Catch the Summer

On Monday 22nd July The Hard bus station will be closed for major road works. These works are expected to last six months. All First Bus services will arrive and depart from Stand L out on the main road in front of the dockyard gates. The bus station building and our travel shop will remain open. You can still buy First Bus tickets and National Express from the travel shop. Staff will be on hand to direct you to your bus or coach.

Temporary Stop Closure: Botley Road, Portsmouth Road, Sholing.
Routes X4 and X5.
Monday 22nd July until Friday 30th August.
Both directions.

Due to major road works in the area of these stops, passengers are advised to use the
temporary stops provided by Southampton City Council.

Please signal clearly to your driver.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
This closure may change at short notice, due to circumstances outside of our control.
Please keep checking back for further updates.

 On Monday the 22nd July and from the 24th July to 7th August Grove Road will be closed to all traffic. Service E1 will divert away from this area via Albermarle Avenue, Melville Road and San diago Road in both directions. Temporary stops will be in place on Albermarle Avenue near the junction of Reeds Road for any one who wants to walk through. Alternatively the other nearest stops are at Ham Lane or the Glencoe. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and this road will open as soon as these works are complete. These works are out of our control and may change at short notice.

Temporary Route Diversion Route 20
Hill Park Road, Thames Drive, and Red Barn Lane.

Wednesday 17th July until further notice.

Due to roadworks at the junction of Thames Drive, route 20 will be diverting via:
Highlands Road and Kiln Road in both directions.

Passengers are advised to use the alternative stops at either the Working Man’s Club on Highlands Road or St Francis on Funtley Hill.
This diversion will be in place until the works have been completed and safe access in and out of Thames Drive is restored.

Please keep checking back to his page for further updates. 

Please signal clearly to your driver
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
The contractors may change the times at short notice, due to circumstances outside of our control.

Unicorn Road will be closed OVERNIGHT ONLY between 8 pm and 6 am on the 17th,18th,19th, 22nd,& 23rd July. Services 3, x4, 7 & 8 will divert away from this area as follows:- Services 3 & 7 towards the City will divert away from Lake Road via Holbrook Road, Arundel Street & Station Street - missing out Cornmill Street stop. Services 3, 7, 8 & X4 out of the City will use the bus stop in Commercial Road South outside CEX then divert via Station Street, Arundel Street and Holbrook Road and will serve Commercial Road North, then back on normal route.

The Annual food festival in Southsea will take place over the weekend of 19th - 22nd July. Palmerston Road will be closed to all traffic from noon on the 19th, right through to noon on the 22nd. Service 3 will divert via Portland Road, Osborne Road (Queens Hotel) Clarence Parade, South Parade & South Parade Pier, in both directions. Please use alternative stops at St Judes Church or Queens Hotel. The bus stops at South Parade Pier remain ope. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused during this event. For services too and from the event please use the Service 3 which runs up to every 10 minutes.

From Monday 1 July 2024, First Solent service 28/28A will no longer operate between Whiteley and Botley, with the service now terminating at North Whiteley, Skipper Way. There is no change to the route between Fareham and Whiteley. A new timetable will be introduced on the same day. 

You can download our handy leaflet to view the new map and timetable here.

Alternatively, you can view the new timetable here. 

Temporary diversion of route 11.

Update 18th July 2024.

Route 11 is now back onto normal route.

we thank you for your patience during these works. 

Temporary Stop Closures.
Castle Way, Southampton. Routes X4 and X5.
Both directions.
28th May until further notice.

Due to road works on Castle Way in Southampton, passengers are advised to use the stops outside West Quay for the duration of these works.

There is currently no end date for these works, please keep checking back for updates. 

Please signal clearly to your driver
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
The contractors may change the times at short notice, due to circumstances outside of our control.

From Sunday 26 May 2024, we will be changing the way our current X4/X5 services operate across the network, including the introduction of a service 5, operating between Gosport and Fareham. 

All services will have an introduction of a new timetable. You can view the timetables here: Timetables | First Bus

Please see below for more details on what is changing: