New Year – New Service at First Wessex

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUpdated: First Wessex have this morning published a timetable for the new service – on a three month trial. It will start on Monday 9th January. While we await news of whether the X54 will run over Christmas, for which…

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Changes at First Solent

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt was a bit saddening to see the First Southampton cancellations filtering through the service registrations this week as the City Red network is brought to a close. Over in First Solent land, there are also a number of service…

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Christmas in Wessex

Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Tis the season to be jolly,But I have a cracking headache,And it’s not a hangover, as I have not been drinking! I know, the seasonal lull of mood and cold weather is in full swing. When you are standing out…

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First to Close Southampton

Reading Time: 5 minutesI know. One of the busiest days that I have had in a long time and First Southampton uses it to announce that the City Red operation is closing down. Many of you will have seen me commenting on social…

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First Solent at Christmas

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn one of those “RaRe, BeAsT, ThRaSh” moments; I feel a bit Deja vu when I say this, but we have a third occasion in one season’s tidings that I am going to say NEW. We are back with the…

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Funding for Even More Buses in Portsmouth?

Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Early morning and late weekend services for Portsmouth have been registered by Stagecoach.

First Southampton at Christmas

Reading Time: 3 minutesWould YOU run a bus service for a Boxing Day home football game against another South Coast team?

Stagecoach at Christmas

Reading Time: 4 minutesStagecoach are running a pretty much expected service level over Christmas…. with one exception

Fares Up! Wessex Edition

Reading Time: 2 minutesSo, if you have hit the eggnog with the latest Government Autumn Statement – then we add logs to the fire as the south’s bus operators have announced that they are putting up bus fares in December. There is a…

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