Reading Time: 2 minutesBluestar are a bus operator who run a fairly comprehensive timetable over the Christmas period. This is what they are doing over Christmas 2021.
Tag: southampton
Mini Link – ing from Southampton
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe service has been bedding in for a few weeks now, the reports from the more enthusiastic members of the bus community are that numbers are up, service is popular and that is a good reason for me. Today then,…
Service Changes at Bluestar – 1st November
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBus driver shortages are still a thing. Locally, it appears that we have an average 3 or 4 driver duties a day that are uncovered – not being a bus driver I base this on the number of buses cancelled.…
Update of the Fortnight
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt has been a weird few weeks hasn’t it? Well for me it has, and I have not really been with things as I work hard on the daytime thing and it has meant I have done none of the…
Southampton Mini Link takeover Dekkabus
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt certainly is a turbulent time in the micro independent bus market as recently opened Southampton Mini Link has announced it’s first takeover of another, more established operator. Poole based Dekkabus Ltd which mainly operated private hire, schools and rail…
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 –…
Go-Ahead Changes – 5th September
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSchools Back for Autumn. That means that there are a number of changes to Bluestar & morebus coming up to help them better reallocate buses and drivers to schools and the peak times. Unfortunately, as you sometimes get with bus…
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…
Southampton Mini Link to Ringwood
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s not been that long since we introduced you to the new operator Southampton Mini Link. Simon Gard has been a busy man though, and while scouting for new buses, he has announced a second new service that takes him…
Southampton Mini Link announces New Service
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you are living in the east of Southampton and you are looking for a new Sunday service then you are in luck! Southampton Mini Link announced recently that it is the new operator in Southampton and it is filling…