Arriva Fox County

Arriva Fox County is a bus company which provides bus services in Leicester and Leicestershire. It is part of Arriva Midlands, and a subsidiary of Arriva.

Arriva Fox County

Wright Pulsar Gemini boded VDL DB250 in Melton Mowbray in April 2009
Parent	Arriva Midlands
Founded	6 September 1981
Headquarters	Thurmaston
Service area	Leicester, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Ashby de la Zouch, Burton upon Trent, Lutterworth, Hinckley, Nuneaton, Blaby, Market Harborough
Service type	Bus services
Depot(s)	4
Web site	www.arrivabus.co.uk/Midlands

History

Arriva Fox County was formed in 1981, as Midland Red East the old Midland Red bus company broke up, and it changed its name to Midland Fox in 1984.

In late 2006, a new "Leicester Linx" brand was introduced for services in Leicester.

Arriva Fox County Media

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  Midland Fox Marshall BET bodied Leyland Leopard at Coalville depot

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  A variety of Midland Fox vehicles at South Wigston depot in 1991

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  East Lancs European bodied Scania L113 in Nottingham in September 2007

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  Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC in Loughborough operating service 127 to Leicester

Other websites

• Arriva UK bus official site
• Leicester Linx website Archived 2010-05-14 at the Wayback Machine