Other local bus & coach companies
so far includes Brijan, Black Velvet Travel, Excelsior, Portsmouth University & Wheelers Travel

FHD fleet developments during 2008

Small Portsmouth based operator who operated route 100 into Fareham in the 1980s & early 90s. Also ran a service in Portsmouth for a time

The summer show at HMS Sultan is a well established event - this year a free bus service connected the site with Gosport Ferry. Organised on behalf of HMS Sultan by the Provincial Society, buses owned by society members, CPPTD & First Hants & Dorset were used

Former members of the SBL fleet

The Rock Festival held on the island between the 8th & 10th of June saw over 20 vehicles hired in by Southern Vectis to augment their own fleet. A selection of pictures of the operation taken on June 8

"Does what it says on the tin" - The Southern Vectis fleet photographd in 2007

A small collection of photos from a trip to Lymington & Beaulieu on May 29th

Southampton's newest service - starting April 23 2007. Operated by Princess Coaches, West End. Using 5 Plaxton Primos to operate a circular service around the edge of the city centre to/from Town Quay. Pictures taken April 23rd at various points on route

Blue Line started in May 1987. These pictures cover the years 1987 - 1989. Fleet numbers quoted are as allocated at the time. Ex Hampshire Bus stock continued to show old 3xxx numbers until mid 1988 and ex Hants & Sussex buses never carried any numbers

Photos taken 2 Feb. 2007 during the closure of all rail lines in Portsmouth and surrounding area

Totton based Marchwood, now part of the Go Ahead Group, as a subsidiary of Solent Blue Line. Photos from the mid 1980s to the present. Mostly buses but some coaches included.

Developments in the FHD fleet during 2007

The new image in Bournemouth as Transdev relaunch the Yellow Buses operation. All pictures taken on August 24th

A selection of buses & coaches from the Bournemouth fleet. Again some of these are transferred from Webshots and are lower quality than usual, replacements as time permits.

The expanding fleet of Unilink, originally established to transport students around the various campuses of Southampton University but now becoming a major player in the city's transport network

Solent Blue Line have purchased 10 new Mercedes Citaros for the latest addition to the company's BlueStar network. A launch for the new services was held on March 29th at Gang Warily Leisure Centre on the Waterside

Photos covering the period when Provincial was an employee owned business.

Photos of vehicles on Rail Replacement work at Fareham (in Feb 2006) and Southampton & Portsmouth (March 2006)
27.. filenames are at Fareham: 28.. at Southampton 28/29 at Portsmouth

Developments in the FHD fleet during 2006

Photos representing the last 10 years of H&D, 1973 - 83.

The combined Gosport & Fareham and Hants & Dorset operation in the final NBC years. As with other collections images with 8 digit filenames will be replaced by improved quality scans as time allows

Photographs relevant to or taken in the area that don't belong in other collections.

The fleet of Stagecoach's Southdown subsidiary, with the emphasis on the western area of operations

A gallery of the vehicles in the SBL fleet. Now includes the Marchwood Motorways bus operation & from Sept 2008 the Unilink services in Southampton