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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Bus Times: New Years Day 2025
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Years Day has traditionally been a day where heritage bus owners take to the streets in parts of our area for a range of events. Today is no different except the fact that the Met Office has issued a…
Fare Changes 2025
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the changes to the Bus Fare Cap taking effect on New Years Day, bus operators in the south have taken the opportunity to review their bus fares overall and make some changes to they way that they offer a…
Bus Times: New Years Eve 2024
Reading Time: 5 minutesSo as you can tell, the scheduling for the posts is going, okay. Well, I say okay but last nights came out two hours late as I… did a typo. We fast forward though to the last day of the…
Bus Times: 30th December 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesI thought you would like a bit of peace and quiet from me the last few days. Mainly because the Saturday service was all Saturday timetables and Sunday….. well you get the jist. There is just a few more days…
Bus Times: 27th December 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring the enforced Christmas holiday we hope to see the last few days of busy buses and people taking advantage of the £2 bus fare cap. The service levels that are out and about Hampshire and Dorset vary, so hopefully…
Bus Times: Boxing Day 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesI hope you all had a great Christmas Day. I hear from the comment on the Christmas Day post that services in the Southampton area were well patronaged at lunchtime, however I was not near a Christmas Day bus route…
Bus Times: Christmas Eve 2024
Reading Time: 5 minutesWelcome to your quick check round-up of services on Christmas Eve 2024. this year, I am publishing in the evening before because for a change I have managed to draft the pages in advance…. well this one anyway. Did you…
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…