Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirst Bus Most First Bus subsidiaries across Hampshire & Dorset are running a Sunday service today. There are a very small number of exceptions to that rule though: Go South Coast Most of the buses across Bluestar, morebus and Southern…
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Christmas Eve 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor all of you that are racing home for Christmas, the best of luck. Having seen the press about rail services this week, almost all rail services will be closed from 3pm on Christmas Eve. The bus services in the…
Changes at XelaGroup
Reading Time: 2 minutesA small number of changes to the diminishing route list are happening at Xelabus and Yellow Coaches in the new year. Eastleigh changes from 03 January I don’t know if your memory is as long as mine, but back in…
In for a Penny – In for Two Pound
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Government have finally announced that from the New Year, there will be new initiative to get people on the buses by providing a bus fare cap for services. This has been in and out of the press for quite…
Xelabus at Christmas
Reading Time: < 1 minuteXelabus have announced their Christmas service levels.
Bank Holiday Monday
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the imminence of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the second; these are the bus services that have already been announced by local bus operators to run on Bank Holiday Monday 19th September: First Bus Across First Solent, City Red…
Updates from Bournemouth
Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing from the closure of the Yellow Buses network last week, things have been moving at some pace with regards to replacements and the dismantling of the Yellow Buses and Coaches operation. Some of the Bournemouth Corporation has been saved,…
Less Green Everywhere….
Reading Time: 4 minutesTwo updates have been made on 01 August 2022 to reflect Hampshire County Council responding to this article. I posted yesterday. I told you that Hampshire County Council were reviewing tendered bus services and that Xelabus had lodged to cancel…
Less Green to Hamble?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteXelabus have this week submitted a cancellation notice for their Shopper Connect branded X15 service between Eastleigh, Hedge End and Hamble Square. The two round trips on weekdays, which extend to Barton Peveril College on college days, are currently financially…
Open Toppers and Hospital Specials – Changes in July
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the summer coming up, I was surprised to see something that we have previously talked about on this blog becoming a reality. There are also changes in Bournemouth for the Hospital Express and more. Open Top in Southsea When…