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…

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Bus Times: Christmas Day 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe are once again at that time of year where the younger children are disappointed at not seeing the big buy, older children are disappointed at how diluted their Christmas breakfast Bucks Fizz is and the turkey may, or may…

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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…

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GoAhead at Christmas (some of….)

Reading Time: 5 minutesFrom Bournemouth’s shores to Poole’s bright bay, Morebus drives the festive way, Through Ringwood, Wimborne, day by day, While Santa checks his Christmas sleigh! Bluestar glides through Southampton’s light, To Eastleigh, Romsey in the night, While Damory’s routes through Blandford…

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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…

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Round Up

Reading Time: 4 minutesSo I was hoping to have a few more details for you about the outcome of the Hampshire County Council Cabinet meeting a few weeks back. The outcome of the meeting resolving about public transport financing was itself delayed by…

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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,…

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Bits and Pieces

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe featured image at the top of the post was something that I forwarded on Twitter and Facebook recently, which may indicate that I have been out of the country. It’s green though, and I will talk green very shortly.…

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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.

morebus changes in May

Reading Time: 3 minutesAlong with everyone else, Go South Coast are using May 2024 to start their summer bus service uplift across Hampshire and Dorset. The Breezers are continuing to Breeze and the lids are coming off the convertible open tops, so lets…

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