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RE: South West Bus Operations - busmanT - 30 Nov 2022
(29 Nov 2022, 9:50 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://www.route-one.net/news/first-bus-to-close-southampton-business-in-2023/Go South Coast t/a Bluestar stepping in to fill the gap in Southampton
First Bus pulling out of Southampton early next year.
https://www.bluestarbus.co.uk/bluestar-steps-following-news-first-bus-leave-southampton
RE: South West Bus Operations - Phillippatt - 01 Dec 2022
(30 Nov 2022, 6:48 pm)busmanT wrote Go South Coast t/a Bluestar stepping in to fill the gap in Southamptonwhat's up with first bus they seem to selling sizable of operation's off
https://www.bluestarbus.co.uk/bluestar-steps-following-news-first-bus-leave-southampton
RE: South West Bus Operations - Andreos1 - 09 Jun 2023
Pulhams Coaches have been acquired by GAG and will be part of Oxford ops.
RE: South West Bus Operations - Andreos1 - 16 Sep 2023
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-66820248
Strike action in Southampton?
RE: South West Bus Operations - Andreos1 - 16 May 2024
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnd67pz2g4ro
Good to see taxpayers money going to a good cause.
RE: South West Bus Operations - Andreos1 - 22 Aug 2025
Villagers call for bus service to resume after nearly ten years - BBC News https://share.google/zOtCRdPCDUTHk93lv
Dunno why they've waited for 10 years, but the patter from the operator is as expected.
'Not enuf money in it for us'.
RE: South West Bus Operations - citaro5284 - 21 Nov 2025
Firstbus announced today that they are pulling out of Cornwall altogether and Go Cornwall are working with the Council to maintain some of the routes.
https://www.firstbus.co.uk/cornwall/update-our-cornwall-operations
https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/go-cornwall-bus-update
RE: South West Bus Operations - Andreos1 - 22 Nov 2025
(21 Nov 2025, 9:09 pm)citaro5284 wrote Firstbus announced today that they are pulling out of Cornwall altogether and Go Cornwall are working with the Council to maintain some of the routes.
https://www.firstbus.co.uk/cornwall/update-our-cornwall-operations
https://www.plymouthbus.co.uk/go-cornwall-bus-update
Came here to post the same thing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62l47g2mj1o
Falling passenger numbers partly to blame apparently.
Desire must not have been created!
RE: South West Bus Operations - Unber43 - 27 Nov 2025
Theyve got a young fleet aswell in 2025 times anyway, so will probably displace older buses or be sold