It’s Half Term!

Reading Time: 2 minutesThankfully, for most people in the Solent area, half-term has not meant lockdown and that means that bus services are running to their normal School Holiday timetables. This means that dedicated school buses will not run on their closed contracts.…

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Service Reductions in Southampton

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is going to be a long sore point for a small number of First Southampton’s bus users. Monday see’s another change to a small number of bus services in the city, but for the users of service 9 across…

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This Weekend’s Changes 02 – 04 October

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe autumn is finally with us as Storm Alex batters the Solent. Bus and train operators are already dealing with the elements and even the Sandbanks Ferry lay out of action for part of Friday! Bus operators are also making…

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More First in Weymouth

Reading Time: 2 minutesFirst Wessex, the Dorset arm of First Hampshire & Dorset, have announced more buses across Weymouth from next weekend. The changes are taking effect on 05 October. The COVID Page suggests that these are only minor changes to the timetable…

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More Buses across Waterlooville

Reading Time: 2 minutesFirst Solent have published their next round of improvements for bus services in Waterlooville. The Hilsea depot of First Hampshire & Dorset seem to be competing with their colleagues in Hoeford as to which depot is back to full service…

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Stagecoach Locks Down Late Night

Reading Time: 2 minutesStagecoach South have announced that this will be the last weekend of their late evening bus services in both Basingstoke and Winchester. This is because of the effects of the 10pm lockdown in pubs, bars and nightclubs, and the lack…

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Changes Summary – 27 September

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow are you? Just because this blog’s primary job is to bring you Hampshire bus service updates, it does not mean we do not care. In my daytime line of work, I have seen people becoming more despondent about life…

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First Portsmouth Changes – 27 September

Reading Time: 3 minutesSo last week, we were talking about the changes to the Eclipse and high frequency services out of the Fareham. Portsmouth gets it’s own service increases next Monday as well, maybe Hilsea Depot felt left out or something? More buses…

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First Solent Changes – 21 September

Reading Time: 2 minutesFirst Hampshire in the Portsmouth and Fareham areas are improving their services from Monday. These are only affecting weekday timetables and only really improving the busier routes. Marc Reddy, who is the Managing Director across First Hampshire and Dorset (so…

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The Bus for BU is BAck

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe team at morebus introduced a largely pre-COVID timetable just 5 days ago, but they are now at it again. This time around the changes are more minor and/or seasonal in nature. We have already intimated that this was happening,…

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