Hampshire & Solent Buses - Christmas Services
Service 401 will depart Leigh Park 15 minutes earlier from Monday, 12th January.
Hampshire & Solent Buses - Christmas Services
We’ll be keeping Hampshire and the Solent connected this festive season — including Christmas Day and New Year’s Day! Here’s how we’re running across the network this year:
Sunday 21st December
• Normal Sunday service on all routes.
Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd December
• Normal weekday service on all routes.
Wednesday 24th December – Christmas Eve
• Saturday service on all routes, finishing earlier than usual (around 20:00).
Thursday 25th December – Christmas Day
• Only essential Portsmouth routes will run, hourly from 08:30 to 16:30:
Route 1: Paulsgrove ↔ Southsea
Route 7: QA Hospital ↔ Fratton Bridge
Route 10: Leigh Park ↔ QA Hospital
Friday 26th December – Boxing Day
• We will be running a Sunday service on Hart Buzz services. Essential Portsmouth routes, 1 , 7 and 10 will run between 08:30 and 16:30. No services will operate for Hampshire Heartline and GosportLink.
Saturday 27th – Tuesday 30th December
• Saturday service on all routes.
Wednesday 31st December – New Year’s Eve
• Saturday service on all routes, finishing earlier than usual (around 20:00).
Thursday 1st January – New Year’s Day
• Only essential Portsmouth routes, hourly from 08:30 to 16:30:
Route 1: Paulsgrove ↔ Southsea
Route 7: QA Hospital ↔ Fratton Bridge
Route 10: Leigh Park ↔ QA Hospital
Friday 2nd January
• Saturday service on all routes.
Saturday 3rd January
• Normal school holiday service resumes.
These timetables are for Portsmouth CityLink. All Hart Buzz services will run to a Sunday timetable on Boxing Day. No other services will run on these three days in order to give our team a well deserved break.
🎅 Santa’s back on board!
Remember — our Santa Bus runs daily between November 24th and December 24th, visiting different parts of the network with festive music, decorations and free sweet treats!
Keep an eye on our website page for where it’ll appear next — you might just spot the big man himself behind the wheel! 🎄