tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post6573393201851439572..comments2023-09-22T10:39:48.785+01:00Comments on Southampton Bus Update: Blast from the past: 1978SotonBushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14300971557135804834noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-44951660975948615082016-03-09T00:22:55.535+00:002016-03-09T00:22:55.535+00:00The only downside to an interesting article is the...The only downside to an interesting article is the lack of information as to who paid for these services.<br /><br />In the past it was largely national, now it is largely private.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-40888525771619273612016-03-08T23:21:48.843+00:002016-03-08T23:21:48.843+00:00Would be interested to see how the no.18 ran back ...Would be interested to see how the no.18 ran back then.I would imagine that it`d be a twenty minute frequency back then.I found a city transport timetable the other day,it has the routes no.5 and no.16,back in the days when Sholing Butts road had a bus service to be proud of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-64751734248846044162016-03-08T13:10:19.905+00:002016-03-08T13:10:19.905+00:00Great if you could publish times of buses towards ...Great if you could publish times of buses towards Fareham and Gosport Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-29907111067491681022016-03-08T09:09:55.937+00:002016-03-08T09:09:55.937+00:00Indeed, an another interesting fact a comprehensiv...Indeed, an another interesting fact a comprehensive timetable that included all operators at a glance.Nowadays you have to hunt all over the place for information if you don't have the internet.At that time the 18 was a City Transport operation which worked in conjunction with Hants & Dorset service 88/88A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598231524606257637.post-20212097693716883152016-03-08T06:47:47.928+00:002016-03-08T06:47:47.928+00:00The timetable makes for some very interesting read...The timetable makes for some very interesting reading if your in to that sort of thing....bearing i mind, Southampton City Transport had i fleet of about 170 buses, mostly Atlanteans, Hants & Dorset's Grosvenor Square must have had a vehicle allocation of about 100 buses, remember this was the pre MAP period and a bus station that had about 26 departure stands, how time changeTerryBL31noreply@blogger.com