Changes at Stagecoach – New School Term

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With the schools heading back to isolation in September, bus operators are starting to publish details of their new school services. This also means though that other timetables will change around them, and the current COVID rules mean that actually, they can still be made at relatively short notice.

This time around, it is the turn of Stagecoach South. Some parts of their network is reliant on schools and college work to maintain frequencies for other users, and in places this reflects. It should be remembered though, that most of these services are back to being fully available to the public, so full of germ-riddled, noisy children.

Basingstoke

Starting from the North of our area, changes are taking effect from Sunday 29th August:

• Service 2 re-gains it’s 12 minute weekday frequency between Basingstoke and Baughurst
• Service 5 has some changes after the morning peak for Oakridge
• Service 8 has an extra bus in the circuit for the morning peak.
• Service 76 schools journeys will be renumbered as 676 – 76 services will no longer divert to the South of Basingstoke.
  
• Major changes: Services 13 (and 13x) and 23 (and 23x) are completely overhauled to integrate with new Alton College session times
• Major changes: The Link between Newbury and Basingstoke has a new timetable and still no Kingclere short trips
  
• New Service: New service 20 will start running between Basingstoke, Chineham Business Park and the new Vyne Park residential estate. This is a half-hourly service starting on Tuesday 31st August

Winchester

Heading South to the old capital; Winchester has changes associated with Kings School, Peter Symmonds, Sparsholt and more.

• Minor changes to service 3 and service 5 will offer improvements, and the Kings School 605 will become a service 5 and available for public use.
• Minor changes to service 7 will allow students to arrive at Sparsholt in time for their 0930 lessons.
• Service 69 will start using Quay Street again.
• Service 85 and it’s school variants will be revised will also revise to cater for an 0930 start.

Andover

• Minor changes to service 5 (with all journeys re-opened to the public) and 13 (one morning journey for Vigo School)

Portsmouth

Updated 27 August as these changes take place on Sunday 5th September

• Minor changes affect the services between Alton, Petersfield and Havant.
  • Service 37X will have a new timetable to reflect changes at Alton College
  • Service 737 will have minor changes to reflect changes at South Downs
• On Friday 3rd September – some services will run a school day timetable as Oaklands, Eggars and Amery Hill are open.