Recent content by Lynford1976

I have heard comments about this being the only "pulse" in Worthing, the town being one of God's waiting rooms...:D

Portsmouth's "Hover" is the courtesy bus to and from Southsea Hoverport, operated under contract from Hovertravel. This will be operated by First from the 1st. May.

Brilliant, thank you @Citistar :)

Are there any changes to the 56 (the Tuesday / Friday / Saturday bus between Warminster and Salisbury), @Citistar?

Not franchising - that will come later - but on retendering to (I believe) First. Independents - and Adventure Travel - have not faired particularly well.

In that list, Eastbourne and Uckfield are the "true" outstations. All the other locations have a specific allocation of vehicles. Ringmer is a location coming with the acquisition of Eastbourne Sightseeing, although (I think) its been used in the past by Go-Ahead London's Commercial Services as...

True. I wouldn't discount Damory (Go South Coast) either.

Would agree about the 58 going to South West Coaches, they also have operating bases at both ends of the route. Any thoughts on who would take over Dorset route CR4?

May be worth mentioning that this was initially an East Lancs design. There is commentary elsewhere which describes how it became an Optare-badged product.

My understanding is that drivers are striking after turning down a 9.5% pay rise! People in other industries would happily take that at the moment...

This post deserves an award. Thank you, @M803UYA!

Why would they be?

Eastbourne Buses in December 2008, the Cavendish operations of Renown, Bexhill in January 2009.

Ooh, was that the 2023 edition, @route101?

Portsmouth and Southampton are administratively separate unitary authorities, outside of Hampshire County Council's remit. Both, however, do produce excellent maps, at least online. Stagecoach have produced some recent paper leaflets for Portsmouth-area services (the 21, Coastliner) but I...