Timetable improvements from Sunday 01 September...

1 month ago Fri 16th Aug 2024

timetable improvements from Sunday 1 September image with a Bluestar bus

From Sunday 01 September, we will be making improvements to some of our routes including increased frequency and timetable reliability updates. Please see below for details:

Route: Changes PDF timetable
Bluestar 6
  • The 0625 journey Monday - Friday from Lymington is extending beyond Totton to Southampton.
  • The 0900 journey from Southampton will be retimed to 0920 Monday - Friday 
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Bluestar 7
  • Additional journey Monday - Saturday at 2150 from City to Sholing and back again.
  • The 2250 Monday - Saturday journey from Sholing will now return to the city, arriving at 2319.
  • Reliability improvements to peak afternoon journeys Monday - Friday.
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Bluestar 8 
  • First journey from Hythe, Monday - Friday retimed 10 minutes earlier to 0615.
  • Journeys from Southampton retimed to improve arrival times in Rushington for workers starting at 0800.
  • General reliability improvements.
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Bluestar 9
  • GREAT NEWS -  Monday - Saturday frequency will increase to every 20 minutes!
  • Monday - Saturday evening frequency will increase to every 30 minutes until 2210 with an extra late journey at 0010 from Southampton.
  • Extra Sunday evening journeys added at 1912 from Fawley and 2010 from Southampton. 
  • Revised route towards Southampton to utilise the new bus only slip road on the A326 - stops on Spicers Hill will no longer be served but we hope this section of bus priority will help to improve the overall journey time and reliability of the route. Please use Clay Meadow, Jacobs Gutter Lane and Rushington Roundabout as alternative stops.
  • Earlier journeys added from Southampton at 0525 to meet shift start times at Rushington.
  • Evening journeys towards Southampton rerouted via Marchwood.
  • Monday - Friday, journeys to Calshot will reduce to 5 journeys per day. Saturday and Sunday will remain hourly.
  • General reliability improvements.

These improvements are funded by the UK Government in partnership with Hampshire County Council.

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Bluestar 11&12
  • Additional earlier journey Monday - Saturday from Calmore at 0448 and from Southampton at 0520.
  • Additional earlier Sunday round trip at 0628 from Calmore and 0705 from Southampton.
  • General reliability improvements.
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Bluestar 13
  • Evening journeys that previously finished at Harefield are extended to Bitterne.
  • General reliability improvements.
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Bluestar 14
  • Additional evening journeys Monday - Saturday at 2030 and 2230 from Southampton improving it to an hourly service.
  • General reliability improvements.

These improvements are funded by the UK Government in partnership with Hampshire County Council.

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Bluestar 15
  • Route change in Netley: Buses will no longer serve Ingleside or Woolston Road (Butlocks Heath). They will instead operate direct between Netley Rail Station and Hound Farm improving the journey time.
  • The route change allows the service to extend beyond City centre to Central Station.
  • Saturday frequency increased to every 30 minutes.
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Bluestar 20
  • There will be a route change in the Bitterne Park Triangle area, towards Southampton. Cobden Avenue (the stop at the bottom of St Catherine's Road) will no longer be served as buses will now turn right into Bond Road then left into Manor Farm Road. We hope this will speed up journey time onto Cobden Bridge.

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Bluestar
24

  • Reliability improvements for Barton Peveril College journey
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There will also be some stop changes in Vincents Walk:

Route Direction Old Stop New Stop
Bluestar 3 & 16  Towards city centre CK CH
Bluestar 7 Towards Sholing CI CK
Bluestar 10 & 13 Towards Sholing (10)/Harefield (13) CH CI
Bluestar 15 Towards Hamble CE (no longer serves Pound Tree Road) CK
Bluestar 17 Towards Weston CJ CK

Click here to view an updated "Where to Catch Your Bus" map for Southampton City Centre.

Works are in progress for the Albion Place bus hub and whilst our new timetables for the Bluestar 6, 8, 9 11 and 12 will say they terminate there, they will continue to terminate at West Quay until the hub is ready to open.

These exciting works will increase the number of available bus stops, create a safe space with new waiting facilities including seating and live travel information, and provide an urban park that complements the city's heritage whilst strengthening the connection with the historic city walls. This, alongside the traffic restrictions that came into place in late 2023, will reduce congestion in the city centre and improve air quality through increased quality and use of sustainable transport.

We recommend you download the Bluestar app where you can plan your journey, buy tickets and track our buses in live time.