Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you are out and about chasing the best Christmas Turkey of the year – there are reduced bus services across most of the region in the run up to Christmas. Remember, remember though, it is still a weekday in…
Category: First Hampshire & Dorset
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…
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…
Eclipse Diverting off the BRT
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing an increase in bored teenagers, First Solent have taken the decision to remove all Eclipse services on routes E1 and E2 from the Fareham to Gosport busway. This will apply 24 hours a day until at least Monday 8th…
New School Year – First Solent
Reading Time: 3 minutesUpdates: A really badly edited map and details for the new F1 and F2 routes. The new school year is coming, it almost feels like the old school year has just ended! We are less than 56 days to September…
A quick round-up
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s one of those quick round-ups again as I have been a little busy ( or negligent ) and not been able to post the timely updates you are used to. It’s okay, I just have this massive backlog that…
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…
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…
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…