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The brand was launched in December 2004 as a premium service replacing routes 101 to 105 between Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch, and routes 155, 156 and 157 between Poole and Canford Heath. The service launched with 30 Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B7RLE single-deck buses. The buses carried a livery of mostly dark blue with red at the back ...
In June 1987, Wilts & Dorset was sold in a management buyout. [5] The new company fought off competition from Charlie's Cars [6] and Badger Vectis. [7]Damory Coaches of Blandford Forum was purchased in May 1993, followed by Oakfield Travel [8] and Stanbridge & Crichel Bus Company in November 1993, [9] and by Blandford Bus Company in January 1994; [10] all were combined under the Damory Coaches ...
The Jurassic Coaster is a bus service operated by the Weymouth branch of First Hampshire & Dorset, running around the Jurassic coastline of the county of Dorset. [1] It features five routes, stretching from Axminster in the west to Poole in the east, with one of the routes in TripAdvisor's 2018 poll of most scenic bus routes coming in 12th place.
Go South Coast [3] is a bus operator on the south coast of England. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group . All services under the company come under its operating certificate, however the buses run under a multitude of brands.
Bus routes are operated by the following providers: [137] Morebus, which is based at the town's bus station; along with its predecessor, Wilts & Dorset, it has served Poole since 1983. It operate routes across Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Salisbury, in addition to operations on the Isle of Purbeck and the New Forest.
Bluestar also runs Unilink, which runs routes for the University of Southampton. Buses in this area for the most part either start/pass through Southampton City Centre (either Vincents Walk or Westquay/Albion Place) or Eastleigh Bus Station. [7] In the South, First Hampshire and Dorset run the First Solent brand. This runs mainly between ...
The bus station adjoins the Dolphin Shopping Centre and is opposite the Lighthouse Theatre. Poole Bus Station is the largest bus station in Dorset and is a key travel hub on the South Coast of England. [18] The station is owned partially by Wilts & Dorset, and partially by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
The new routes, and the rushed introduction of the new timetables, led to scores of complaints from passengers [12] and in October that year, Bournemouth Transport Limited, which owned and ran Yellow Buses, posted pre-tax losses of £124,000 at Companies House (generating a loss after tax of £193,000).