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…
Category: Service Updates
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…
More Colour to Tipner Park & Ride
Reading Time: 2 minutesUpdated: At least we now have a timetable. First departure from Tipner is 0935, then every 30 minutes until 1935; returning from Southsea D Day Story museum 1005 until 2005. Unfortunately, even though the service is only weekends until 22nd…
A General Roundup
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are lots of little things that are going on at the moment. If things were delivered in nice neat little parcels then some of them could have been whole posts in their own right, but I am not convinced…
Changes and Concerns at First Wessex
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs you know, I try really hard not to push much of an opinion when I am talking about service changes. Having started to see the timetable changes at First Wessex, and having seen some of the complaints of their…