Southampton's Buses

Since our previous DVD programme featuring Southampton’s buses ‘Southampton’s Buses 1991 – 2015’ you will see that many changes have occurred in the city affecting the contemporary bus scene. The main operators are still Go South Coast with their ‘Bluestar’ and ‘unibus’ operations and Firstbus with their ‘City Red’ branded buses for services within the Southampton area. It is proposed that Southampton will become a clean air zone, so the bus operators are preparing by updating their fleets with compliant vehicles. Bluestar have adapted one of their ADL Enviro200 single deckers, 2740 (HF65 CXN) with equipment fixed to its roof to absorb pollutants to help clean the air in the city. This bus can be seen on this programme on two occasions, but with different units fitted. There is plenty to see on this programme including a glimpse of some the independents that operate in the Southampton area, namely Wheelers and Xelabus. A big thank you to Go South Coast for their help in the making of this programme.