Hampshire Budget Cut Consultation

Hampshire County Council (HCC) have launched a 'Future Services' consultation on the future of public services in order to reduce money, including public transport, to meet a £132 million budget shortfall by April 2025. The consultation is open now and runs until Sunday 31st March. There are several types of council-funded public transport services in …

Amendments to amendments and other bits and bobs

A bit of a round-up post of changes taking place over this coming weekend and next month, as well as a few other bits and bobs. First, the service changes... Some of these service changes are amendments to services that were only recently amended. Tomorrow (27th October) is the final day of operation of Stagecoach's …

July 2023 Service Changes

Below are the service changes taking place this month. There are a lot more changes planned for August and September, with a further post to follow when full details of these are announced and revealed in full, however in the meantime the Service Changes page is being kept up to date as individual bits continue …

Route 64 free travel and refreshed buses

We previously reported that, as part of the post-Easter service changes, Stagecoach's route 64 between Alton and Winchester via Four Marks, Ropley and New Alresford was to see its Sunday service doubled from hourly, resulting in the route enjoying a half-hourly daytime frequency seven days a week. This is quite the service boost from the …

Post-Easter 2023 Service Changes

The beginning of the Easter school holidays saw a number of service changes to the Stagecoach network in and around Guildford. It also saw a few lasts by some operators - Cardinal Buses operating their final journeys on the St. Andrew's School 615/617/619, Diamond South East on the Collingwood College 83/87, Stagecoach on the Eggar's …

Christmas & New Year 2022-2023

Below is a summary of how bus services are set to operate in our local area over the Christmas and New Year period. Saturday 24th (Christmas Eve) Normal service, except: Safeguard (last bus 1945 from Guildford), Stagecoach (early finish around 2000), Thames Valley (early finish around 2000 except 703 which runs until midnight) Sunday 25th …

Cresta gain and regain

Cresta Coaches are a small independent country bus and coach operator located on the edge of our coverage area, operating a handful or so older vehicles on a mix of local council contracted buses, schools and private hire work. In terms of local bus services, Tuesdays see them operate two interworked rural circular services into …

Christmas & New Year 2021/22

With Christmas Day now just a fortnight away, below are the local service levels covering the Christmas and New Year period. Operators covered by this page: Bear Buses, Buses 4U, Carlone Limited, Compass Bus, Cresta Coaches, Diamond, Falcon Coaches, First Berkshire (including RailAir), Metrobus, Reading Buses (including Green Line), Reptons, Safeguard, Stagecoach, Thames Valley and …

Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIP)

'BSIP' stands for 'Bus Service Improvement Plan' - a document that must be drawn up by England's local transport authorities, in conjunction with the bus operators, which sets out how they will develop local bus networks. This process forms part of the 'Bus Back Better' National Bus Strategy (NBS) for England and is a requirement …

Proposed service changes in Hampshire published

The results of the public consultation on supported bus services held by Hampshire County Council (HCC) earlier this year have been published. The full report can be read by clicking here, however below is a summary of the proposed changes to bus routes in our area. The changes would take effect during the first quarter …