Reading Time: 3 minutesUpdated: Andrew Wickham (MD, morebus) confirmed that routes 18, 33 and 36 will also start running this weekend under contract to BCP Council. Updated: at around 4pm today (Thursday) Yellow Buses confirm the last buses in service will depart before…
Yellow Buses Reductions with 24 Hour Notice
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing from the quick moving saga with Yellow Buses; the company has announce that as from tomorrow, there will be a substantial service reduction. These are going to be very much outside the normal service registration process as they are…
Yellow Buses Enter Administration!
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s something that I was almost not surprised about, but at the same time hoped would never happen. Many people have contacted me on Facebook and Twitter to tell me that the Directors at Yellow Buses have announced they are…
Fundraiser for a Bus to Chandlers Ford
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing the announcement that Xelabus have registered their cancellation of some services, another independent operator has proffered to get public funding to replace council funding for routes in West Eastleigh. As we have reported previously, Hampshire County Council have had…
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…
School Holiday Service for Winchester
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith Hampshire schools mostly breaking up for the summer break next Friday, Stagecoach South have announced a reduced school holiday service for services in Winchester. These changes are lodged to take effect from Sunday 24th July until at least Saturday…
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…
Dorset Community Transport to Arne Nature Reserve
Reading Time: 2 minutesDorset Community Transport (part of ECT – itself formerly Ealing Community Transport) is not an operator that I have mentioned before, and from Tony Smale of the Friends of Wool Station comes news of a new service in Dorset that…
Summer Tourist Services
Reading Time: 3 minutesMany of our regular summer tourist services are returning to the towns and cities over the coming weeks. Some are returning after a few years break and others area as strong as ever. Now – back in April, we had…