Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th December

Reading Time: 2 minutesIts a normal day in the lull of Christmas, but with may people still taking their enforced Christmas week holiday buses should be full of leisure, bargain and festive passengers. With many companies taking a revised service into play, lets…

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Tuesday 27th December (Substitute Bank Holiday)

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirst Bus Most First Bus subsidiaries across Hampshire & Dorset are running a Sunday service today. There are a very small number of exceptions to that rule though: Go South Coast Most of the buses across Bluestar, morebus and Southern…

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Boxing Day 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesHappy Full National Football Programme While Eating the Rest Of Last Years Turkey day! I know, the tradition of the rich boxing up presents to give to the poor, and giving their servants the day off to feast on Christmas…

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Christmas Day 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesHo! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas. However you choose to celebrate the big day – this year we are on the Isle of Wight – I hope that you are having the festive season that you can enjoy. It feels like…

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Christmas Eve 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor all of you that are racing home for Christmas, the best of luck. Having seen the press about rail services this week, almost all rail services will be closed from 3pm on Christmas Eve. The bus services in the…

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Bluestar reveals their “Step In”

Reading Time: 2 minutesBluestar has announced it’s replacements for the closing City Red network.

First to Close Southampton

Reading Time: 5 minutesI know. One of the busiest days that I have had in a long time and First Southampton uses it to announce that the City Red operation is closing down. Many of you will have seen me commenting on social…

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First Southampton at Christmas

Reading Time: 3 minutesWould YOU run a bus service for a Boxing Day home football game against another South Coast team?

More C-Word Shenanigans

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s another C-Word Announcement!

It was – then it wasn’t – then it was

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFollowing on from the on – off cancellation of a competing small operators service East of Southampton, First Southampton’s City Red 9 service has won a reprieve from Mobday 31st October. Under the arrangement with Southampton City Council, the service…

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