Southampton's New Year's Day buses 2016

Here's what's running in Greater Southampton on New Year's Day:

New Year's Day 1st January:

Bluestar: Special timetable on routes 1, 2, 4, 9, 12, 17 and 18 only.

First: Special timetable on route three only.

Stagecoach: Sunday service on route 66.

Other operators: No service in our region.



Here are those special timetables in full:

Bluestar:

First:

Stagecoach:
Route 66:

New Year's Eve bus services / Dinner For One

Here's how our region's buses are running on New Year's Eve, Thursday 31st December 2015:

New Year's Eve 31st December:

Bluestar: Enhanced Saturday service, except for route 6, which will have a weekday service.

First: Saturday service with early finish, except for routes B1/B2/B3, which will have a weekday service.

More: Normal weekday service on Lymington routes.

Salisbury Reds: Normal weekday service.

Stagecoach: Saturday service, except for route 46, which will have a Thursday service.

Xelabus: Weekday service with early finish.

Unilink: Vacation Saturday service with early finish and no night buses.



Here are the times of your last buses on routes of those operators finishing early tonight:

First:

Xelabus:

Service X4 – 1845 from Eastleigh Bus Station

Service X7 – 2015 from Eastleigh Bus Station

Service X8 – 2000 from Eastleigh Bus Station

Unilink:
U1A 2105 Southampton Central Station
U1C 2105 Airport Parkway Station
U6C 2035 Southampton General Hospital
U6H 2034 NOCS


It's a tradition in many countries, including Germany, to watch this British comedy sketch on New Year's Eve. Today it will be broadcast several times in many countries. In my vain attempt to introduce it to the country that produced it, here is Dinner For One:

Tuesday & Wednesday's bus services

Here's how our region's buses are running on Tuesday and Wednesday:

Bluestar: Enhanced Saturday service, except for route 6, which will have a weekday service.

First: Saturday service, except for routes B1/B2/B3, which will have a weekday service.

More: Normal weekday service on Lymington routes.

Stagecoach: Saturday service, except for route 46, which will have a weekday service. The 36 will run on Tuesday only.

Xelabus, Salisbury Reds: Normal weekday service.

Unilink: Vacation Saturday service with no night buses.

Tues: Wheelers W1/W1A: Route & timetable change.

Weds: Xelabus X14: Final day of operation.

Sunday service on Sunday and Monday

It's a normal Sunday service on Sunday 27th December.

As Boxing Day falls on a Saturday this year, the Bank Holiday rolls over to Monday 28th December, on which there will also be a Sunday service across all bus operators in our region.

A look ahead to Tuesday and here's the new timetable for Wheelers W1, which comes into force then. A few journeys are cut, others are retimed, but the big change is a rerouting in Romsey:

Buses from Southampton will now run directly into the town centre via Whitenap, with passengers for Woodley, Cupernham and Abbotswood having to stay on the bus as it comes back out of Romsey or even change buses in the town centre.

Southampton's Boxing Day buses 2015

Happy Christmas to all our readers!

There are no buses running on Christmas Day in our region.

Here's a comprehensive guide to which buses are running in our region on Boxing Day:

Bluestar: Special timetable on routes 1, 2, 4, 9, 12, 17 and 18 only.

First: Special timetable on routes 2, three, 7, 10 and 11 only.

Stagecoach: Sunday service on route 66.

Other operators: No service in our region.


Here are those special timetables in full:

Bluestar:

 

First:

Stagecoach:
Route 66

Christmas Eve buses

Here's how our region's buses will be running on Christmas Eve:

Bluestar, More, Salisbury Reds: Normal full Thursday service.

First: Saturday service with early finish, except for routes B1/B2/B3, which will have a weekday service.

Stagecoach: Thursday service with early finish.

Xelabus: Weekday service with early finish.

Unilink: Vacation Thursday service with early finish.


Here are those early finishing last bus times in full:

First:

Stagecoach:
Route 66 
20:30 Winchester to Romsey; 21:05 Romsey to Winchester 

Xelabus:

Service X4 – 1845 from Eastleigh Bus Station

Service X7 – 2015 from Eastleigh Bus Station

Service X8 – 2000 from Eastleigh Bus Station

Unilink:
U1A 2105 Southampton Central Station
U1C 2105 Airport Parkway Station
U6C 2035 Southampton General Hospital
U6H 2034 NOCS

Christmas & New Year buses / Changes on the way

Christmas is almost upon us, so don't forget that bus services run differently over the festive period. We'll have updates over the next two weeks so that you always know what level of service is being provided by all of our local bus operators. There's an overview of service alterations here.

There are some other changes coming soon too:

Wheelers W1 has a route change in Romsey and a new timetable from Tuesday 29th December.

Xelabus X14 between Bitterne and Bursledon runs for the very last time on Wednesday 30th December.

First have new timetables on several routes from Sunday 3rd January. Click on the route number to see the new timetable:

• 2 details
• three details
• 7 details
• 10 details
• 11 details
• 12 details
• 13 details

Xelabus has new timetables from Monday 4th January on the following routes. See the timetables for them all here:

• X6
• X7
• X9
• X10
• X11 - No longer running to Hedge End. City Centre-Lordshill North only.
• X15

New Stagecoach website / New Xelabus timetables offline only

Stagecoach have finally revamped their website and it's far better than their old one. It now works on mobiles and provides easy access to timetables and details of buses about to depart from stops near your current location.

It also includes details of single and return fares. This is for a journey on the 66 from Romsey to Winchester:

It doesn't seem to cope well with day tickets though. The cheapest day ticket valid on the 66 is the Stagecoach South DayRider Gold at £8, but their website pushes you towards the Discovery ticket at £8.50. It also ignores the daily version of Solent Go at £8, which is also valid on all buses in Greater Southampton, regardless of operator.

Xelabus have released their new timetables starting from 4th January... on paper only. They're neither on the Xelabus website nor on Traveline.