Here's how our region's buses are running on Wednesday, Christmas Eve:
Bluestar, Brijan Tours, More, Salisbury Reds, Velvet, Wheelers, Xelabus: Full normal Wednesday service.
First: Saturday service with an early finish, except for routes B1, B2, B3, H1 and H2, which will have a weekday service.
Stagecoach, Unilink: Normal weekday service with early finish.
Last bus times on First:
On Stagecoach, the last route 66 journeys will be 2030 Winchester to Romsey and the 2105 Romsey to Winchester.
Last bus times on Unilink:
Full details of services throughout the festive season here.
Slightly early, but may I wish all at Southampton Bus Update and all those who contribute to the site a very Happy Christmas and New Year. The New Year starts with some major changes in some parts of the area covered,so things will never be quite the same on some routes-Let's hope in 2015 things will be more stable once the dust settles-Regards to all-PAC
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt that yet again there will be people out at the stops in Winchester on boxing day complaining that the bus is late and who won't have it when you tell them there are no buses on boxing day (Limited BS1 excepted) because the timetable says "Sundays and public holidays" - one lady got quite irate with me last year because I was obviously trying to mislead her, so I won't bother telling people as I go past this year.
ReplyDeleteWhen will the bus companies change this to read "bank holidays" or ".. .(excl. Christmas day, boxing day, new years day)"?
to be fair they should common sense they must no that them 3 that are major holidays
DeleteOr when will they see sense and start operating on these days. Boxing Day is extremely busy where buses do operate.
ReplyDeleteNot always commercially viable though, if the drivers need paying significantly enhanced rates.
DeleteFrom my operational and planning experience, if it isn't commercially viable on Boxing Day, it probably isn't commercially viable at all.
DeleteAnd from my experience, I know that having to pay staff three times the normal wage on Boxing Day doesn't exactly help with viability.
DeleteI'm not sure who's paying three times the normal wage?! Time and a half maybe.
DeleteBelieve me, that's what some operators are paying - due to long standing union agreements.
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