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: Bluestar
Bluestar Christmas Schedules
Reading Time: 4 minutesThrough frosty lanes the Bluestars roam,Past candle-lit streets and fireside homes,Their headlights gleam through winter’s veil,Soft carols drift along their trail. From Winchester’s spire to Solent’s shore,They carry cheer from door to door,Each journey hums with yuletide grace,As Hampshire dreams…
An October Roundup
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing all the changes for the start of the school year, there are a few more tweaks that are in the works that will affect services in the Portsmouth area coming up just before the school half-term break. Portsmouth –…
New Bluestar Park & Ride
Reading Time: 2 minutesBluestar have announced that from next weekend, Saturday 21st September, new Park & Ride services for Southampton. The services will be based out of the Adanac Park NHS Park & Ride site, which is used during the week to cater…
New Undergrad Term – UniLink
Reading Time: 2 minutesHot on the heels of the kids going back to school, the new cohort of undergraduates will soon be descending on Southampton as the new university year kicks off. Changes to the UniLink network will take effect from Monday 22nd…
New School Year – Bluestar
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the new school year already feeling like it is next week. Bluestar have confirmed their changes taking affect on Sunday 31st August. There appears to be a lot of Bus Service Improvement Plan funding coming in for services in…
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…
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…
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…
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…