May 2025: Changes at First Wessex

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs with Go South Coast, First Bus are making it’s summer changes to services across Weymouth and the Jurassic Coast on Sunday 25th May. Between the Weymouth and Swanage areas, there can be quite a variety of vehicles and colour…

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May 2025: Summer Uplift at Southern Vectis

Reading Time: 3 minutesWith thanks to Clive for reminding me that I saw it, Southern Vectis are pushing out their summer uplift on Saturday 24th & Sunday May 25th alongside most of the other operators in the area. Regular perveyors of the Isle…

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May 2025: Changes at morebus

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe summer uplift at morebus begins with a more rounded change to a number of the longstanding bus route for residents around Bournemouth and Poole, as well some changes to the usual range of tourist routes… just in time for…

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Six Weeks of Updates

Reading Time: 4 minutesI know, I am sorry. It’s been six weeks since I have had a random moan about things to do with buses, trains and trying to make things easier and better. Unfortunately a quite unique combination of events meant that…

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April 2025: Hampshire County Council funding changes

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs we have noted over the last 15 months, Hampshire County Council have consulted and then largely not taken much notice of residents views about the changes to bus service funding. From April 1st there are changes to a number…

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First Solent – Strike Suspended

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNow last week, there were press reports that First Solent had imposed a pay award on bus drivers based at Hoeford bus depot after failing to make any significant progress in talks. In the last 24 hours though, it appears…

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April 2025: Stagecoach Portsmouth timetables

Reading Time: 6 minutesLast week I posted about the changes to the Stagecoach South “Havant and Greater Portsmouth” timetable changes on 6th April, that are bringing in a raft of split and new services to Havant and the City of Portsmouth. There were…

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April 2025: Stagecoach Portsmouth service changes

Reading Time: 4 minutesStagecoach South have announced that there are upcoming changes in the Portsmouth and Havant area for many of it’s services on 6th April 2025. Some of these changes are in partnership with Portsmouth City Council and funded by the Bus…

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February Strike Timetables at First Solent

Reading Time: 4 minutesNow that everyone has started buying their First Week bus tickets, First Solent have finally released the timetables that they are planning to operate during the upcoming industrial action. Bus drivers based at the First Solent depot in Hoeford have…

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February 2025: Bluestar Bus Service Changes

Reading Time: 5 minutesAn important point of order: Have I really got no up to date pictures from Southampton? The featured image was from march last year! Hot on the heels of our post about changes at First Solent, we come with more…

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