Covid cuts / Sunday Breezers / Yellow changes

Despite the government's dubious proclamations that the Covid pandemic is over, here in the real world both Salisbury Reds and Southern Vectis have had to cut frequencies on several routes from today in order to be able to offer a reliable service with so many people still falling sick.

More have introduced increased Sunday frequencies from today on their Purbeck Breezer 40 Poole-Swanage and 60 Poole-Sandbanks services.

Sunday 3rd April sees many changes on Yellow Buses in Bournemouth. The main changes:

• The 1 extends to Poole Quay, with the 1b no longer running on Sundays.
• The 4 is extended to Somerford Mon-Sats and the 4a and 31 are withdrawn.
• New service 727 from Boscombe to the Airport, one journey daily designed for people who work at the Airport.

Wiltshire Rover price increase / Needles Breezer resumes

Salisbury Reds have increased frequencies on their Salisbury Park & Ride services from 28th February. Details here.

On the Isle of Wight, Southern Vectis have relaunches their Needles Breezer service for the summer from 5th March. See details of that and all of their seasonal scenic routes here.

First have announced that they'll be running a Sunday service on Good Friday and Easter Monday on all their services in our region.

Staying with First, and minor timetable changes from 10th April on First Solent 28/28A Fareham to Whitely and the First Wessex X53 Weymouth to Axminster.

Finally, the multi-operator Wiltshire Rover ticket becomes more expensive from Sunday 20th March. These are the new prices for the ticket that is valid for use on all buses throughout Wiltshire and on selected routes as far afield as Southampton, Oxford and Bath: