Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis coming weekend, Bluestar are adding buses back into it’s cross-ciry services and bringing them back towards their pre-pandemic levels. This service increase is being attributed to increasing staffing levels. Bluestar 17 between Adanac Park – General Hospital – City…
New Operator for Marwell
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is one of those services that has been run on and off for many years, but has never seemed to make enough money for an operator to be running it for long. As we emerge from the dark and…
Ding! Ding! Tickets Please!
Reading Time: 4 minutesNot a service update that will bring delight to you. A number of operators have announced changes to their ticket arrangements and prices that are taking affect soon. This means that you might find your ticket is no longer available,…
Changes at Basingstoke from 06 February
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was warning about this a few weeks ago, but Stagecoach South have taken a butchers knife to the services in Basingstoke and have made substantial cuts to it’s services from two weeks time. Now some might say, that sunshine…
Changes at Weymouth from Sunday
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNot sure how I have missed this for 10 days, but there are small changes to First Wessex from Sunday. Service 4 to Preston will now operate Every 30 Minutes six days a week.Services X51 and X53 will have alterations…
First vs Mini Link ?
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough Southampton Mini Link have only just cancelled their weekday service between Southampton and Ringwood, they have announced an expansion to services within the City. The ‘temporary’ suspension of service 5 through the New Forest, due to staff isolating, has…
Changes to First Solent – 9th January
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs with all the bus operators across the South, First Bus is not alone in having to alter timetables straight into the New Year in order to keep buses running. Even the lure of having up to a £3,000 signing…
Back to Normal
Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to 2022! If you are back at work today, or back at school, you are probably just grabbing your coffee from the Tassimo (Nespresso is also available) realising that you did not actually iron that shirt or indeed rolling…
Bus Services on New Years Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow’s the headache? Did you see in the New Year with a bang, or spend it fast asleep? I was unfortunately the latter, having been up since 3am New Years Eve getting ready and going to work, but it is…
Yellow Buses reductions from Tuesday
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFollowing the delights of the festive season, the New Year’s Eve partying and a smogersboard of snogging under the mistletoe; Yellow Buses are the next to reduce services in light of increasing Omicron COVID-19 cases. They have announced this week…