As with all the operators at the moment, Yellow Buses have reduced weekday services from today. I regret that although I did see the announcement towards the end of last week, but work and things have caused more headaches as Lockdown continues.
Yellow Buses are basically moving most of their higher frequency core services to a Saturday timetable. This means that there is a marked reduction in operating hours and frequencies. Services that are contracted to Bournemouth Council are largely not affected, as well as services that normally run weekdays only.
Saturday and Sunday services themselves are not affected.
Yellow Routes now on Saturday Services
The following services will now run to a Saturday service 6 days a week:
- Services 1 / 1a / 1b between Poole – Bournemouth – Southbourne – Somerford / New Milton
- Service 2 between Bournemouth – Castlepoint and Bearwood
(every 15 minutes from Town to Hospital) - Service 3 between Westbourne – Bournemouth – Castlepoint and Bournemouth Hospital
(Early morning services to the Hospital will continue to run) - Service 4 between Bournemouth – Winton and Castlepoint
- Service 4a between Bournemouth – Winton and Moordown
(Note the extension to Bear Cross is suspended) - Service 5 / 5a between Bournemouth – Winton and Kinson
- Service 6 between Bournemouth – Winton – Wallisdown and Wimbourne
(Note the extension to Canford Bottom is suspended)
Normal Weekday Timetables
Normal weekday timetables will operate on services where there is not necessarily a different, or indeed any service on a Saturday:
- Service 6h – the key worker service from Wimbourne to RBH
- Service 12 between Alum Chine and Boscombe Pier
- BCP Tendered Service 18 between Bournemouth and Broadstone
- Service 21 between Christchurch and Bransgore
- Service 31 – the key worker service from Christchurch to RBH and Castlepoint
- BCP Tendered Service 33 between Bournemouth and Christchurch
- BCP Tendered Service 36 between Talbot Rise and Kinson
- Service 737 between Bournemouth, the Aviation Business Park and the Airport
All details, timetables and extra schools services for some routes are available on the Yellow Buses website. The have ensured that their COVID dedicated service page has also been updated with the link.