Timetable improvements from Monday 22 September

10 months ago Tue 2nd Sep 2025

timetable improvements from Monday 22 September

Our annual timetable improvements are coming into place from Monday 22 September:

RouteInformationTimetables
U1

Three new journeys will be added:

  • 04:17 from Town Quay
  • 04:50 from Airport
  • 00:40 from Airport
View timetable pdf
U1N

This route will be extended at both ends:

  • Extended beyond Civic Centre to Ocean Village via West Quay to serve Lucia Foster Welch halls.
  • Extended beyond Wessex Lane halls to Swaythling roundabout.

Our five one-way out of the city journeys will turn into four going out of the city and two coming back in.

This route will now run every night between Tuesday and Saturday. (During University term time only.)

View timetable pdf
U6This route will have general reliability improvements across all days of the week.View timetable pdf
U7

To better match demand, the number of journeys on this route will be reduced and will run as follows:

  • Towards Winchester - 09:10, 16:45, 18:10
  • Towards Highfield - 08:50, 17:50

Special tickets are needed on the U7 but these are also valid on the Bluestar 1 to Winchester which runs up to every 10 minutes! This means you can get to University in Winchester and into Southampton City Centre all on the same ticket. The closest stop to Highfield Interchange is Bassett Crossroads.

View timetable pdf
U8

This route will be withdrawn due to low demand.

To better match demand, it will be partially replaced by a NEW Bluestar 28 service which will go from Central Station to the Science Park via The Avenue and Chilworth.

Journey times will be as follows:

  • Towards Science Park - 07:15, 08:25, 12:40
  • Towards Central Station - 13:05, 17:40
View Bluestar 28 timetable pdf

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