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…
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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…
Changes at Xelabus – 30th May
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlthough the pubs are now open, the shops are bursting at the seams and desperate to remain solvent; it might seem strange that some of our local bus operators have not resumed a near-normal bus timetable. Xelabus was one of…
Changes at City Red 16th May
Reading Time: 3 minutesBus companies have been getting busier in recent weeks. As the first levels of East Holiday traffic have started to level off, there appears to be a consistent level of service and an obvious increase in passengers. Over the last…
Yellow Megabus to Bournemouth
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s been a month since I have wanted to tell you something. I don’t know where the month went, between Easter, home-schooling (again) and not being able to go out much. Something brand new has been announced from Megabus though…
GoAhead to GoNormal
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith the start of the relaxation of lockdown, people are starting to head back out and enjoy the sunshine. We may only be going from Stay Home to Stay Local at Easter, but after the Easter weekend GoAhead are announcing…