Reading Time: 3 minutesI had hoped to be able to bring you various bits of news on a week of travels last week. Indeed I did go to Southampton and Reading, with the former telling you about changes to car parks, bus hubs…
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Southampton Re-development Forward
Reading Time: 4 minutesNow, way back during the pandemic, I told you about the plans that Southampton had with their Transporting Cities Fund and some of the big changes that they are hoping will bring public transport in Southampton forward. Some of these…
Quickest Cancellation in History?
Reading Time: 3 minutesUPDATED Saturday 5th February: Simon Gard, Operations Manager of Southampton Mini Link advises on Facebook that the Marwell (Not Zoo) service has been withdrawn because a competing operator has now registered to run the service on a commercial rather than…
Bluestar to Add Back Buses
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis coming weekend, Bluestar are adding buses back into it’s cross-ciry services and bringing them back towards their pre-pandemic levels. This service increase is being attributed to increasing staffing levels. Bluestar 17 between Adanac Park – General Hospital – City…
New Operator for Marwell
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is one of those services that has been run on and off for many years, but has never seemed to make enough money for an operator to be running it for long. As we emerge from the dark and…
Ding! Ding! Tickets Please!
Reading Time: 4 minutesNot a service update that will bring delight to you. A number of operators have announced changes to their ticket arrangements and prices that are taking affect soon. This means that you might find your ticket is no longer available,…
Changes at Basingstoke from 06 February
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was warning about this a few weeks ago, but Stagecoach South have taken a butchers knife to the services in Basingstoke and have made substantial cuts to it’s services from two weeks time. Now some might say, that sunshine…
Changes at Weymouth from Sunday
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNot sure how I have missed this for 10 days, but there are small changes to First Wessex from Sunday. Service 4 to Preston will now operate Every 30 Minutes six days a week.Services X51 and X53 will have alterations…
First vs Mini Link ?
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough Southampton Mini Link have only just cancelled their weekday service between Southampton and Ringwood, they have announced an expansion to services within the City. The ‘temporary’ suspension of service 5 through the New Forest, due to staff isolating, has…
Changes to First Solent – 9th January
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs with all the bus operators across the South, First Bus is not alone in having to alter timetables straight into the New Year in order to keep buses running. Even the lure of having up to a £3,000 signing…