Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s Sunday night and the children are driving you nuts already, aren’t they? Well with two weeks of school closures, the weather might be just about right to take a trip out by train and bus. A number of bus…
Category: Service Updates
First’s Arrival in Fareham
Reading Time: 2 minutesArrival – planned to arrive at a First Bus near you!
Low Summer Services at Wessex
Reading Time: 2 minutesBus service registrations are starting to appear for April and May at First Wessex, now heading back to the 56 (or is it 70) day service registration requirements. Now, further to a tweet I put out a week ago, some…
Breezing off The Needles on an Open Topper
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast week saw the seasonal introduction of the first Needles Breezer bus services. Each year the network of interlinking open-top and double deck bus services cross the Isle of Wight serving many of the tourist attractions and points of interest.…
Easter in Southampton
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the next bank of bank holidays fast approaching, bus operators are starting to release their Easter bank holiday arrangements. Take into account, some operators may be making their decisions based on staffing and current COVID levels, so may be…
National Express & Stagecoach OFF?
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeing reported in multiple UK national newspapers at the moment, the National Express and Stagecoach merger might no longer be in the works. We were reporting about this not too long ago as the £1.9bn merger prompted an investigation by…
Marwell Lives! Well the Bus Does
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe on and off saga of who is going to run the annual bus service to the Marwell Wildlife Park (remember, it’s not a zoo) has finally been answered as a timetable has now appeared. If you remember, First Bus…
Yellow Buses Changes 03 April
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis article was updated on 15 March, after Yellow Buses released timetables and details (view here)Some assumptions made on the basis of the bus service registration were incorrect and we apologise on behalf of the crystal ball. Timetable variations for…
Weymouth Holiday Parks 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs you might know if you head to Weymouth, First Wessex has a long standing arrangement to run buses to a number of the holiday parks each season. They can be quite busy, certainly when we have been at the…
We’re All Going on a 13a Hunt
Reading Time: 4 minutesGood morning from Southampton, where I am currently on the hunt for a little red or white bus. Yes, I am heading out to see how recently new Southampton Mini Link service 13a is getting on now that it also…