Leicester Skylink

If you are travelling to and from Leicester, take the high quality 24-hour Skylink bus service. It’s fast, frequent and reliable, running every 30 minutes during the day and hourly through the night, seven days a week.  Bus tickets can be purchased from the bus driver or from the Airport Information Desk.

Skylink is family friendly, offering excellent value fares, plenty of luggage space, clean and comfortable seating, friendly drivers, easy low floor access for pushchairs and wheelchairs and the bus stops directly outside the terminal building.

The service departs from St Margaret’s Bus Station in Leicester.

Some services during the early hours start at Gravel Street due to the bus station being closed.

On the following dates these events are taking place at Donington Park, customers should allow extra time on these dates: 

         3rd – 5th May (Donington Historic Festival)

         24th – 26th May (FIM Superbike World Championship)

         14th – 16th June (Download Festival - Camping On Site Begins Wednesday 12th June)

         9th – 11th August (Classic Motorcycle Festival )

         31 Aug – 1st Sept (Superstars, GT Sprint & Auto GP Championships)

         6th – 8th Sept (MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship)

The service will not operate on Christmas Day but will resume with the Boxing Day timetable. The timetable will then be continuous, 24/7, until Christmas Eve 2013.

Timetable

Our timetable is available in a handy format for easy downloading and printing.

Download Timetable

Boxing Day Timetable

New Years Timetable

Route

Skylink Bus Stops

Fares
 
Adult Single£6.80
Adult Anytime Return1£12 / €14
Child Singlehalf price
Child Anytime Return1half price
Family Anytime Return (up to five)2£14.00 / €16*
10-trip Kinchkard3£25.00
Concessions4Free/half fare
 

Terms & Conditions

  1. Valid for three months
  2. Up to 5 people, maximum 2 adults valid for one month
  3. Regular passengers – Travel for less with an easycard from Leicester to East Midlands Airport, which provides 10 single journeys on each card, valid for 3 months
  4. National concessionary scheme for people aged over 60 and/or with disabilities – contact your local authority for more details
  5. *Exact change needed for payment in Euro

Bus Stop Map

Skylink Bus Stop Map


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