First Hampshire & Dorset

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First Hampshire & Dorset is a subsidiary bus company within First Group, which operates buses and trains throughout Great Britain.

First Hampshire & Dorset has its head office in Portswood, Southampton and operates bus services in the Weymouth and Bridport areas in Dorset; and services in Southampton (Portswood Depot), Portsmouth (Hilsea Depot), Fareham and Gosport (Hoeford Depot).

FirstBus acquired bus services in Portsmouth in 1996 from Transit Holdings trading as Red Admiral & Blue Admiral, which in turn had taken over the Portsmouth CityBus operations under the title of Southdown Portsmouth.

The former Southdown operations continue to be operated by Southdown Motor Services Limited t/a Stagecoach Coastline, or Stagecoach in Portsmouth (Portsmouth area services) or Stagecoach in the South Downs (Chichester/Worthing services).

FirstBus (later renamed First Group) had previously taken over the bus services in Gosport and Fareham formerly operated by People's Provincial and Hants & Dorset and amalgamated the services in the East Hampshire area as First Provincial.

Further acquisitions of the bus operations of Southampton CityBus and Southern National were made, with the company being renamed First Hampshire & Dorset in 2003.

In December 2006 the Traffic Commissioner fined First Hampshire & Dorset £35,000 for failing to run one in five buses in Portsmouth on time.^[1] The operator received an earlier formal warning over timekeeping in June 2005. The Traffic Commissioners' nationally accepted criteria for the operation of a bus journey is running more than one minute early or more than five minutes late (otherwise the journey is deemed not to have run). In its defence, First Hampshire & Dorset had submitted that Portsmouth City Council's five year plan to resurface every street to improve street lighting had severely affected the operator's ability to maintain services, something rejected by the Traffic Commissioner.

First Hampshire & Dorset now publishes reliability and punctuality data on its website.

Contents 1 Southampton services 1.1 Fleet 1.2 Services 2 Portsmouth & Waterlooville bus services 3 Fareham and Gosport bus services 4 Weymouth, Bridport & Dortchester bus services 4.1 Routes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Southampton services

First Group purchased Southampton City Bus in 1997 and after a brief period of using the City Bus name the operation was renamed First Southampton. In 1999 First Southampton was merged with First Provincial to form First Hampshire. This later became First Hampshire & Dorset. The company is facing growing competition in Southampton from Go-Ahead owned Solent Blue Line and Uni-link.

[edit] Fleet

First services in Southampton utilise a mix of single and double deck buses.

The backbone of the double decker fleet is a large number of Volvo Olympians with Northern Counties Palatine 1 bodywork. All of these are second hand, the double door vehicles coming from Go-Ahead's London operations and Stagecoach. The company also has sixteen Volvo B7TL's with Alexander ALX400 bodywork. Most of these carried branding for service 17/17A but this has been removed and the vehicles can be found operating across the network. In March 2007 the Portswood Depot received a small number of 07 registration Volvo B7TL's with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodywork for use on service 8/8A.

The single deck fleet is comprised of Dennis Dart SLFs with Plaxton Pointer 2 and smaller MPD versions for service 16, Volvo B10BLE with Wright Renown bodywork and a number of Mercedes-Benz based minibuses.

A small number of American style yellow school buses are also allocated to Portswood Depot for use on school contracts, a pair of Leyland Olympians with East Lancs bodywork are also frequently used on school services.

First inherited a large number of Leyland Atlanteans from Southampton City Bus along with Leyland Lynxs and gas powered Dennis Darts. All of these have now been withdrawn from the Southampton fleet. First introduced a number of bus types that are also no longer in service in Southampton, these include Wright Solar Fusion bendy buses introduced in 2000 but were transferred to First Glasgow in 2003 after they proved unsuitable for a number of Southampton roads^[2], former First Capital Dennis Arrows proved unpopular in Southampton and moved onto First Manchester in 2006. First had operated Optare Solos on the free City-link service between Southampton Central Station, West Quay Shopping Centre and Town Quay, these left the Southampton fleet when First lost the City-link contract to Uni-link.

[edit] Services

^[3]

No.	Route	Other Notes
3	Southampton City Centre - Lodge Road – Portswood - Townhill Park	“Overground” Orange Line.
3A	Southampton City Centre - Bevois Valley - Portswood - Townhill Park	“Overground” Orange Line.
5	Lordshill – General Hospital - Southampton City Centre - Bitterne - Sholing	“Overground” Turquoise Line.
5A	Bakers Drove - Buchanan Road - Lordshill – Lordswood – Central Station – Southampton City Centre – Bitterne – Sholing	“Overground” Turquoise Line.
5E	Lordshill - General Hospital - Southampton City Centre - Bitterne - Sholing - Weston	“Overground” Turquoise Line. Evenings only.
6	Weston - Bitterne - Southampton City Centre - Portswood - University - General Hospital - Shirley - Totton	Sunday 6A service runs via Glen Eyre.
7	Sholing - Woolston – Southampton City Centre - Portswood - Bassett Green	“Overground” Mauve Line. Formerly service 11.
7A	Sholing - Woolston – Southampton City Centre	“Overground” Mauve Line. Formerly service 11A.
8	Lordshill - Shirley - Southampton City Centre - Woolston - Merry Oak - Bitterne - Midanbury - Townhill Park	“Overground” Light Brown line.
8A	Lordshill - Shirley - Southampton City Centre - Woolston – Bitterne - Chartwell Green – West End - Moorgreen Hospital - Hedge End Railway Station - Botley (only 2 services a day)	“Overground” Light Brown line.
8E	Lordshill – Shirley - Southampton City Centre – Woolston - Merry Oak - Bitterne Midanbury – Chartwell Green	“Overground” Light Brown Line. Evenings only.
9	Southampton City Centre – Bitterne – Harefield - Thornhill	“Overground” Pink Line. Sunday service 9E runs via Lances Hill instead of Chessell Avenue.
10	Lordshill – Aldermoor Road – General Hospital – Central Station – Southampton City Centre – Woolston – Kathleen Road - Thornhill	“Overground” Red Line.
10A	Lordshill – Lordshill Way – General Hospital – Central Station – Woolston – North East Road - Thornhill	“Overground” Red Line.
10E	Lordshill – Aldermoor Road – General Hospital – Central Station – Southampton City Centre – Woolston – Kathleen Road - Thornhill - Harefield	“Overground” Red Line. Evenings only.
14	Southampton City Centre – Portswood – Southampton Airport - Bitterne	Infrequent 14A variation does not serve Midanbury.
15	Hamble - Hedge End - Eastleigh	Commenced 25 February 2008 replacing Solent Blue service A
16	Southampton City Centre – Netley – Hamble	"Southampton - Hamble Connection". 16X variant serves St. Annes School at school times.
17	Lordshill – Millbrook – Shirley – Southampton City Centre – Woolston – Weston	“Overground” Green Line.
17A	Lordshill – Aldermoor – General Hospital – Millbrook - Shirley – Southampton City Centre – Woolston – Weston	“Overground” Green Line.
17E	Lordshill – Millbrook – Shirley – Southampton City Centre – Woolston – Weston – Sholing	“Overground” Green Line. Evenings only.
21/22	RSH Hospital – Southampton City Centre – General Hospital – Lordshill – Nursling (21 only)	Service 22 is run by A2B Travel under contract to First, using First liveried vehicles.
24	Southampton City Centre – Chandler’s Ford – Hursley	Very limited service. One journey in each direction, Monday to Friday.
25	Southampton City Centre – Hedge End – Boorley Green
72	Southampton City Centre – Warsash – Locks Heath – Gosport
78	Southampton City Centre – Fareham	78C variation serves St. Annes School at school times.
79	Southampton City Centre – Warsash – Locks Heath – Fareham	Sundays only.
80/A/B	Southampton City Centre – Locks Heath – Fareham	Main service is route 80. 80A/B are evenings variations.
154	Springhill School - Southampton Centre Centre - Thornhill	School Service.
155	Sholing Girls School - Butts Road School	School Service.
156	Sholing Girls School -Thornhill - Harefield - Midanbury - Portswood	School Service.
158	Southampton City Centre - Portswood - University - Glen Eyre School	School Service.
159	Southampton City Centre - The Avenue - St. George School	School Service.
161	Weston Park Boys School - Sholing - Thornhill - Bitterne Road	School Service.
162	Threefield Lane - Kingsland - St Marys - Station - Bellemoor Boys School	School Service.
A1	Totton Asda – Calmore	Asda Contract.
A2	Totton Asda – Ashhurst – Lyndhurst	Asda Contract.
A3	Totton Asda - Millbrook Estate - Maybush - Lordshill Centre – Rownhams – Upton	Asda Contract.
A4	Totton Asda – Hillyfields – Rownhams – North Baddesley – Whitenap – Romsey	Asda Contract.
A5	Asda Totton – Marchwood – Dibden – Hythe – Holbury – Fawley	Asda Contract.
A6	Asda Totton – Marchwood – Dibden – Hythe – Holbury – Langley	Asda Contract.
N6	Southampton City Centre – Bitterne – Hedge End – Botley	Nightbus service.
N7	Southampton City Centre – Netley - Hamble	Nightbus service.
B1	Bitterne - Middle Road - Kathleen Road - Bursledon Road	Bitterne Shoppa Hoppa.
B2	Bitterne - Witts Hill - Midanbury	Bitterne Shoppa Hoppa.
B3	Bitterne - Bursledon Road - Thornhill - Harefield	Bitterne Shoppa Hoppa.

[edit] Portsmouth & Waterlooville bus services

^[4]

No.	Route	Other Notes
1	Paulsgrove (Deerhurst Crescent) - Cosham - North End - Portsmouth City Centre - Palmerston Road - Southsea (South Parade Pier)	“Overground” Red Line. Continues as 1C to Paulsgrove.
1A	Fareham (Bus Station) - Portchester - Paulsgrove (Deerhurst Crescent) - Cosham - North End - Portsmouth City Centre - Palmerston Road - Southsea (South Parade Pier)	“Overground” Red Line. Continues as 1C to Paulsgrove.
1C	Portsmouth City Centre - Palmerston Road - Southsea (South Parade Pier) - Eastney - Milton - Copnor - Cosham - QA Hospital - Paulsgrove (Deerhurst Crescent).	“Overground” Red Line. Originates as 1/1A from Paulsgrove or Fareham respectivley.
3	Paulsgrove (Portsdown Inn) - Queen Alexandra Hospital - Cosham - North End - Fratton - Palmerston Road - Southsea (South Parade Pier)
4	Portsmouth College - Moneyfields - Stubbington Avenue - North End	Service commenced 3rd June 2007
5	Fareham (Bus Station) - Portchester - Paulsgrove - Cosham - Stamshaw - Portsmouth City Centre - Gunwharf Quays- Clarence Pier - Palmerston Road	Evening and Sunday service 5A contiunues to Southsea (South Parade Pier) instead of Palmerston Road.
6	Tipner - North End - Copnor - Milton - Eastney - Southsea (South Parade Pier) - Palmerston Road - Old Portsmouth - Gunwharf Quays	"Overground" Blue Line.
8	Paulsgrove - QA Hospital - Highbury	Commenced 3rd June 2007.
9	Highbury - Medina Road - Cosham - Paulsgrove	Commenced 3rd June 2007.
11	Cosham - Tesco - Port Solent	Sunday service 11A/11B service runs via Cosham - QA Hospital - Hillsley Road - Port Solent - Cosham. Commenced 3rd June 2007.
12	Farlington - Drayton - Cosham	Commenced 3rd June 2007.
13/14	Portsmouth City Centre - Fratton Road - Goldsmith Avenue - Milton - Furze Lane - Eastern Road - Baffins - Copnor Bridge - New Road - Lake Road - Portsmouth City Centre	On Sundays continues to Gunwharf Quays. Non Sunday evening service 13A/14A run via Velder Avenue, Milton, Goldsmith Avenue, Fratton Road instead of the route between Eastern Road and Lake Road
15	Hayling Ferry - Devonshire Avenue - Fawcett Road - Elm Grove - Middle Street - Winston Churchill Avenue -> Cambridge Road -> Gunwharf Quays -> Portsmouth City Centre -> Winston Churchill Avenue -> Middle Street - Elm Grove - Fawcett Road - Devonshire Avenue - Hayling Ferry	Portsmouth end of route runs in a loop, in the direction shown.
16	Hayling Ferry or Lumsden Road - Eastney - Fawcett Road - Fratton Road - Portsmouth City Centre	Sunday service 16A - Eastney (Hayling Ferry) to Old Portsmouth (Point)
17/18	Gunwharf Quays - Portsmouth City Centre - Bradford Junction - Albert Road - Eastney - Milton - Goldsmith Avenue - Bradford Junction - Portsmouth City Centre - Gunwharf Quays	"Overground" Orange Line. Route runs in a loop, numbers indicating direction. (Route 17 anti-clockwise, route 18 clockwise)
19	Portsmouth City Centre - Southsea - Old Portsmouth - City Centre	Commenced 3rd June 2007.
25	Fareham - Portchester - Paulsgrove Shops	Commenced 3rd June 2007. Withdrawn 12 January 2008.
38	Fareham or Wickham - Southwick - QA Hospital - Cosham |
40	Wecock Farm - Milton Road - Waterlooville - Stakes - Crookhorn - Cosham - North End - Portsmouth City Centre - Southsea	"Overground" Green Line.
40C	South Downs College - Crookhorn - Cosham - North End - Portsmouth City Centre	School and college days service.
41	Clanfield (Drift Road Shops) - Horndean - Cowplain - Waterlooville - Purbrook - Widley - Cosham - North End - Portsmouth City Centre - Gunwharf Quays	"Overground" "zip". Peak hour services also serve Clanfield (Rising Sun).
43	Portsdown - Cosham - North End - Fratton - Southsea
45	Hambledon - Denmead - Waterlooville - Stakes - Cosham - Stakes - Cosham - Stamshaw - Portsmouth City Centre
45A	Denmead Green - Waterlooville - Stakes - Cosham - Stakes - Cosham - Stamshaw - Portsmouth City Centre
57	Warsash - Locks Heath - Titchfield - Fareham - Linden Lea - Portchester - Port Solent - Cosham - North End - Portsmouth City Centre	Limited Stop X57 service runs via Fareham - Portchester - Paulsgrove - M275 - Portsmouth City Centre. Route diversion in Portchester replacing service 25 - 14 January 2008.
63	Fareham - North Portchester - Paulsgrove - QA Hospital - Cosham - Drayton - Farlington - Leigh Park - Havant
145	Emsworth - Havant - Bedhampton - Crookhorn - Waterlooville - Denmead
X40	Catherington Lane or Wecock Farm - Waterlooville - A3(M) - M275 - Portsmouth City Centre or Southsea	Limited Stop operating in the morning and inwards only.
X41	Clanfield (Rising Sun) - Horndean - Cowplain - A3(M) - M275 - Portsmouth	Limited Stop service, Monday to Friday peak service.
X57	Fareham - Portchester - M275 - Portsmouth City Centre Limited Stop	Monday to Friday peak service

[edit] Fareham and Gosport bus services

^[5] The services not included in Portsmouth services.

No.	Route	Other Notes
26	Fareham - Highlands - Segensworth - Park Gate - Botley - Hedge End
28	Fareham - Highlands - Segensworth - Whiteley
29/30	Gosport - Alverstoke - Gosport	Circular service, numbers indicate direction of travel.
31	Fareham - Redlands Lane - Fareham College
33	Fareham - Asda - Stubbington - Hill Head - Stubbington - Fareham	Circular service.
34	Fareham - Rowner - Stubbington - Lee-on-the-Solent - Gosport
35/35A	Fareham - Rowen Way - Stubbington - Hill Head - Stubbington - Rown Way - Fareham	Circular service, numbers indicate direction of travel.
36	Fareham - Asda - Lee-on-Solent
56	Windhover - Lowford - Botley - Bishopstoke - Eastleigh	Thursdays only, run under contract to Eastleigh Borough Council
57A	Warsash - Titchfield - Fareham
64	Gosport - Whiteley
72	Gosport - Stubbington - Warsash - Southampton
72A	St. Vincent College - Locks Heath
73	Gosport - Stubbington - Warsash - Southampton
76/76A	Whiteley - Locks Heath - Fareham
78	Fareham - Locks Heath - Southampton	78C service runs via St. Annes School at schooltimes
80/80A	Fareham - Southampton via Locks Heath	Includes evening variation, 80B
81	Gosport - Criterion - Brockhurst - Hoeford - Fareham	"Gosport - Fareham Connections". Early morning journey only.
82	Gosport - War Memorial Hospital - Brockhurst - Hoeford - Fareham	"Gosport - Fareham Connections".
83	Gosport - Criterion - Brockhurst - Hoeford - Fareham	"Gosport - Fareham Connections".
85	Gosport - Criterion - Brockhurst -Bridgemary - Hoeford - Fareham	"Gosport - Fareham Connections".
86	Gosport - Criterion - Elson - Brockhurst - Bridgemary - Hoeford - Fareham	"Gosport - Fareham Connections".
87/87B	Gosport - Rowner - Fareham	See also 87A below.
87A	Gosport - Rowner - Lee - Stubbington	See also routes 87/87B above.
88/88A	Gosport - Stokes Bay - Rowner - Fareham
93	Fareham - Highlands	Circular service
94	Fareham - Funtley - Knowle - Wickham
95	Fareham - Highlands	Circular service
96	Fareham - Highlands - Thorni Avenue

[edit] Weymouth, Bridport & Dortchester bus services

First services in Dorset were formerly those of Southern National. Unlike First services in Hampshire the Weymouth and Dorchester routes have been debranded and so routes are no longer referred to by colour under an "Overground" scheme. The X53 however retains its Jurassic Coast branding on buses and stops.

[edit] Routes

^[6]

No.	Route	Other Notes
1	Weymouth - Portland
2	Weymouth - Radipole - Littlemoor - Radipole - Weymouth
2A	Weymouth - Chalbury Corner - Littlemoor - Radipole - Weymouth
3	Weymouth - Hereford Road - Weymouth	Circular service. Evening 3A journey runs via Radipole Village.
4	Weymouth - Oakbury Drive - Preston Spice Ship - Weymouth	See also services 4A/4B below.
4A	Weymouth - Oakbury Drive - Seven Acres - Preston Spice Ship - Weymouth	See also service 4 above and 4B below.
4B	Weymouth - Oakbury Drive - Preston Spice Ship - Sutton Poyntz - Weymouth	See also services 4/4A above.
5	Weymouth - Radipole
6	Weymouth - Wyke Regis
8	Weymouth - Chickerell
9	Weymouth - Lanehouse Estate - Weymouth	See also service 9A below.
9A	Ferrybridge - Lanehouse Estate - Weymouth	See also service 9 above.
10	Dorchester - Weymouth
31	Weymouth - Littlemoor - Dorchester - Bridport - Lyme Regis - Axminster	See also service 631 below.
44	Bridport - Valley Road - Gundry Road - Jessopp Avenue - Bothenhampton Circular
45	Burton Bradstock - West Bay - Bridport - Court Orchard - Bridport Hospital	Service also runs at school times to Colfox School instead of Bridport Hospital, numbered 45A.
47	Bridport - Beaminster - Crewkerne - Yeovil
X53/4/5	For letter-prefixed services, see bottom of table
71	Lyme Regis Town Service via the Square	Town Service.
79	Portland Royal Manor School - Portland - Victoria Square - Wyke Regis	School service running in school terms only.
88	Preston - Littlemoor - Broadwey - Budmouth Technology College	School service running in school terms only.
89	Upwey - - Budmouth School - All Saints School	School service.
90	Overcombe Corner - Preston - Wey Valley School	School service.
91	Ferrybridge - Wyke Regis - King's Statue - Radipole - Littlemoor	School service running in school terms only.
92	Sutton Poyntz - All Saints School - Budmouth School	School service.
93	Abbotsbury - Budmouth School - All Saints School	School servcie.
108	Weymouth - Bovington Swinton Avenue - Wool	School service running in school terms only.
210	Bridport - Walditch - Puncknowle - Shipton Gorge - Litton Cheney	Limited service.
213	Broadwindsor - Dorchester - Weymouth	Limited service running Wednesdays only.
253	Beaminster - Bridport - Abbotsbury - Rodden - Langton Herrin - Weymouth	Limited service running Tuesdays and Thursdays only.
631	Bridport - Lyme Regis Woodfoffe School	School variation of main route 31. See above.
753	Beaminster - Bridport -Weymouth College	Limited service.
X53	Exeter - Seaton - Lyme Regis - Bridport - Weymouth - Wareham - Poole	Some journeys extend to Bournemouth. The "Jurassic Coast" service, using specially liveried buses.
X54	Exeter - Seaton - Axmouth - Colyton
X55	Weymouth - Dorchester - Bournemouth

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• First Group homepage
• First Dorset and Hampshire Southampton and Portsmouth services
• First Dorset and Hampshire Weymouth and Dorchester services

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