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Billy escapes leaving Jamie the bill
Review of First Southampton by chunka

Advantages: Your eyes are filled by buses
Disadvantages: They take your hard earned brass

...us travel in style!”. However, the first actual buses that came from FirstBus were those that replaced the old CityBus buses, like the economical ones like Gas and Electric powered with massive great roofs that must have had the power to power over 50 engines which they never really use. The next buses came out almost instantly, long ones and double-deckers made by Volvo and by the way, it’s the excellent Swedish Volvo that build ... Read review

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22.11.2002
(17.12.2002)
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Review of First Southampton by TYoung

Advantages: Buses go to all parts of Southampton. New buses provide comfort for all passengers, also good disabled facilities available. Free service from Train Station to the West Quay Shopping Centre.
Disadvantages: The old buses are basically awful, needs to get rid of them and bring in newer buses. Needs to win back old bus users and introduce Student schemes.

So what's the deal with First Southampton Bus? First Bus is quite a new company in Southampton having taken over from the terrible 'City Bus'. When they took over from the unpopular company, they knew that to win back customers on their buses they need to improve drastically. First Bus has only one company, which they are competing against in Southampton, which is Blue Line. Although Blue Line has many buses running in various places in Southampton, ... Read review

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06.09.2001
First in Portsmouth
Review of First Southampton by premier407

Advantages: Good routes, nice buses, 50% student discount
Disadvantages: Some journeys can be expensive

...services. There are two main companies, First and Stagecoach, providing local routes. First operate most of the city and some inter-city services, and stagecoach only operate a few. Generally, i find that other students dislike using the bus services, some say it's more expensive than owning a car down here and others just say they'd rather get a taxi from A-B. On a personal note, i'd recommend them to anyone - and they are a lot cheaper than ... Read review

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14.03.2004
(20.05.2004)
Brings new meaning to 'dreadful'
Review of First Southampton by rwsweet

Advantages: Well, they are buses I suppose
Disadvantages: Often late, crowded, dirty

...UK is hardly wonderful, but First Southampton buses are just SO bad it's not true. I could wax lyrical about my bad experiences, long waits and overcrowded buses, but you've heard it all before so I'll just summarise what I feel. A return ticket from one of the outlying regions of Soton to the centre costs around £1.20. For that amount of money, you might expect that (within reason) most buses could run on time, the bus might be clean and have ... Read review

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01.09.2000
First??? Uni-Link is better!
Review of First Southampton by pcman18

Advantages: Cheap....With season tickets!!!!
Disadvantages: Expensive, late, unreliable

...been a regular travel on First Southampton for the last three years to travel to and from uni and work. The comfort of the seats are OK but could be better if the company spent more money, they get more than enough from the fares that they charge. Service of customers is average. The drivers can get stressed at times - especially on packed buses and when people are being noisy. The drivers are better than they used to be though. Some drivers ... Read review

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06.05.2004
(25.10.2005)
The company who are exempt from timetables
Review of First Southampton by PaulCatterall

Advantages: New fleet of buses, comfortable, good route coverage
Disadvantages: Expensive fares, rarely run to time, often don't run at all

...I have used. Why then, do First Southampton have the sheer audacity to publish a timetable? Is it some from of joke? Is there a conspiracy to ensure that the population of this city die of stress before they reach 40? I know of no less than thirty people who have been put in inconvenient situations with their employers because of the "service" offered by First Southampton, and let's face it, that is simply not good enough. For fares to be continually ... Read review

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16.02.2001
Quick review of First Southampton
Review of First Southampton by badgirl1980

the first bus service gets worse every day i have been on damp first buses cold first buses and buses which are falling to bits its about time they got rid of the really old double deckers and got some new ones come on after all it is 2007 now and still running a clapped out old e reg what exactly do we pay bus fares for. my five year old now calls them worst bus which i happen to think is about right

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20.11.2007
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Review of First Southampton by mross1973

In the 21st centry why do we have to travel on buses that are so old, wet, cold and unreliable I had no choise but to use first southampton to work on a friday they are that bad they can not be botherd to even run the first bus of the day on many occasions i have had to pay at least ten pounds in a taxi every time so i am not late for work i think this is bad .

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