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…
Stagecoach Fares Increase
Reading Time: 4 minutesStagecoach announced this week that fares are increasing on some of it’s ticket range from Tuesday 1st March, as well as launching a new range of Flexi-Day tickets that should suit partial work from home commuters and more. The reasoning…
Bluestar Increases Next Weekend
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBluestar are hot on the heels of their service increases to their cross-city services and have more bus running from 27th February. You will know from last week that there were increases to the 17 (to a pre-COVID frequency) and…
A Weekend of Updates
Reading Time: 3 minutesI had hoped to be able to bring you various bits of news on a week of travels last week. Indeed I did go to Southampton and Reading, with the former telling you about changes to car parks, bus hubs…
Southampton Re-development Forward
Reading Time: 4 minutesNow, way back during the pandemic, I told you about the plans that Southampton had with their Transporting Cities Fund and some of the big changes that they are hoping will bring public transport in Southampton forward. Some of these…
Quickest Cancellation in History?
Reading Time: 3 minutesUPDATED Saturday 5th February: Simon Gard, Operations Manager of Southampton Mini Link advises on Facebook that the Marwell (Not Zoo) service has been withdrawn because a competing operator has now registered to run the service on a commercial rather than…