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Schools and College services from Autumn Term

Our full list of schools and college services are now shown under TRAVEL TIMES. The new contract services for Henry Beaufort School and Boundary Oak School follow shortly. Any queries please call us on 02380 644715

August Bank Holiday Bus Services

Please note that the X11, X12, Hoppa and X21 services will not operate on Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th or Monday 28th August 2023. Service X11, X12 and X21 will recommence from Tuesday 29th. Bitterne Hoppa will recommence from Wednesday 30th. Have a great Bank Holiday

Are you going to Victorious Festival 2023?

If so, why not take the train to The Hard Interchange and hop on our X27 service running every 15 minutes from Stand N between 0930 and 2300 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Buses will leave Clarence Pier from outside the Ice Cream shop/ Arcade every 15 minutes throughout the weekend. Fares are: Adult Single £2 Adult Return £3 Child S...

School service timetables

All our School and College service timetables, for September, will be live on our website from Monday 7th August 2023. Please check our 'Travel Times' page for more information. Should you have an queries, please call 023 8064 4715.

X21 changing to U8

Due to the contract coming to a natural end, the service X21 from Southampton to the Southampton Science Park, via Airport Parkway, will be replaced by the UniLink U8 service from Monday 4th September 2023. The last day of operation for our X21 service will be Friday 1st September 2023. The current timetable will apply until close of business on this day. ...

Changes to School and College Services from September

Please note that we will NO LONGER be operating the following services from September: St Georges School 301 from Lordshill 302 from Woolston 303 from Whiteley 304 from Peartree 305 from Fair Oak Swanmore College X9A from Fair Oak Barton Peveril College 401 from Boorley Green 402 from Valley Park 404 from Thornhill 405 from Hamble 406 from Bursledon 407 from Knowl...

X4 service - transfer to BlueStar

Following a review of our services, we have decided to pass the reins of our Velmore - Eastleigh - Hedge End X4 and X4A services over to BlueStar from the end of July. The decision to discontinue operation of the X4 and X4A was not taken lightly with our buses operating the service since 2015. Unfortunately, the service no longer fits within our ...

Arctic Monkeys - Ageas Bowl - Wednesday 14th June 2023

The Arctic Monkeys are due to play at the Ageas Bowl on Wednesday 14th June 2023. As a result, Botley Road between Moorgreen roundabout and Tollbar Way roundabout is closed from 3pm onwards. Our X4 service will divert via Telegraph Road, Church Hill and Charles Watts Way in both directions. West End shops and Hedge End Superstores w...

Buses to LET'S ROCK!

STATION to LETS ROCK Shuttle (Service X80) If you are travelling by train to Southampton Central you can get our Service X80 bus from the NORTHSIDE of the station at bus stops in Blechynden Terrace. Just look for a green bus! Buses will leave Blechynden Terrace at 0930 and every 10 minutes until 1200 then every 15/20 minutes until 1900. Buse...

Southsea PR3

Going to the seaside at Southsea this summer? Then make it easy and take your car to the Tipner Park and Ride car park just off the M275. You pay just £4 for your car and all occupants can then travel on the PR3 service to City Centre (Commercial Road South), Old Portsmouth, Clarence Pier or Southsea. Buses run every 30 minutes from 0935...

Royal Victoria Bus and Coach Festival to replace this year’s Alton Rally

In a bid to keep an event in Hampshire for bus enthusiasts, Xelabus a family bus and coach operator in Eastleigh, will be holding a Festival of Bus and Coaches at the Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley alongside Southampton Water. The event will be held on SUNDAY 16th JULY 2023 and is open for free entry for anyone who owns a preserved bus or coach or inde...

May Bank Holiday services

For the forthcoming two Bank Holidays we will be running services as follows: SATURDAY 29th APRIL Saturday Service SUNDAY 30th APRIL No Services MONDAY 1st MAY No Services Services will revert to weekday operation from 2nd May 2023 SATURDAY 6th MAY Saturday Service SUNDAY...

Easter Bank Holiday Services 2023

Our services will be as follows during the Easter Bank Holiday break: Thursday 6th April 2023 Normal Services on X4, X4A, X11, X12, X21 GOOD FRIDAY – 7th April 2023 No Services EASTER SATURDAY – 8th April 2023 Normal Saturday Service for X4 and X4A EASTER SUNDAY – 9th April 2023 No Services ...

Service X11 Diversion at Dale Valley Road

As a result of a 13 week closure starting MONDAY 27th MARCH 2023 we will not be able to serve Dale Valley Road. The X11 will be diverted between Hill Lane and General Hospital via Winchester Road and Dale Road. Passengers can board and alight an X11 bus at the bus stop close to the junction of Dale Road and Dale Valley Road. We apologise f...

X9 & X10 service changes

Owing to the contract coming to a natural end, we would like to make customers aware that the services X9 and X10 are due to finish operating with Xelabus Limited on Friday 31st March 2023. The Hampshire County Council funded services have been operated by Xelabus since 2015 under contract to HCC. The council will be retendering the services to operators in...

Travel back in time on our Vintage bus Saturday 18th February 2023

With Firstbus leaving Southampton after 18th February 2023 we are to recreate a number of former City Transport bus routes in Southampton with our AEC Double Deck bus formerly with City Transport from 1967 to 1981. This is a free service for residents and enthusiasts and the bus will be running as follows: Service 7 ...

Statement from XelaGroup Management regarding Yellow Coaches Ltd

Following six months trial of operating local bus services 18/33 and 36 in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole areas it has been decided that the company no longer wishes to provide the services after the six month tender period expires on 14th February 2023. BCP council will be seeking alternative arrangements for customers who use these services. Scho...

Xelabus Customer Services Christmas hours

We will have a limited period of office contact for customers and these will be 24, 25, 26, 27 December - Closed Wednesday 28 December - 0930 to 12...

Some changes from 3rd January 2023 – Service X4 and X21

As a result of continual traffic congestion causing reliability problems for our Crosstown Service X4 we have decided to split the route at Eastleigh Bus Station for our Velmore customers. A revised timetable for the X4 service will be introduced and a new X4A service will operate from the Bus Station to Velmore Estate. Details of the new timetables will be...

Bishops Waltham Christmas Lights

Owing to the christmas light switch on in Bishops Waltham Square, the X9/ X10, 191 and 407 will stop on the main road just outside the Square. Any queries, please contact us at 023 8064 4715.

Hedge End Christmas Lights

Owing to the closure of Hedge End Village Centre the following services cannot serve Hedge End Village and will be diverted as per: X4 - diverted via Peter Cooper roundabout/ Maypole Roundabout/ Kings Copse Avenue/ turning around at roundabout at bottom of Barnfield Way. X9 - running direct from Peter Cooper roundabout/ Maypole Roundabout then ...

X9 - Curdridge Lane closure

Owing to the closure of Curdridge Lane, the X9 is diverting via Botley Road between 0930 and 1530 on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of November 2022. Depending on congestion, X9 and X10 may experience some delays. Any queries, please call 023 8064 4715.

Christmas and New Year Buses for 2022/23

Please see below the level of the service we will be operating during Christmas and the New Year period. Friday 23 December - Normal Friday Service Saturday 24 December&...

401 - Winchester Road Closure

Owing to an unexpected closure of Winchester Road, the 401 will be operating the following diversion: Normal times at Boorley Green roundabout then circumnavigate back to Denhams Corner, along Bubb Lane, Maunsell Way, A334, Woodhouse Lane then right onto Winchester Road back in to Botley and along normal route. From Wednesday 16th November, the 401 ...

Minor timetable changes for St Georges and Kings Schools

Please visit our Travel Times page for full details of minor changes to St Georges and Kings Schools.

Attention – Barton Peveril College Students

We are now open for purchasing of the second half of the College bus passes for Barton Peveril Eastleigh. Those who purchased the pass until November should now apply for the pass from end of November until July 2023. Please contact us for more details or visit our web site for Barton Peveril College ticket sales.

Minor timing changes to Service X4

Following reliability of the Service X4 late afternoon with traffic congestion in Eastleigh we have made some minor timing changes to journeys to improve time keeping. These will be introduced from Monday 31st October and the new timetable will be available on this web site from Monday 24th October. A new leaflet with details will als...

191 Mortimers Lane diversion

Diversion in place from Monday 10th October to Friday 4th November 2023. Owing to the closure of Mortimers Lane, the 191 bus will divert via Fishers Pond in both directions. This is in addition to diverting via Bubb Lane owing to the closure of Winchester Road. The bus will then turn left on to Maunsell Way and continue its journey...

We are recruiting!

We are hiring! Want to be part of a growing, passionate team? Join us at Xelabus! As Xelabus continues to expand, we are recruiting for full time and split shift bus ands coach drivers! - Flexible working patterns - no earlier than 0530am start - no later than 8pm finish - friendly, family business - open door policy ...

Some school route and time changes

As a result of some issues with roadworks on various services we need to make the following changes with effect from MONDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2022 Service 191 - Itchen College. From Monday this bus will serve Boorley Park Roundabout then return via Bubb Lane to TK Max at Hedge End. The bus will pick up outside Burger King and then via Tollbar Way, Maunsell Way Then the 1...

Public Holiday – Monday 19th September 2022

As a result of the Public Holiday announced for the above date there will be no services operating on this day for schools and our local bus network.

Kings School timetable amendments

KINGS SCHOOL The following timetable changes are affected from Tuesday 13th September 2022: Service 531 – Otterbourne – Shawford and Kings School Otterbourne, Sparrowgrove 0810 Otterbourne, Highways Rd 0812 Otterbourne, South Down ...

401 diversion (Boorley Green)

Owing to the closure of Winchester Road, the Barton Peveril 401 bus will pick up from Boorley Green at 7am and 9am each morning this week (w/c 12th September), then divert via Bubb Lane/ Hedge End/ Woodhouse Lane, before returning on to normal route. The 15 minutes earlier departure will allow the bus to divert. This diversion is only in place for the ...

Barton Peveril College timetable amendments

BARTON PEVERIL COLLEGE – Service 401 The journey will depart at 0700 and 0900 from Boorley Green Rdbt and operate via Woodhouse Lane. This diversion is expected to operate until Friday 16th September 2022 BARTON PEVERIL COLLEGE – Service 406 The M-F over the 0855 departure is T-F (Tuesdays to Fridays only)

Itchen College 193/ 293 timetable amendment

ITCHEN COLLEGE – Service 193 To improve punctuality, the departure from Gosport (Cunningham Drive) will now be 0755 then Fort Brockhurst Roundabout 0800 Grange Rd/Privett Road 0805 Rowner Road (Green Dragon) 0812. The remainder of the timetable will remain unchanged. ITCHEN COLLEGE – Service 293 The timing point at Marin...

School Services to Perins School, Alresford

It is regretted but we can no longer operate Services 551, 552, 559, 560 and 561 from after Friday 9th September 2022. We are sorry this decision has been made quite late but owing to driver shortage we have had very little choice. However we suggest if you are affected by this change you should contact Hampshire County Council Homes to School transport section. The...

Queen Elizabeth II

It is with sadness that we have learned of the death of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We at Xelagroup send our deepest sympathy to the Royal Family.

Barton Peveril College Service 404

Please be aware that the service 404 from Thornhill and Bitterne is running earlier than the times originally shown. Please visit our Travel Times page for the new timings.

Not quite ready!!

Our new buses we had hoped to be on our Cross town X4 service are not quite ready! We hope to have these available for service next week so the wait is nearly over. The wait will be worth it!!

Changes to services and what you need to know...

From MONDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2022 we will have made some significant changes to our local bus services in the Eastleigh area. The X4 will be known as CROSSTOWN and now start from Velmore Estate and run via Leigh Road, Bus Station, Colleges, Parkway, West End and Hedge End Stores and Village. This service will have brand new double decker buses operating and we hope you wi...

Xela Group take control of Yellow Coaches Limited

Eastleigh based independent bus operator Xelabus have secured Yellow Coaches Limited the coaching subsidiary of Yellow buses in Bournemouth from its former Directors and share holders. Xela Group which already comprises of businesses such as Xelabus, Xelacoach and more recently Isle of Wight based Seaview Services. The business has built a strong brand in the area wi...

Barton Peveril College Bus Passes - now available!

To purchase your new Barton Peveril College Bus Pass, click here! Timetable and route information can be found under the 'Travel Times' tab above. Should you have any queries, please contact our friendly customer service team on 023 8064 4715, tweet us @Xelabus or email us on admin@xelabus.co.uk

Coach Daytrips!

We are delighted to be offering some great days out with our new coaching division. For only £20 per person you could enjoy a day out at any of these locations - Weymouth, Clarks Outlet Village, Eastbourne Air Show, Great Western Outlet Village Swindon or Royal Windsor! Or a really great day travelling back in time with a visit to the fantasti...

LET's ROCK! Saturday 9th July 22

LET’s ROCK, Southampton – Saturday 9th July 2022 We are again delighted to be the transport provider for this year’s Lets Rock being held on Southampton Common on 9th July. We are running two services to get you close to the action. Service X80 will run every 10 minutes from Southampton Central Station Southside Park & Ride Service...

Barton Taster Days

Barton Peveril Taster Days Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th, Wednesday 29th June 2022 all services will operate in accordance to the MONDAY timetables, as shown in the timetable section above. Should you have any queries, please call 023 8064 4715.

Queens Platinum Bank Holiday Celebrations - Bus Services

We will be operating the following bus services during the above weekend: Thursday 2nd June - Sunday Service Friday 3rd June - ...

Wickham Horse Fair - Impacted Services

Due to the Wickham Horse Fair, the Square will be closed all day on Friday 20th May 2022. Barton Peveril 407 and Swanmore School Service 508 shall stop at a temporary bus stop adjacent to Cases Bakery Close on Station Road in the morning and shall drop off at a tempoary stop adjacent to the Primary School entrance on Buddens Road in the afternoon. ...

Durley Brook Road Closure X10, 407, 506

Due to the closure of DURLEY BROOK ROAD, the services X10 And 407 shall be diverted via Mortimers Lane. The 506 afternoon journey shall terminate at Parsonage Lane whilst the 502 will serve Boorley Green in the afternoon before serving Bishopstoke. This diversion is in place between the hours of 0930 - 1630 and will start from THURSDA...

Underwood Road Closure

Due to the closure of Underwood Road just after the junction of Hamilton Road, services Itchen College 294 and Wyvern College 502 shall be diverted via Hamilton Road, thus they shall not be able to serve the Stoke Park area from Friday 6th May 2022 until Friday 11th May 2022 between the hours of 09:30am and 16:00pm. Our apologies for any inconvenience ...

Perins 560 - Petersfield Road Closure

From Tuesday 26th April until Friday 29th April, due to Petersfield Road being closed, the Perins 560 will serve the layby at the A32 end of Petersfield Road at 0808 and the Shell Garage at the A31 end at 0820. Unfortunately this was an unforeseen closure.