Reading Time: 2 minutesUpdated 18 December Ahead of the first strike action scheduled by First Solent tomorrow, the timetables and hoped service levels have appeared. If I am honest, I am surprised that there are as many buses planned to run on Hoeford…
Category: First Solent
Christmas Services at First
Reading Time: 5 minutesSolent’s misty shores Wessex hills draped white with frost Buses wind their way Through Portsmouth, Gosport’s bright streets Festive lights gleam on windows Welcome from another AI generated festive ditty and this time it should be clear, that it is…
Alternatives to the Bus Fare Cap
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Government recently announced in the autumn budget that the £2 bus fare cap, which is expiring on 31st December, will be replaced with a £3 bus fare cap for 2025. A total of £151 million is being committed to…
Changes in Bournemouth and Weymouth
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere have been a number of updates ongoing while I had to take a short break. Thank you to the many of you that have been sending me information over the last few weeks and I have been reading them,…
A July Roundup (in August)
Reading Time: 2 minutesI know, I know, I have been neglecting you recently and you have been getting your information from elsewhere. You know when you have so little time and so many things to do? Well I never made it to the…
The Not Stagecoach Roundup
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis update covers several transportation news bits. Xelabus Park and Ride for Southsea resumes for the summer, details on its schedule and special event adjustments are provided. Go South Coast reports changes like the Boscombe Beach Bus route adjustment and New Forest Tour restarting. First Solent cancels extensions to Botley on service 28 due to low usage and adjusts stop timings. South West Coaches reintroduces its Haven Holiday Park service for the summer season.
Solent Ranger Changes
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo a little earlier than I was expecting, by about a week, First Solent timetables for the X4 and X5 Solent Ranger services have been released. As a bit of caution though, if you go looking on TravelineSW there is…
First Changes in May
Reading Time: 6 minutesI was waiting for more information to bring you – details, I was waiting to bring you details – but these are not yet confirmed and with of the usual sources not confident of the information that they have; let’s…
Riding the Solent Electric
Reading Time: 5 minutesI took a trip down to Portsmouth, eventually, to take a look at the new Solent Electric buses that have been launched by First Solent to run on various routes in Portsmouth, Farnham and Gosport. At the moment they are…
Hampshire flogs Money at Some Buses, while Consulting to Cut Others!
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou may remember that I posted not so long ago about the Hampshire County Council plan to consult on the future of bus services, while I assumed that the long term plan was to do away with council supported bus…