Bluestar S1 withdrawn

Bluestar S1 (Shirley-Lordshill) will cease running after the last bus on Saturday 9th April. It's subsidised by the City Council, so it will be them rather than Bluestar pulling the plug. Most of the route, through Lordswood, is already covered by First 21 (RSH Hospital-Hillyfields/Lordshill North), although only with one bus an hour and with inevitably higher fares.

FirstDay temporary price cut

First have cut the price of their FirstDay Southampton ticket to £2.90 until 26th March inclusive. It usually costs £4, so what is usually the most expensive city ticket is for a couple of weeks the cheapest.

A full list of all day tickets available in the region, complete with prices, is in the red panel on the right, below the transport links.

Marwell Zoo link restored

Velvet have announced the launch of route M (Eastleigh-Marwell Zoo). It will run three buses a day in each direction at weekends and on bank holidays starting from Good Friday 22nd April and running until the first weekend in September. Here's the timetable.