New Operator for Marwell

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is one of those services that has been run on and off for many years, but has never seemed to make enough money for an operator to be running it for long. As we emerge from the dark and…

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Ding! Ding! Tickets Please!

Reading Time: 4 minutesNot a service update that will bring delight to you. A number of operators have announced changes to their ticket arrangements and prices that are taking affect soon. This means that you might find your ticket is no longer available,…

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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…

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Changes at Bluestar in the New Year

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt must have been hiding on the news page and not prominent on the front page, because changes to Bluestar announced more than 2 weeks ago have been missed! Due to the ongoing driver shortages and pandemic, GoAhead Group have…

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First Southampton Changes THIS WEEKEND

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is a repost of an article from last week. First City Red accelerated it’s service changes and brought then forward from 16th January 2022 to 12 December 2021. The original article is here. It was originally reported that City…

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The Rings in the Wood stop Growing

Reading Time: 3 minutesI am not going to start this post reflecting on past predictions. I really did want to see this be enough of a success for Hampshire County Council, or the New Forest District Council to want to invest financial support.…

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Changes at First Southampton in January

Reading Time: 2 minutesFirst City red were caught short! These changes are superseded at incredible short notice by changes taking effect Sunday 12th December. The changes can now be found here! I know. I know. We are still not even in December yet…

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Christmas Services at Southampton Mini Link

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow is your November finding you? I was going to start with the lyrics to Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, and relate it to rockin’ along the A31 in a Fiat Ducati. I am still having nightmares about that though,…

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Festive Services at Xelabus

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis operator is running buses on more days than First Bus over the Christmas period….

Christmas at First City Red

Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst City Red (Southampton) have announced their Christmas service levels.

Nothing of a surprise to see here.