Reading Time: < 1 minuteSubject to a late award for funding, it has finally been confirmed that the South Downs Rambler will be running on Sundays between Winchester and Petersfield again this year. With three trips each way on a Sunday, the service calls…
Category: Service Updates
The New School Term at Transpora
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo with the school holidays now in full swing, and the countries families busily packing themselves into the local Butlin’s or Pontins (other holiday suppliers are available) the local bus operators are having a bit of a shuffle in advance…
New U Links (and more)
Reading Time: 6 minutesLots of little changes are coming up in the coming months which we are quickly going to report on today. I regret that many of the bus rally organisers have really been collaborating this year and yet again I am…
Portsmouth re-tendering leaked
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo I illuded to this yesterday on Twitter, although I was not in a position to write this post. It has though, I believe, answered another question in part. Someone leaked to local paper the Portsmouth News that the re-tendering…
Roundup
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are quite a few little bits that are floating about and are not necessarily big enough for their own post. This roundup covers Eastleigh, Portsmouth and Gosport. I had planned to annoy you all while you were wandering around…
Even Less Green…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis post has been updated to reflect the fact that the X4 and X4A were run commercially, rather than under any arrangement with HCC. We apologise for this mistake. So, it was not that long ago when we were saying…
Stagecoach Changes – services and fares
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are a few changes in the works for Stagecoach South which are taking effect in the near future. Now… with some of these services being as a result of tender changes, you would assume that Hampshire County Council would…
First (and Associated) Updates
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are a few changes at First that have recently appeared in the Traffic Commissioners registration lists. We also have new news from the very south coast from next month. In Portsmouth, First Solent have a small number of changes…
Touring the New Forest – Open Top style
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the summer fast approaching (or already been and gone) regular special services on the New Forest Tour are already slated for a return. The routes are planned to run for eleven weeks from 1st July to 17th September and…
A Trip to Bournemouth
Reading Time: 5 minutesWith a new open top bus operator and a new summer timetable for the incumbent; who could turn do a day at the seaside? It’s turns about just about no-one. The school day start time, on the first weekend of…