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nationwide on Go Ahead's buses. To accompany this, they have also installed solar panels onto the roof of the test bus to see if the filter can be made to run on its own power. 16 more buses have been installed with solar panels to reduce maintenance costs and fuel consumption. There are 6 buses with the air filter, including the original with the prototype air filter installed on ADL Enviro200 MMC types, wearing the
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over their implementation and subsequent removal of extra services, which operated between
Eastleigh and Fair Oak, to rival Velvet's service, the Fair Oak Flyer. The latter service which commenced earlier in 2009 ran 55 trips per day. However, Black Velvet claimed the service became unviable when Bluestar increased the frequency on its competing route and later cancelled its service on 23 May 2009.
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clubs before completing its route. These routes generally followed those of their daytime number counterparts with additional stops to take into account destinations served by other routes. The routes spanned from
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in 1983, when the company was divided into 3 separate companies. Hampshire Bus was then bought by
Stagecoach South, who sold the Eastleigh arm of the company to Solent Blue Line in 1987, which gained the Eastleigh Depot, 82 vehicles and the local routes. In 2022 (before the opening of the Southampton
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Between 2008 and 2010, Bluestar used Baby
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Since 2014, modifications to the service were put in place: the name of the service was changed to "QuayConnect", with a bus sporting a new livery and amenities such as WiFi, USB ports and real time departures in April 2016; A brand-new double decker bus was purchased for exclusive use on the service
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Black Velvet then undercut
Bluestar in its bid for two college services between Eastleigh, Hiltingbury and Chandler's Ford and was awarded the contract on 19 February 2009. Bluestar operations director in response, said they would not be responding to it, claiming there was not enough passengers for
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Stockley claimed that Bluestar was being aggressive and attempted to "squeeze them out" with its new Beep buses. Bluestar operations director Andrew Wickham said that the decision was "a business decision pure and simple", adding that they "are not scared
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reduced their public bus network and passed two of its routes to the company. Since the company's takeover of First's Southampton's operations, in May 2024 they had received an order for 16 new Enviro400 MMCs for routes 2 and 7, as well as an additional 18 single deck buses and 11 refurbished London
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On 22 March 2011, a car drove into the front right of a Bluestar bus on route 2 between Southampton and Fair Oak, resulting in a single fatality of the car driver, and injuries to the car passenger, the bus driver was treated for shock. Only one passenger of the 10 on board the bus were treated for
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Southampton City Council announced their decision in February 2014 to cut funding to CityLink which put the service at risk of being withdrawn. WestQuay then made the same decision in April 2014 which left Red Funnel to step up to take over the CityLink contract. With Red Funnel the sole contractor
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in 2006. Marchwood Motorways had been operating under a franchise agreement with Solent Blue Line for a long time by this point, with most of its vehicles being painted in Solent Blue Line liveries. With the acquisition, Solent Blue Line gained the depot and 51 buses. The Marchwood Motorways brand
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In September 2008, Bluestar commenced running City-Link, which initially was a free shuttle between Town Quay and Southampton Central Station. The two buses used on the service were Dennis Darts inherited from Enterprise, the previous operator, and were repainted in a new two-tone blue livery with
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After less than a year operating, the company had gone from 16 buses to over 115. It had also developed a significant network. Due to this, rationalisation was undertook, with the company restructuring its operations. By 1988, it was in a good position to challenge CityBus. In the next five years,
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in 2023, after they closed the depot, along with withdrawing their Southampton services. This depot then became Bluestar HQ. It was purpose built in 2010, being paid for by the sale of the old First depot in Portswood. The depot has a maximum capacity of 134 buses. Unilink buses are also based at
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Bluestar has also been one of the test sites for new air filter technology which removes and captures particulates from the atmosphere. A test has been done in September 2018 for 100 days and has claimed to have cleaned 3.2 million cubic metres. It is planned that these will be fitted onto buses
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and Red Funnel to commemorate the opening of the WestQuay, with the purpose to facilitate transport for shoppers. First Hampshire & Dorset originally operated the "CityLink" and "CityLoop"; the former running every 10 minutes between Town Quay and Central Station, the latter every half hour
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Bluestar operate a fleet of roughly 327 buses, 88 of which are single deckers and 239 of which are double deckers. Bluestar frequently uses buses transferred from other companies within Go South Coast. 32 buses are allocated to Unilink, which are used on Bluestar routes, from time to time.
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though it would serve Chestnut Avenue before heading to Southampton; as well as the Fair Oak flyer to run between Eastleigh and Fair Oak. Bluestar then announced their intention to withdraw Beep! Bus from 22 February 2009, citing similar reasons to Black Velvet.
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Bluestar was awarded £0.23m in funding from the Department of Transport to roll out Wi-Fi on 120 buses, although this has now been withdrawn due to the growth in 4G and 5G usage. Contactless card payments were introduced in June 2017, on all Bluestar and
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in the south. There were originally six Red Rocket routes, lettered to avoid confusion with the Bluestar and Solent Blue Line service in operation at the time. Red Rocket services were either withdrawn or re-branded to Baby Bluestar on 24 February 2008.
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announced the intention to withdraw their Southampton-based operations which took place on 19 February 2023 with Bluestar adding six replacement routes to its network, servicing the areas where the former company operated. In June 2023,
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The Lymington depot is part of Morebus, a fellow bus company within Go South Coast. All Bluestar buses from this depot are operated by Morebus. The depot mainly supports the Bluestar 6. There are 5 Bluestar branded buses at this depot.
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between Town Quay and Leisureworld via Central Station, Southampton coach station and The Quay Leisure centre. CityLoop was later axed in October 2007. Bluestar later took over the CityLink service in September 2008.
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Depot), this depot looked after 86 buses. Unilink buses are also based at this depot. The Depot building is physically connected to the Hants & Dorset Trim building, which is also owned by Go South Coast.
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in April 1987. The Southampton and Eastleigh arm of this company was then sold to Solent Blue Line on 4 October 1987. The sale included 82 buses, the Eastleigh Chickenhall Lane depot and the local routes.
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of CityLink, this meant that the service was reduced to every half hour, and passengers without Red Funnel tickets would have to pay a fee. These changes were put into effect in May 2014.
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to start operating. Chadwick & Shelley (both former managers at Citybus) and Southern Vectis both wanted to challenge the position of
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of competition" but Velvet were "deliberately creaming off" some of their passengers.
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1997:"Fleet of new buses unveiled by Bluestar amid improved routes"
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Meeting needs in a competitive sector - A Go-Ahead case study
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This depot was acquired by Solent Blue Line, when it bought
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service is run under contract by Bluestar, on behalf of the
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other routes have either been given to new operators, like
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using open-top buses are operated jointly by Bluestar and
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3301:"Roof ripped off bus as it crashes into bridge in Romsey"
2410:"RED JET TIMETABLE EXPANDED AND QUAYCONNECT BUS RESUMES"
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3015:"Southampton bus wars II ...the revenge"
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1429:Recommended Cash for Southern Vectis plc
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3176:. www.theargus.co.uk. 18 March 2007
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1970:Sinclair, Ashleigh (27 June 2023).
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444:Seating with Tables (on some buses)
16:Bus company in Southampton, England
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2576:"Night bus services set to finish"
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2336:"Bus service saved by ferry firm"
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2387:Island Echo (2 November 2018).
1610:"Fleet list for Bluestar Buses"
971:one bus service let alone two.
626:Circular tourist routes in the
562:Royal Hampshire County Hospital
368:companies, Southern Vectis and
44:Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMCs
3121:Adams, Melanie (8 July 2009).
3067:"Bus wars hot up in Hampshire"
2436:"Contact Us | New Forest Tour"
1866:Team, routeone (9 June 2021).
1842:"Introducing Bluestar Breathe"
1656:. 22 June 2017. Archived from
1474:Acquisition of Marchwood Buses
1378:"Solent Blue Line Network Map"
1352:"Solent Blue Line Network Map"
1110:Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC
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2741:. 2 July 2007. Archived from
878:This depot was acquired from
230:and the surrounding areas of
4260:Companies based in Hampshire
4008:First Hampshire & Dorset
2941:. www.omnibuses.blogspot.com
2764:Docks Tour - Service changes
1483:Go-Ahead Group 24 March 2006
805:First Hampshire & Dorset
688:Southampton General Hospital
500:First Hampshire & Dorset
234:. It is a subsidiary of the
3299:Ford, Emily (28 May 2015).
1524:"bluestar | website update"
1438:Go-Ahead Group 11 July 2005
652:Petersfield railway station
398:the interiors re-branded.
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4265:Coach operators in England
4255:Bus operators in Hampshire
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2895:retrieved 22 February 2024
2859:retrieved 22 February 2024
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2834:retrieved 22 February 2024
2785:. Bluestar. Archived from
2362:"bluestar | travel update"
1712:. Bluestar. Archived from
1300:Retrieved 22 February 2024
1255:"Solent Blue Line History"
1200:"SOLENT BLUE LINE LIMITED"
1125:Alexander Dennis Enviro400
941:Northern Counties Palatine
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887:Eastleigh Chickenhall Lane
880:First Hampshire and Dorset
648:Winchester railway station
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3274:"Buses crash in Bitterne"
2461:"South Downs Rambler Bus"
2440:www.thenewforesttour.info
1059:Solent Blue Line branded
895:, but was transferred to
820:Southampton City Councils
656:Winchester Science Centre
644:South Downs National Park
549:University of Southampton
222:, trading under the name
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4203:Arriva Southern Counties
4106:Arriva Herts & Essex
4065:Arriva Southern Counties
3919:Arriva Southern Counties
3668:Govia Thameslink Railway
3522:Hedingham & Chambers
2769:20 February 2008 at the
2504:Southampton City Council
2178:"Bluestar 1 Timetable |"
1688:Hampshire County Council
1553:"bluestar | latest news"
874:Southampton Empress Road
801:Southdown Motor Services
597:Southampton City Council
566:Hampshire County Council
555:Nightstar (2024-present)
461:Hampshire County Council
357:fully launched by 2006.
220:Solent Blue Line Limited
2075:"Timetables & Maps"
1479:15 October 2013 at the
1434:15 October 2013 at the
1285:29 October 2013 at the
856:open-top bus was used.
471:The company trialled a
4275:Transport in Hampshire
3670:(through 65% share in
2735:"Solent Shuttle saved"
2258:"Countdown to new era"
1404:"Bluestar network map"
1257:. 1999. Archived from
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4136:Swindon's Bus Company
4090:Stagecoach South East
3977:Stagecoach South East
3569:Swindon's Bus Company
2710:"Bus services Totton"
2685:"Bus services change"
2185:www.bluestarbus.co.uk
2129:www.bluestarbus.co.uk
2079:www.bluestarbus.co.uk
1846:www.bluestarbus.co.uk
1629:Intelligent Transport
1226:Bruce, Geoff (1990).
1161:Swindon's Bus Company
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2995:. www.velvetbus.info
2150:"Hants CC Funding |"
1810:. 27 September 2018.
1311:"A Long Slow Battle"
932:Velvet (bus company)
481:ADL Enviro400 Cities
450:Free WiFi (Disabled)
414:Mercedes-Benz Citaro
352:Start of the Century
329:National Bus Company
4141:Thames Valley Buses
4023:Thames Valley Buses
3967:Brighton & Hove
3946:Thames Valley Buses
3884:Thames Valley Buses
3580:Oxford Bus Company
3473:Brighton & Hove
3305:Southern Daily Echo
3148:"Bus wars are over"
2970:. 20 September 2008
2919:on 17 February 2012
2913:Southern Daily Echo
2880:on 6 November 2007.
2783:"Do the Docks tour"
2608:on 25 February 2008
2264:. 27 September 2000
1736:"Goodbye to theKey"
1559:. 10 September 2011
1530:on 25 February 2008
1325:"What is Bluestar?"
910:Marchwood Motorways
682:NHS Park & Ride
668:Old Winchester Hill
664:Hinton Ampner House
638:South Downs Rambler
588:since 2014 between
477:Brighton & Hove
428:USB charging points
381:Marchwood Motorways
346:Marchwood Motorways
314:Southampton Citybus
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4111:Oxford Bus Company
3924:Oxford Bus Company
3889:White Bus Services
3865:Oxford Bus Company
3635:Go-Ahead Singapore
3589:Oxford Bus Company
3073:. 19 February 2009
2874:Bus and Coach News
2637:on 9 February 2008
2582:. 22 February 2014
2238:. 15 February 2000
1951:. 21 February 2023
1925:. 18 February 2023
1899:. 29 November 2022
1830:. 24 January 2020.
1756:. 17 February 2018
1504:on 6 November 2007
1498:Bus and Coach News
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3047:. 10 January 2009
2813:Bluestarbus.co.uk
2745:on 26 August 2007
2316:. 6 February 2014
2290:. 31 October 2007
2125:"Bluestar News |"
2029:. 18 October 2023
1782:. 1 November 2018
1716:on 2 October 2012
1690:. 7 February 2017
917:Lymington Outpost
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418:East Lancs Lolyne
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