Having recovered from the eggnog, enjoy far too much Asti and eaten what feels like many Peppa Pig wrapped in George Pigs; I hope you are enjoying your Christmas Time as we head feet first into Boris’ next announcement of a lockdown…. will he do it tonight?
Most of the big supermarkets and shops are shut. Some bus services are shuttered too! This is what is happening out and about on the buses of Boxing Day.
Areas of Hampshire and Dorset with NO BUSES TODAY
- First Wessex
- Southampton Mini Link
- Stagecoach South – Andover
- Stagecoach South – Basingstoke
- Stagecoach South – Winchester
- Stagecoach South – Chichester
This also means NO SERVICE 700 in Portsmouth - Xelabus
Normal Sunday Services
This year Boxing Day is on a Sunday. This means that we have two bank holidays coming up, but many operators are running a Sunday timetable across their services:
Bluestar
Sunday services will run on SOME services:
Bluestar 1 between Southampton and Winchester
Bluestar 2 to Eastleigh and Fair Oak
Bluestar 4 to Southampton and Romsey
Bluestar 16 to Townhill Park
Red Funnels QuayConnect
morebus
Poole routes 4 (Wimbourne), 5 and 6 (Oakdale and Canford Heath), 8 and 9 (Hamworthy, Turlin Moore and Creekmore), 14 (across the North of BCP to the Hospital),
Bournemouth routes 13 (Wimbourne)
Bournmouth to Poole routes 16 & 17 (via Alderney and Rossmore)
Breezer 40 Poole to Swanage
X3 Bournemouth to Ringwood and Salisbury
X8 Poole to Blandford
Stagecoach South
Only routes operating in Portsmouth, Havant and Waterlooville are running today. Exceptions to this are 700 and Hoverbus which are both suspended.
Southern Vectis
All Isle of Wight services are running to a Sunday timetable
Special Timetables
Bluestar
Service 9 to Totton, Hythe and Fawley
Service 12 to Totton and Calmore
Cross-City Service 17 between Weston, City, General Hospital, Lordshill and Adnac Park
Cross-City Service 18 between Thornhill, Bitterne, City, Shirley and Millbrook
First City Red – ONLY these services run
Cross-City Service 2 between Weston, City, Shirley and Millbrook
Service 3 to Shirley, General Hospital and Lordshill
Service 7 to Portswood and Townhill
morebus
core services m1 & m2 between Poole, Bounremouth and Southbourne / Castlepoint
Breezer 50 between Bournemouth, Sandbanks and Swanage (via the Sandbanks Ferry)
Yellow Buses – ONLY these services run
1, 1a & 1b Poole to Bournemouth, Pokesdown and Christchurch
Service 2 to Castlepoint and Kinson
Service 3 to Castlepoint and the Hospital
Service 5 & 5a to Winton, East / West Howe and Kinson