news archive 2008

First Bus strike action
18/12/08
Bluestar and uni-link will run as normal on 20 and 22 December.
Christmas & New Year buses
20/11/08
There may be changes to your Bluestar bus across the festive period...
Environmental & Social Report launched
28/10/08
We have launched our Environmental & Social Report for 2008.
Redwhitebluestar bus launch
30/09/08
Redwhitebluestar bus launched by Jan Poortvliet at St Mary’s
New Forest Tour in demand
05/08/08
As the operator of the New Forest Tour, we at Bluestar are already hugely pleased with the overwhelming success of the service this year.
Do The Docks tour returns
21/05/08
The tour returned for the final voyage of the QE2.
Extra buses around Hythe on 11 November
30/10/08
We’ll be running additional local buses around Hythe on Tuesday 11 November.
Diversion affecting Main Road, Marchwood on Bluestar 8
08/08/08
Hythe Road and Main Road in Marchwood will be closed due to gas replacement works.
Disruptions at Portswood Road from 18 August
18/08/08
Delays expected for the next 5 weeks.
Improvements to the bluestar network from 31 August 2008
13/08/08
We are making a number of positive changes to services around the Bluestar network..
Derby Road opening delayed
13/10/08
The northern section of Southampton Road will now reopen on Thursday 16 October, rather than Monday 13 as originally planned.
roadworks near the Cenotaph in Southampton
10/10/08
From Monday 13 October, road surfacing works will take place around the Commercial Road and Above Bar Street junctions near to the Cenotaph in Southampton
bluestar joins Southampton's reading slam
30/09/08
To celebrate the National Year of Reading, Bluestar has joined Southampton’s Reading Slam...
Shirley High Street reopens
29/08/08
Bluestar 4 and 18 have both returned to normal route between the city centre and Shirley, following the reopening of Shirley High Street during the morning of 29 August. Thank you to our customers for their patience during these closures.
Diversions around Thornhill from 18 August until 29 August
08/08/08
Roadworks in the Thornhill area will mean that parts of Hinkler Road will cause disruption to Bluestar 18.
Uni-link joins forces with bluestar
21/08/08
Bluestar will take over as provider of the uni-link service on 28 September 2008.
Changes to stops at Millbrook Roundabout
20/05/08
New arrangements for Bluestar 8 9 10 11 and 12 passengers.
Bluestar launches Passengers Panels
19/05/08
We have launched a campaign to attract volunteers to join our new Passenger Panels.
making stars of local students
04/04/08
One of our single decker buses will be one of the locations for a film project created by students in Eastleigh.
Changes to Single and Return Fares
15/04/08
From Sunday 27 April some of our single and return fares will be increasing.
Another one for the road on Nightstar 9
13/04/08
From Friday night 25 April, we’re introducing an even later bus on Nightstar 9.
Making our buses more reliable from 21 April 2008
04/04/08
We will be making some timing and route changes to Bluestar 3 and Baby Bluestar C, partly owing to increased problems with congestion in certain areas on these services.
Bluestar joins forces with the Transport Benevolent Fund
28/03/08
Find out about our work with the Transport Benevolent Fund...
Temporary changes to city centre pick-up points
04/03/08
Unfortunately, our buses will depart from different stops in Southampton from owing to utility works in Bargate Street and Hanover Buildings...
Fast journeys between Hythe and Southampton
01/03/08
From Sunday 24 February, both Bluestar 8 and Bluestar 9 will travel on a limited stop basis between Applemore or Totton and Southampton...
Bluestar 8 gets a Sunday service
01/03/08
From Sunday 2 March, Bluestar 8, running between Hythe, Marchwood and Southampton, will get several journeys on Sundays...
safer travel
26/02/08
We're progressing our work with Crimestoppers to provide safer travel for all.
star people
25/02/08
We held our first starry, starry night event, recognising the work of our bluestar team.
a piece of cake
25/02/08
A special shuttle send off for one of our most regular passengers.
February 2008 service changes
30/01/08
Following our initial reports on service changes, we are now progressing through further consultations with Hampshire County Council and Eastleigh Borough Council to reduce the impact of any changes made to our buses on February 24th...
Price changes to fares and passes
04/01/08
We will be changing the cost of most single and return fares from 6 January 2008...