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First Southampton Changes THIS WEEKEND

7 December 202127 November 2022 HantsBusCity Reds, Expired, First Hampshire & Dorset, Service Updates2 Comments on First Southampton Changes THIS WEEKEND
A First City Red bus, not in service, in Southampton

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

6 December 20216 December 2021 HantsBusService Updates, Southampton Mini Link
A Southampton Mini Link minibus in ringwood

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

30 November 202127 November 2022 HantsBusCity Reds, Expired, First Hampshire & Dorset, Service Updates
A First City Red Streetlite in Southampton

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 These changes are superseded at incredible short notice by changes taking effect Sunday 12th December.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

24 November 202121 January 2022 HantsBusExpired, Seasonal Services, Service Updates, Southampton Mini Link
A Southampton Mini Link minibus in ringwood

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

22 November 202121 January 2022 HantsBusExpired, Seasonal Services, Service Updates, xelabus
A Xelabus parked in Pound Tree Road, Southampton

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

Christmas at First City Red

22 November 202127 November 2022 HantsBusCity Reds, Expired, First Hampshire & Dorset, Seasonal Services, Service Updates, Uncategorised
A First City Red Streetlite in Southampton

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

Nothing of a surprise to see here.

Christmas Services at Bluestar

20 November 202127 November 2022 HantsBusBluestar, Expired, Seasonal Services, Service Updates
A Bluestar bus in Southampton

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.

Mini Link – ing from Southampton

8 November 20218 November 2021 HantsBusSouthampton Mini Link2 Comments on Mini Link – ing from Southampton
A Southampton Mini Link Double Decker bus in Southampton - in First West of England UniBus livery.

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,…

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Service Changes at Bluestar – 1st November

24 October 202127 November 2022 HantsBusBluestar, Expired, Service Updates
A Bluestar bus in Southampton

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.…

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Update of the Fortnight

16 October 202121 January 2022 HantsBusExpired, morebus, xelabus2 Comments on 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…

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