Easter buses / Stagecoach 66 new times from Tuesday

There's a Sunday service on all of our region's bus services this Good Friday 29th March and Easter Monday 1st April. Normal services will run on Saturday and Sunday.

There's a new timetable on Stagecoach 66 from Tuesday 2nd April.

The 0652 weekday service from Winchester to Romsey will now leave at 0647 and run 5 minutes earlier than before throughout.

The 1632 weekday service from Winchester to Romsey will now leave at 1622, arriving in Romsey at 1700.

The 0730 weekday service from Romsey to Winchester will now leave at 0725, arriving in Winchester at 0800.

The 1715 Mon-Sat service from Romsey to Winchester will now leave at 1710.

There are a couple of other minor changes, so here is the new timetable in full:

Marwell: Velvet M returns

UPDATE 27th March: Velvet now mention the M on their website.

Marwell Zoo's website declares that Velvet M starts this Friday, but there's a problem. No-one seems to have told Velvet - there is not a mention on their website. Traveline also seems to not know anything about the M.

If you're thinking of going to Marwell this weekend, check with Velvet first.

Hiltingbury: No change / Easter offer

Hampshire County Council has consulted and made its mind up about Hiltingbury. Nothing changes for the foreseeable future. Xelabus C3/C4 will continue to be subsidised until 2015, operating as extensions of Xelabus's commercial X7 service. The evening and Sunday C1 journeys from Velvet will also continue.

First have a special offer for Easter. A FirstDay Hampshire Family ticket will cost £10 (instead of the usual £13.50) from 24th March until 14th April inclusive. It's valid all day for up to 5 people (maximum 2 adults) on all First bus services in Hampshire. You could use the ticket to have a day out in Portsmouth using their X4 service.