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…
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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…
New Year Changes at Stagecoach
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile we can still call them stagecoach, we will. While the background chaos of a merger with National Express continues, Stagecoach South at Chichester have been making some changes to services across the area ready for the new year. This…
Christmas at Stagecoach South
Reading Time: 4 minutesRockin’ around, South ParadeIn a yellow E400Mistletoe hung on the drivers mirrorEvery passenger refuses to stop Yes, it was one more time to butcher a Christmas track as Stagecoach have joined the party and offered a Christmas service update. Thanks…
Christmas Buses at First Solent
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s an interesting comparison, for someone who has an interest in marketing strategy and product advertising, to see how the different bus operators promote something as important as Christmas bus schedules. We will probably take a quick aside before we…
First Solent changes – 14th November
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are some changes coming up for First Solent users in the Portsmouth area this Remembrance Sunday. Both changes are for buses running out of Hilsea depot. I had waited, I was hoping to bring you more than “it’s changing,”…
Service Changes – 26 September
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are still a lot of service changes that are taking place due to the national shortage of bus drivers. It is definitely not our place to argue why, it is not this place to start speculating and laying accusations…
Service Changes at First – This Weekend
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe nationwide driver shortage is starting to crunch into the service resilience. I see every day, that bus services are cancelled either at the start of the day, or mid-shift when pingdemic passengers pick a pot of something… [Look –…
New School Term – New First Timetables
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the new school term approaching, First Bus has started to announce it’s service changes taking effect from 5th September. Portsmouth In the Portsea Island area, the combined service 1 and service 3 routes will increase to a 10 minute…
Changes at Stagecoach – New School Term
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the schools heading back to isolation in September, bus operators are starting to publish details of their new school services. This also means though that other timetables will change around them, and the current COVID rules mean that actually,…