Today, Sunday 19th March, sees new timetables on More Breezer 40 and 60 with seasonal frequency increases.
Bus travel within the City of Portsmouth is free on all Sundays in March, with 26th March being your last chance to get a free ride.
From Sunday 2nd April, First Solent 18 has a new timetable and is cut to back to terminate at Southsea Shops, no longer serving South Parade Pier. The 13, 14 and 22 have been reprieved and will continue to run.
On the same day, Stagecoach have a new timetable on the Coastliner 700. Buses from Portsmouth will no longer run beyond Chichester, so if you want to get to Bognor and beyond, you'll need to change buses in Chichester.
A new timetable also from 3rd April on routes 37 Havant-Petersfield and 38X Alton-Cowplain.
Changes are coming to Bluestar's Romsey routes which receive subsidy from Hampshire County Council:
- 35 Romsey-Braishfield: New reduced timetable from Monday 3rd April. Just one journey a day each way, weekdays only.
- 36 Romsey-Lockerley: Withdrawn. Runs for the last time on Thursday 30th March. No replacement.
- 39 Romsey-Nomansland: Withdrawn. Runs for the last time on Friday 31st March. No replacement.
Stagecoach also have some changes from Monday 3rd April:
- E1/E2 Winchester-Eastleigh: New timetable and E2 rerouted to run direct via Twyford Road instead of via Boyatt Wood.
- 49 Hedge End-Bishops Waltham: New service to partially replace the withdrawn Xelabus X9/X10 which run for the last time om Friday 31st March. Passengers for Southampton will need to change in Hedge End to Bluestar 3 or 14. Passengers for Eastleigh will need to change in Botley or Horton Heath to Bluestar 3. There's no weekend service, so if you want to get to or from Bishops Waltham then, you'll need to use Stagecoach 69 and change in Fair Oak for Bluestar 2 to Eastleigh and Southampton.
- 49h Hedge End-Hamble: New service restoring the severed link between Hamble and Hedge End.
More are having a launch event for this year's Breezer services in Poole Park on Good Friday 7th April.
Stagecoach also have several changes to several of their Winchester routes from Sunday 16th April. Amongst other changes, route 1 is renumbered as route 2, to help avoid confusion with Bluestar 1. Timetables are yet to be released.
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