
Have you got your gammon yet? Is it slow cooked in Cola and full of warming sweet brown sugar? This is your LAST CHANCE WARNING that the shops are closing for 36 hours. Go grab the last of the satsuma, make sure you have enough carrots for each of the reindeer and have Die Hard recorded to the DVR.
These are the service summaries for Christmas Eve – Wednesday 24th December.
Alton, Bordon and Petersfield
Saturday service except:
- Service 38 runs a special timetable.
Andover
Stagecoach South will be running a Saturday service on most services. A weekday timetable will run on:
- Activ8 to Salisbury,
- Service 66 & 67 between Tidworth & Salisbury
- Service 87 between Andover and Salisbury
- Service 5 will run two trips (only) at 0945 and 1245
Last Trips
King Arthurs Way Service 1: 2037
East Anton Service 2: 2105
Picket Twenty Service 3: 2110
Service 76: 1950 from Andover / 2050 from Basingstoke
Activ8: Last Stagecoach trips 1945 from Salisbury & 2015 Andover to Tidworth
[Salisbury Reds will run all their trips]
Basingstoke
Saturday service except:
- Stagecoach Service 16 will also run on Monday out to Dummer and Steventon.
- Newbury & District Flightline 731 to Frimley & Heathrow will run a weekday timetable
Last Buses
The last buses can be found on the Stagecoach South page here.
Bournemouth & Poole
morebus & Damory will be running a Saturday service except for the following weekday timetables:
- Bournemouth services 18, 24, 33, 737
- Rural services 38
- New Forest services 112, 119, 120, 191, Ringo
- X-brand services X1, X2, X3, X6, X8
Services not running
There is a reduced service on the m1 and m2. There will be no Nightbus N1, N2 or N5 trips.
The 00:10 service 1a from Bournemouth to Christchurch will not run
Fareham & Gosport
First Solent will be running a Saturday service across the majority of the network, with the following exceptions:
- Service 11 – Weekday timetable
- Service 21 – Weekday timetable
- Service 28 & 28A – Weekday timetable
Last buses on the First Solent network can be found here.
Stagecoach South service 69 is running a Saturday service. The last trips are at 2035 Winchester – Waltham Chase & 2113 Waltham Chase – Winchester.
Isle of Wight
Southern Vectis will run a normal weekday timetable.
Portsmouth & Havant
Both First Solent and Stagecoach South will be running a Saturday service across most of it’s network, with two exceptions. The following services will run a weekday service:
- Hoverbus H1 serving Hovertravel with an early finish
- Tipner Park & Ride PR1
- (Closed Service) QA1 for the NHS Staff Car Parking
- Service 27 between Rowlands Castle, Havant and Emsworth
The last buses will run as shown on the Stagecoach South page and First Solent page.
South Dorset
First Wessex are planning to run a Saturday service, with a few exceptions. I have so much faith, I will just direct you to their timetables page instead.
Damory CR8 are running a weekday (school holiday) service between Weymouth and Blandford.
Southampton
Bluestar are running a Saturday service, but with a large list of exceptions:
Weekday timetables
- BS6 from Lymington & The New Forest
- 21 to Shirley
- Services 28 & 28a for Chilworth Science Park
- H1 & H2 in Hythe
- PRH – The General Hospital private staff shuttle
- X7 & X7R from Salisbury and Romsey
- QuayConnect
A Reduced Timetable
- All Day
- BS1 to Chandlers Ford & Winchester
- Evenings
- BS2 to Eastleigh and FairOak
- BS9 to Hythe / Fawley / Calshot
- BS16 to Townhill Park
- Cross City BS17 & BS18 services
- BS20 to Townhill Park
- BS61 21:12 and 22:10 trips WILL NOT RUN
No Service
- PR1 Adanac Park & Ride
- Nightbus services
First Solent are running a Saturday service on its routes into the City on the X4 and X5.
I presume Xelabus are running the Hoppa(?)
Winchester
A Saturday service will run on all services except the 49 & 49h and the Winchester Park & Ride.
Last trips will run according to this list.
Did you get a Christmas Turkey? Within hours of telling you where I got mine, most of the stores around me sold out!

