Buses on New Year's Day 2017

The shops will be shut on New Year's Day and that is reflected is the service levels on our region's buses. Here's what will be running:

No service will be running on First Southampton, Stagecoach Winchester, Unilink, Wheelers or on any route not specifically mentioned below.


Bluestar: Special timetable on routes 1, 2, 4, 9, 12, 17 and 18 only. No other routes will run:

First: Special timetable on Portsmouth routes 1, 2, 3, 7, E1 and E2 only:

More: Special timetables on routes m1/m2, 5, 8/9, 13, 16/17 and X3 only:

Salisbury Reds: Special timetable on route X3 (see above under More). The Stonehenge Tour will be running. No service on any other route.

Stagecoach Portsmouth: Sunday service on route 23 only. No service on other routes.

Xelabus: Sunday service.

Yellow Buses: Special timetable on routes 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3, 4b, 14, 5a, 5b and 6 only:

No service will be running on First Southampton, Stagecoach Winchester, Unilink, Wheelers or on any other route not specifically mentioned above.

Buses on New Year's Eve 2016

Here's how our region's bus services will be running on New Year's Eve...

In Southampton & Eastleigh:
Bluestar: Full Saturday service (no early finish).
First: Saturday service with early finish:

Salisbury Reds: Full Saturday service.
Unilink: Saturday service with early finish and no night buses:

Xelabus: Saturday service with early finish: Last X7 at 2015 and X8 at 2000 from Eastleigh Bus Station.

In Portsmouth, Fareham & Havant:
First: Saturday service with early finish on some routes:

Stagecoach: Saturday service with an early finish:

In Bournemouth & Poole:
More: Full Saturday service (no early finish), complete with night buses:

Yellow Buses: Saturday service with an early finish:

First X54 to Weymouth will run a normal Saturday service.

In Winchester:
Bluestar 1: Full Saturday service (no early finish).
Stagecoach: Saturday service with an early finish:

In Salisbury:
Salisbury Reds: Full Saturday service (no early finish).
First 265 to Bath will have a normal Saturday service.
Stagecoach Activ8 to Andover will also have a normal Saturday service.


Wheelers and other smaller operators will run a normal Saturday service.

Unibus Bournemouth is suspended until 2nd January.


Find all festive bus changes here.

Buses on 28th-30th December

Between Wednesday 28th and Friday 30th December, we have a mish-mash of service levels on our region's bus services. Let's run through them all...

In Southampton & Eastleigh:
Bluestar have a Saturday service on most routes, but a weekday school holiday service on routes 6, H1, H2, T3 and T4, plus extra journeys on the following routes:

First are running a Saturday service on all routes.
Salisbury Reds have a weekday school holiday service on routes X7, X7R, 35, 36 and 39.
Unilink are running a Vacation Saturday timetable with no night buses.
Xelabus have a Saturday service on the X4 only, with a weekday service on all other routes.

In Portsmouth, Fareham & Havant:
First have a weekday service on routes 19, 19A, 20, 21, 21A, 28 and 28A only. All other routes have a Saturday service.
Stagecoach have a weekday service on routes 37 and 38 only. A Saturday service will run on all other routes.

In Bournemouth & Poole:
More are running a weekday service on routes X1/X2, 24, 38, 44, 112, 119, 125, 191 and 193 only. All other routes have a Saturday service.
Yellow Buses have a Saturday service on all routes.
First X54 to Weymouth will have a Saturday service.

In Winchester:
Bluestar 1 is running a Saturday service.
Stagecoach have a weekday service on routes 6A, 46 and 63 only, with a Saturday service on all other routes.

In Salisbury:
Salisbury Reds have a Saturday service on routes X3 and Activ8 only. A weekday service is running on all other routes.
First 265 to Bath will have a Saturday service.
Stagecoach are also running a Saturday service on the Activ8 to Andover.


Wheelers and other smaller operators will be running normal weekday school holiday services.

See an overview of all festive and future bus alterations here.

Buses on Bank Holiday Tuesday

On Tuesday 27th December, there is generally a Sunday service operating with the following exceptions:

• Yellow Buses will be running a Saturday service
• Salisbury Reds will be running a Public Holiday service on their Park & Ride routes and a Sunday service on their other routes.
• First Southampton have a Sunday service, plus the following special timetables on routes 9 and 13:

All other operators are running a Sunday service.

Full details of all festive bus changes can be found here.