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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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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New Year – New Service at First Wessex

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUpdated: First Wessex have this morning published a timetable for the new service – on a three month trial. It will start on Monday 9th January. While we await news of whether the X54 will run over Christmas, for which…

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Christmas in Wessex

Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Tis the season to be jolly,But I have a cracking headache,And it’s not a hangover, as I have not been drinking! I know, the seasonal lull of mood and cold weather is in full swing. When you are standing out…

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Fares Up! Wessex Edition

Reading Time: 2 minutesSo, if you have hit the eggnog with the latest Government Autumn Statement – then we add logs to the fire as the south’s bus operators have announced that they are putting up bus fares in December. There is a…

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more(bus) C-words

Reading Time: 2 minutesHere comes Breezer bus, here comes Breezer bus,Running fast through Dorset’s lanesVixen and Blitzen and all the engineersSunk the Ferry Again I know, I know – it does not quite work and far from a few fat reindeer sinking the…

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First Wessex changes in October

Reading Time: 2 minutesMoving from the autumn to the winter timetable, First Wessex have registered a number of changes that have taken effect on Sunday 9th October. Services are taking a bit of a hit this winter which would suggest that First Wessex…

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First Autumn Timetable

Reading Time: 3 minutesUPDATED: It is now understood that First Solent are reviewing their decision to cancel the F1 and F2. This is reflected below and may be updated when we hear more. In line with the rest of the bus operators, First…

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Summer Uplift at First Wessex

Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom Sunday 29th May, First Wessex will be introducing their summer service timetable, coinciding with both morebus re-introducing their Breezer services and the half-term beginning. It sounds like Wool Railway Station Level Crossing is definitely going to be a place…

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