Reading Time: 3 minutesThe featured image at the top of the post was something that I forwarded on Twitter and Facebook recently, which may indicate that I have been out of the country. It’s green though, and I will talk green very shortly.…
Tag: portsmouth
A July Roundup (in August)
Reading Time: 2 minutesI know, I know, I have been neglecting you recently and you have been getting your information from elsewhere. You know when you have so little time and so many things to do? Well I never made it to the…
The Not Stagecoach Roundup
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis update covers several transportation news bits. Xelabus Park and Ride for Southsea resumes for the summer, details on its schedule and special event adjustments are provided. Go South Coast reports changes like the Boscombe Beach Bus route adjustment and New Forest Tour restarting. First Solent cancels extensions to Botley on service 28 due to low usage and adjusts stop timings. South West Coaches reintroduces its Haven Holiday Park service for the summer season.
A Stagecoach Middle of the Month Roundup
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt time for one of those collect all my thoughts on one page roundup sort of posts. I have also not been able to get out and about as much as I would have liked; planned trips to Bournemouth and…
Upcoming Service Changes
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are a number of service updates that have recently appeared on dispatches and are scattered around the region and companies. So it’s time for one of those cheating posts rounding them all-up in one hit. Xelabus Alongside their regular…
Solent Ranger Changes
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo a little earlier than I was expecting, by about a week, First Solent timetables for the X4 and X5 Solent Ranger services have been released. As a bit of caution though, if you go looking on TravelineSW there is…
First Changes in May
Reading Time: 6 minutesI was waiting for more information to bring you – details, I was waiting to bring you details – but these are not yet confirmed and with of the usual sources not confident of the information that they have; let’s…
Riding the Solent Electric
Reading Time: 5 minutesI took a trip down to Portsmouth, eventually, to take a look at the new Solent Electric buses that have been launched by First Solent to run on various routes in Portsmouth, Farnham and Gosport. At the moment they are…
Hampshire flogs Money at Some Buses, while Consulting to Cut Others!
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou may remember that I posted not so long ago about the Hampshire County Council plan to consult on the future of bus services, while I assumed that the long term plan was to do away with council supported bus…
Portsmouth goes 24/7 (and more)
Reading Time: 4 minutesA round-up of some news that I first started talking about a few weeks ago, and news have reached the BBC – in a notable national way – that buses in Portsmouth are going 24 hours a day from next…