Reading Time: 2 minutesSo things seem to be coming along nicely here and while I have been playing around with things in the back there have been a number of service changes slowly dropping. I am never sure what I should start with…
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Quick News Round-Up
Reading Time: 6 minutesA lot of the recent bus new over the last week has been money based at Hampshire County Council, but there are a few other things as well. First EV’s for SV Southern Vectis has launched its first fleet of…
Boxing Day Buses
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow is the food coma? Are you stilling yesterday’s centrepiece into tonight’s curry? We had a lovely and largely quiet day, or rather a quiet afternoon after a pair of hyper-excited children spent the morning among tonnes of discarded wrapping…
Christmas Day Buses
Reading Time: 3 minutesI am currently sat at the computer, having had a few Northern Monk beers from Lidl, wishing you a very Merry Christmas, a Hanukkah Sameach or however you celebrate this time. I have the gammon and turkey, I have the…
Stagecoach South Christmas Schedules
Reading Time: 6 minutes<insert a witty ditty here><bah humbug> Stagecoach South have released their Christmas timetables and there are no great shakes (as a wise man to me oft says) although I sometimes wonder whether the sheer size of the operation now should…
First Solent Christmas schedules
Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter a few days break we are back to the Christmas schedules and thanks to the heads up from Tony, and the prompt email from First Bus, the seasonal schedule changes are upon us. It is not a change that…
An October Roundup
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing all the changes for the start of the school year, there are a few more tweaks that are in the works that will affect services in the Portsmouth area coming up just before the school half-term break. Portsmouth –…
New School Year – First Solent
Reading Time: 3 minutesUpdates: A really badly edited map and details for the new F1 and F2 routes. The new school year is coming, it almost feels like the old school year has just ended! We are less than 56 days to September…
New School Year – Stagecoach South
Reading Time: 4 minutesUpdated to include service 77 college day trips and the withdrawal of the 61. The new school year is coming, it almost feels like the old school year has just ended! We are less than 56 days to September though…
First Solent – Strike Suspended
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNow last week, there were press reports that First Solent had imposed a pay award on bus drivers based at Hoeford bus depot after failing to make any significant progress in talks. In the last 24 hours though, it appears…