The Key to reliability? / First new look

Bluestar have released the new timetable for the 1, which takes effect on 26th February. A full summary of the changes can be found over on the Hampshire Bus Changes blog. An anonymous commenter to an earlier post here mentioned that evening journeys are not changing and will still be affected by the unreliability issues.

Staying with Bluestar, and they have launched a smartcard that can be used for the Southampton and Network weekly and monthly tickets, called The Key. Full details on their website.

First's buses are about to get a makeover, but don't get too excited. This is how they'll look in Leeds:

Here's a mock up of how they might look here in Hampshire. Hardly seems worth it to me. What do you think?