Operator Updates for TravelLinks
Update: Due to many Wildfires across the New Forest we have no choice but to take action. Most people have had an alert around 7pm today about these fires, buses affected will be diverted across the New Forest. Please check route service updates for details.
Update: Due to the Solar Eclipse buses will be delayed across seasides mainly open toppers like 37 & 38 and routes across Weston, Netley, Bournemouth Town, Alum Chine, Plymouth, etc are 100% likely of cancellation all buses in Town Centres & Seasides of Bournemouth, Poole, Weymouth, Southampton, Portsmouth & Brighton are stuck, broken down or delayed. Buses will divert, 15s/30s&38s are diverting via Portsmouth Road 38s will terminate at Lowford Tesco. Bournemouth Town Centre won’t be served and will divert via University, Weymouth buses will divert and terminate in Dorchester. Lulworth Cove will go direct to Dorchester from Wool. Swanage will terminate at Sandbanks on route 43. 40s terminate at Wareham. Poole Quary will divert via Poole Bus Stn Hamble services are diverting/terminating at Lowford Tesco. Portsmouth Hard Interchange will terminate at City Centre South. 700 will divert direct to the north of Brighton. Buses will not serve Alum Chine & the East side and go direct, 42 will terminate at Westbourne
Update: On 22nd August 2026 buses across the Southampton City Centre will change (as on their allocation) services with single deckers serving the West Side & Vincent’s Walk are affected such as the 15, 20 & 61 (on its midday service
Update: Over the next weeks timetables will be shuffling across Southampton routes and also from 14th September Bournemouth and the IoW will go into an autumn timetable and from 2nd November will go into winter timetable (please check changes on each route)
Update: So you can still track buses to see your bus at lives times tracking is working but it’ll work with mixed buses so they will ALL track as something but be a different bus
Update: GPS TRACKING AWARENESS: During the next few days none of our buses will track due to GPS rewiring for every vehicle and won’t work if the buses are tracking so it’s best off to turn every vehicles GPS so it can undergo maintenance and fixing. Ticketer machines will work but GPS will be red and won’t work so please note that. We don’t know how long this will be but it won’t be longer than a month and a half
Update: Here is the list for buses going now till June (this will affected a lot of routes): All Xelabus loans - going Sunday 1011/2/21/2 - going Sunday 1020 - going Sunday 1132-41 going at the end of this month 1153/4 going at the end of this month 1253-62 - going Sunday HW62s - going one by one from Sunday and all will go by mid-May 1848-51 - going Sunday 1979-98 - going one by one from End of April and all will go by mid-May 6927-45 - going one by one from May till the start of June **ALL BUSES OLDER THAN 2012 ARE GOING BEFORE OCTOBER 2ND 2026 (doesn’t instead buses from 2012)**
Update: From tomorrow (Monday 9th March 2026) the Volvo BZLs and Mercedes Tourismos will start operation Allocations Volvo BZLs - MZ1, T1, T2, 16, 20 (10, 13, 14 if needed) Tourismos - B01
Update: Due to football being moved to tomorrow as an away game. SF1, SF2 and PR2 will not run. Services will still be affected with double deckers
Update: During the day on Saturday 7th March 2026, due to saints playing football at St Mary’s traffic will occur and affect services across the city centre network PLEASE NOTE: the following routes: 10, 13, 14, 16, T1 and T2 will run double deckers due to potentially full buses, SF1 SF2 and PR2 are running. Rail Replacement may be out over the weekend
Update: The B01 will start operation from Monday 9th March 2026
Update: Service X11 will run its last services on Thursday and on Friday will be ran by southern transport links as the 501
Update: Services will start running from 09/02/2026 17:00 as the new doors will come that day
Update: Due to the door being jammed for buses at the depot we are unable to run services for the next few days (maybe even weeks) the door will be reconstructed over the next few days. Please catch other services during the time
Update: For the next 10 weeks (31st Jan - 13th April) as the coaches won’t be available and new coaches will be due sometime in April (the following coaches 912/3/4/5 will be heading to another company and no coaches are available the route won’t run till when they come or otherwise 13th April
Update: From Monday 9th February timetable changes will occur over the network Mainly effecting routes: X6, 10, X11, 13, 14, 23, 61, MZ1, PR1
Update: Due to many issues HPR will no longer track as a massive tracking errors occured
Update: Due to football traffic will occur at Redbridge roundabout and on the M271 resulting in the 17:00 PR3 cancalled and the 16:40 PR1 return back to Southampton city centre
Update: Be aware of traffic tonight as Saints are playing at St Mary’s Football Stadium. Traffic will occurs entering/exiting town this evening between 5 PM till 11 PM. Special routes SF1, SF2, PR2 will run. T2 will run a double decker from half 4
Update: Due to the services 16:00 PR1 to Adanac Park and 16:10 PR3 to Totton crashed into each other they will be replaced (the return journey on the PR1 WONT OPERATE) The 17:00 PR1 will operate with a new bus. This may affect certain routes entering/leaving Adanac Park & Ride