Ho Ho Ho!
While I am busy working out if Southampton Mini Link has been naughty or nice, I am going to no way be the First to prematurely wish you a Merry Christmas. So-lent me your ears and look to the Blue-star as we Go-Ahead run down a less cheesy look at the Christmas Eve service levels. Now, I could not get anywhere with trying to keyword stuff Stagecoach in there too, so before this paragraph goes South, grab a glass of Bucks Fizz and …. Etc, etc.
Running a Full Weekday Timetable
Some operators are running their Council supported services to a full weekday timetable, most of these finish in the early evening anyway so it makes sense:
Bluestar
Services 35 and 39 in the Romsey area.
Hythe town services H1 and H2
Red Funnel Shuttle – the QuayConnect
First Wessex
All services – yes, including the last Portland’s who will SEE SANTA!
morebus
Long-distance X prefixed services (X1/X2 to Lymington, X3 to Ringwood and Salisbury, X6 to Ringwood, X8 to Blandford)
Community services 23 and 24 in the Christchurch area
New Forest services 119, 125, 191, 193, RINGO, CANGO
Southern Vectis
ALL services will run their normal Friday timetable – the only exception is the Friday only night bus services, which DO NOT RUN.
Stagecoach South
Andover – Service 5 to Thuxton, 7 & 7a to Newbury, 66 and 67
Basingstoke – Service 16 to Dummer and Steventon
Winchester – Service 46 to North Baddesley and 63 to Owslbury
Xelabus
All services
Yellow Buses
Services 4a, 18, 33 36
Friday Timetable with an Early Finish
Many services are going to be closing down early on Christmas Eve.
First City Red
Last services leave Southampton between 19:30 and 20:00 – Full details here.
First Solent
Last services leave their starting points between 19:30 and 20:00 – Full details here.
Southampton Mini Link
Last service to run today is the 13:15 from Southampton, arriving Ringwood at 14:05
Stagecoach Hoverbus (see below for other services)
19:26 from Clarence Pier (Hover terminal) to Guildhall (only)
Yellow Buses 6h and 737 (see below for other services)
Last evening trips are cancelled. Dedicated timetables are here.
Full Saturday Timetable
Most Bluestar and more bus slices are running a full Saturday timetable on Christmas Eve. If it is not listed above as running a weekday service, then its a Saturday timetable for you.
There are also extra buses running on some routes:
Bluestar:
| Route | Extra Early Morning Journeys |
| Bluestar 5 | 0705 from Eastleigh to Romsey and 0745 from Romsey to Eastleigh |
| Bluestar 9 | 0527 Langley to Southampton |
| Bluestar 12 | 0555 from Calmore to Southampton and 0625 from Southampton to Calmore |
morebus:
| Route | Time | Journey |
| 5 | 05:51 | Tollerford Road to Poole |
| 8 | 05:48 | Poole to Poole |
| 9 | 05:52 | Turlin Moor to Poole |
| 13 | 06:37 | Merley to Bournemouth |
| 14 | 06:12 | Kinson to Poole |
| 16 | 06:14 | Branksome to Poole |
| 16 | 06:51 | The 0651 from Branksome to Poole will additionally serve Bournemouth Square at 0640 and Westbourne County Gates at 0647 |
| 17 | 05:45 | Poole to Bournemouth |
Saturday Timetable with an Early Finish:
Yellow Buses:
Yellow Buses core services are running to a Saturday service today.
Most services will have their last buses from Bournemouth between 17:00 and 18:00, but there are some exceptions. Full details here.
Stagecoach South:
Most Stagecoach South services are running a Saturday timetable today.
Most services will be closed down by 9pm, but some areas are running a little later:
Andover
Basingstoke
Portsmouth
Winchester
From Little Old Me…..
