Timetable changes from September

3 years ago Wed 10th Aug 2022

Bluestar timetable changes 4 September 2022

Following the continued recovery of our City from the pandemic, we will be making some timetable improvements from Sunday 4th September 2022 to address reliability in the post-COVID world & introduce additional buses during the daytime on Bluestar 11 & 12 and during the evenings on Bluestar 16 & 18. 

Bluestar 1                                                                                                                                                       

  • Minor timing changes to improve reliability 
  • Buses will no longer serve Winchester Rail Station on Monday to Friday evenings, although the Station will still be served Monday to Friday mornings            
  • An extra bus will run from ASDA to Southampton at 1710 on Monday to Friday

Bluestar 2                                                                                                                                                       

  • Minor timing changes to improve reliability 

Bluestar 3 

  • The bus at 2110 from Southampton on Mondays to Fridays will run 5 minutes later throughout

Bluestar 4 

  • Timing changes to improve reliability, with a new timetable during Evenings and on Saturdays. The last bus on Monday to Saturday will be 2330 from Southampton and 2245 from Romsey

Bluestar 5 

  • Barton Peveril College students using The Wellow and Nursing extensions, please visit the Barton Peveril section of our website, as the extensions will no longer operate
  • The bus from Chandlers Ford at 1709 on Monday to Friday will leave at 1714 and operate with revised times and will now serve the normal Chestnut Avenue route to Eastleigh
  • Buses from Eastleigh to Romsey at 0535 Monday to Friday & 0945 Saturday plus the 1725 from Romsey on Saturday will no longer run
  • Buses from Romsey on Monday to Saturday at 2005 & 0000 will be retimed to leave at 2010 & 0010 

Bluestar 8 & Bluestar 9 

  • Completely new timetable for both B*8 & B*9
  • The buses on B*8 arriving in Southampton at 0710 & 0745 on Monday to Friday will be replaced by one bus arriving at 0720 
  • There will be an extra Bluestar 9 bus leaving Southampton at 1845 on Monday to Friday & 1840 on Saturday  

Bluestar 11 & 12 

  • The frequency on Monday to Friday will be increased to every 10 minutes between Southampton and Totton, with Calmore and West Totton having a bus every 20 minutes. 
  • Extra buses will run on B*11 early evening from West Totton to Totton Town centre, giving new journey opportunities into Southampton by changing to B*12

Bluestar 16 

  • Minor timetable changes to improve reliability  
  • An extra bus will run at 2155 on Monday to Saturday from Southampton to Townhill Park 

Bluestar 17 

  • The extra journeys operating Tuesday to Friday between Lordshill Sainsburys & Brownhill Way will no longer run

Bluestar 18 

  • Monday to Saturday early evenings buses will be increased to every 20 minutes, dropping to every 30 minutes after 2100 
  • Minor timetable changes to improve reliability, particularly Saturday afternoons when we are adding extra buses in to reduce delays

Bluestar 6, 7, 35, 36, 39, H1, H2, T3, T4 & School Bus 503, 504, 506, 539, 654 are unchanged 

School Bus 538 

  • The morning bus will additionally serve Rushington Roundabout
  • The afternoon journey will start at Challenger Way to additionally serve Noadswood students 

School Bus 566 

  • Route & timetable revised to serve General Hospital, Warren Avenue, Winchester Road