Reading Time: 6 minutes<insert a witty ditty here><bah humbug> Stagecoach South have released their Christmas timetables and there are no great shakes (as a wise man to me oft says) although I sometimes wonder whether the sheer size of the operation now should…
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January 2026: Stagecoach Basingstoke Changes
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is not unusual for a bus company to make changes to services in January, simply because people come out of the seasonally lower frequencies and then they have a new timetable to come back to. Stagecoach South have decided…
First Solent Christmas schedules
Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter a few days break we are back to the Christmas schedules and thanks to the heads up from Tony, and the prompt email from First Bus, the seasonal schedule changes are upon us. It is not a change that…
First Wessex Christmas schedules
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst Wessex have announced their Christmas schedules for 2025 and with thanks to Tony for the heads up that they have appeared. I am going to go out on a limb and say that it is pretty much the standard…
Southern Vectis Christmas schedules
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlong chalk-white roads where sea winds roam,The green bus links each village home,From Brighstone trees to Cowes quay lights,Old friends swap news on winter nights. Through Ryde and Shanklin, rain or snow,Familiar drivers wave hello,Each stop a knot in ties…
morebus Christmas Schedules
Reading Time: 3 minutesThrough misty downs the morebus glides,By coastal towns where joy resides,Its windows glow through winter’s haze,While laughter warms December’s days. From Poole to Ringwood, Bournemouth Bay,It weaves through lights that softly play,Each traveller bound by season’s cheer,As Dorset dreams when…
Bluestar Christmas Schedules
Reading Time: 4 minutesThrough frosty lanes the Bluestars roam,Past candle-lit streets and fireside homes,Their headlights gleam through winter’s veil,Soft carols drift along their trail. From Winchester’s spire to Solent’s shore,They carry cheer from door to door,Each journey hums with yuletide grace,As Hampshire dreams…
HCC Consultation: Gosport and Fareham
Reading Time: 9 minutesHampshire County Council have recently released a draft strategy and consultation for public transport across the Gosport and Fareham area. This public consultation is something of a long-term aspiration of the Council, covering some 70 different idea and spanning the…
An October Roundup
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing all the changes for the start of the school year, there are a few more tweaks that are in the works that will affect services in the Portsmouth area coming up just before the school half-term break. Portsmouth –…
New Bluestar Park & Ride
Reading Time: 2 minutesBluestar have announced that from next weekend, Saturday 21st September, new Park & Ride services for Southampton. The services will be based out of the Adanac Park NHS Park & Ride site, which is used during the week to cater…