A towards Haymarket Bus Station
- John Ferneley College (inside) Melton Mowbray
- Clark Drive (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Windsor Street (Stand W2) Melton Mowbray
- Egerton View (near) Melton Mowbray
- Aldi (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Valiant Way (adj) Melton Mowbray
- B&Q (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Kennet Way (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Valley Road Shops (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Severn Hill (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Swallowdale School (opposite) Melton Mowbray
- Hartland Drive (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Queensway (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Tudor Hill (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Princess Drive (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Dorset Drive (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Cotswold Close (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Gloucester Avenue (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Baldocks Lane (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Victoria Street (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Rail Station (adj) Melton Mowbray
- Crown Inn (outside) Melton Mowbray
- College of Further Education (outside) Melton Mowbray
- Brooksby College (outside) Melton Mowbray
- Dorothy Avenue (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Collingwood Crescent (opp) Melton Mowbray
- Primary School (opposite) Asfordby Hill
- Roseberry Avenue (opposite) Asfordby Hill
- Parish Hall (opposite) Asfordby
- Jubilee Avenue (opp) Asfordby
- Pump Lane (adj) Asfordby
- All Saints Close (adj) Asfordby
- Hall Drive (adj) Asfordby
- Station Lane (S Bound) Kirby Bellars
- Great Lane (opp) Frisby-on-the-Wreake
- Gaddesby Lane (adj) Rotherby
- Brooksby Road (opp) Brooksby
- Brookside (opp) Rearsby
- Hives Farm (opp) Rearsby
- Horse & Groom (outside) Rearsby
- The Wheel (opp) Rearsby
- Broome Lane (opp) East Goscote
- Grange Avenue (adj) Rearsby
- Willowbrook Way (adj) East Goscote
- Primrose Way (opp) Queniborough
- Barkby Road (adj) Queniborough
- Avenue Road (adj) Queniborough
- Syston Road (adj) Queniborough
- New Zealand Lane (opp) Queniborough
- Wreake Valley College (opp) Syston
- Tentercroft Avenue (adj) Syston
- Health Centre (opp) Syston
- Brookside (opp) Syston
- Albert Street (adj) Syston
- Rail Station (opp) Syston
- Wanlip Road (opp) Syston
- Barkby Lane (adj) Syston
- Roundhill College (adj) Thurmaston
- Costco (opp) Thurmaston
- Canal Street (opp) Thurmaston
- Forest Avenue (opp) Thurmaston
- Lea Close (adj) Thurmaston
- Dorothy Avenue (opp) Thurmaston
- Manor Medical Centre (adj) Thurmaston
- Alderton Close (opp) Leicester
- Sainsbury's (adj) Leicester
- Oakland Avenue (opposite) Leicester
- Uxbridge Road (opp) Belgrave
- Belgrave Police Station (adj) Belgrave
- Lancashire Street (adj) Belgrave
- Moores Road (adj) Belgrave
- Arbour Road (adj) Belgrave
- Lexham Street (opp) Belgrave
- Doncaster Road (adj) Belgrave
- Brandon Street (adj) Belgrave
- Dysart Way (adj) Belgrave
- Leicester College (opp) Belgrave
- George Street (adj) Leicester
- Orchard Street (Stand BG) Leicester
- Haymarket Bus Station (Stand HN) Leicester
Service history & registered changes
- 🆕 Registered effective 30 Aug 2025 Operating between Derby and Derby given service number 5A / 5 effective from 30 August 2025. To amend Stopping Places.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
LeicesterMelton MowbrayBelgraveThurmastonSystonAsfordbyEast GoscoteRearsbyQueniboroughFrisby-on-the-WreakeKirby BellarsAsfordby Hill
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 5A bus?
The first 5A departure on weekdays leaves at 06:20 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 5A bus?
The last 5A on weekdays leaves its first stop at 19:25. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 5A bus cost?
The 5A is confirmed by GOV.UK as part of the national fare cap, so a single costs at most £3 until 31 December 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Arriva Midlands day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 5A bus?
The 5A is operated by Arriva Midlands.
Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.