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Live Southampton Buses

Real-time bus positions and next departures for Bluestar, Unilink and Salisbury Reds

Live map below, from bustimes.org - built on the same open government data (the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service) that would have powered a map of our own, but with continuous live updates and full vehicle detail on click that we couldn't match without a lot more engineering. Use the dropdown to switch between all operators, Bluestar/Unilink, Salisbury Reds, morebus, First or Xelabus. Underneath, departure boards for 12 notable Southampton stops - now wide enough that times, routes and destinations stay on one line, with their own filters for route, destination and operator. Click a stop's name to zoom the map to it.

Live Bus Map

Every tracked bus for the selected operator(s), live from bustimes.org. Click a bus for full detail (route, destination, vehicle type, fleet number). Picking a specific route switches to that route's own live-tracking map; "Reset map" returns to all operators. There's no bustimes.org equivalent for filtering the map by destination the way the boards below can - only by operator or individual route. The small map-style control in the top-right corner is bustimes.org's own - use the stacked-squares "map style" icon there to switch to Bright (or any other style); once picked, it's remembered by your browser for every map on this page and on bustimes.org itself from then on. There's no way to preselect a style automatically, but this only needs doing once.

Live positions: Bus Open Data Service (DfT) • Map: bustimes.org

City Bus Boards

Next scheduled departures from 12 notable Southampton stops - the city centre, General Hospital, the University, Town Quay, Ocean Village and several suburb centres. Boards in the same row automatically match the height of the busiest one, so nothing needs scrolling; use the filters below to narrow every board at once by route, destination or operator.

📍 Ocean Village

Routes: 19, 19a, U1N

Time Svc To
22:15 19a Lord’s Hill
22:45 19 Lord’s Hill
23:15 19a Lord’s Hill
00:57 U1N Swaythling
01:48 U1N Swaythling
02:04 U1N Swaythling
03:04 U1N Swaythling

7 departures listed

📍 Vincent's Walk (Stop CM)

Routes: 4, 7, 16, 17, N17, 18, N18, 19, 19a, 61

Time Svc To
22:15 17 Adanac Park
22:25 19a Lord’s Hill
22:25 18 Millbrook Estate
22:30 4 Romsey
22:35 7 Aldermoor
22:45 17 Adanac Park
22:55 19 Lord’s Hill
22:55 18 Millbrook Estate
23:05 16 Aldermoor
23:10 17 Adanac Park
23:25 19a Lord’s Hill
23:25 18 Millbrook Estate

12 departures listed

📍 Central Station (Stop SB)

Routes: 4, 7, X7, X7R, 8, 9, N9, 11, 12, 16, 17, N17, 18, N18, 19, 19a, 21, 28, 61, 86

Time Svc To
22:11 16 Aldermoor
22:17 9 Fawley
22:20 17 Adanac Park
22:30 18 Millbrook Estate
22:31 19a Lord’s Hill
22:32 12 Calmore
22:36 4 Romsey
22:40 7 Aldermoor
22:50 17 Adanac Park
23:00 19 Lord’s Hill
23:00 18 Millbrook Estate
23:11 16 Aldermoor

12 departures listed

📍 WestQuay (Stop BP)

Routes: 1, N1, 2, 4, X4, X5, X7, X7R, 8, 9, 11, 12, N18, 86, 506, C27, QC, U1C, U1N

Time Svc To
22:13 2 Southampton City Centre
22:16 U1C Eastern Docks
22:16 9 Southampton City Centre
22:18 12 Southampton City Centre
22:31 U1C Eastern Docks
22:38 1 Southampton City Centre
22:43 2 Southampton City Centre
22:46 U1C Eastern Docks
23:01 U1C Eastern Docks
23:03 1 Southampton City Centre
23:13 2 Southampton City Centre
23:15 9 Southampton City Centre

12 departures listed

📍 Town Quay (Stop TE)

Routes: 19, 19a, QC, U1A, U1E, U1N

Time Svc To
22:18 19a Lord’s Hill
22:23 U1A Southampton Airport
22:43 U1A Southampton Airport
22:47 19 Lord’s Hill
23:03 U1A Southampton Airport
23:17 19a Lord’s Hill
23:33 U1A Southampton Airport
00:03 U1A Southampton Airport
00:33 U1A Southampton Airport
00:59 U1N Swaythling
01:50 U1N Swaythling
02:06 U1N Swaythling

12 departures listed

📍 Portswood Broadway (Stop PB)

Routes: 2, N2, 20, 506, U1C, U1N, U6C

Time Svc To
22:13 U6C Southampton City Centre
22:18 U1C Eastern Docks
22:32 2 Southampton City Centre
22:33 U1C Eastern Docks
22:42 20 Southampton City Centre
22:48 U1C Eastern Docks
23:02 2 Southampton City Centre
23:07 U1C Eastern Docks
23:13 U6C Southampton City Centre
23:27 U1C Eastern Docks
23:42 20 Southampton City Centre
23:47 U1C Eastern Docks

12 departures listed

📍 University, Highfield Interchange (Stop B)

Routes: N2, 28, 28A, U1A, U1C, U1E, U1N, U2C, U6C, U9

Time Svc To
22:12 U1C Eastern Docks
22:17 U1A Southampton Airport
22:20 U2C Southampton City Centre
22:27 U1C Eastern Docks
22:32 U1A Southampton Airport
22:42 U1C Eastern Docks
22:47 U1A Southampton Airport
22:50 U2C Southampton City Centre
23:00 U6C Southampton City Centre
23:01 U1C Eastern Docks
23:07 U1A Southampton Airport
23:20 U2C Southampton City Centre

12 departures listed

📍 Swaythling, Mountpark

Routes: 24, 424, 425, U1A, U1E

Time Svc To
22:11 U1A Southampton Airport
22:26 U1A Southampton Airport
22:41 U1A Southampton Airport
22:56 U1A Southampton Airport
23:16 U1A Southampton Airport
23:36 U1A Southampton Airport
00:04 U1A Southampton Airport
00:34 U1A Southampton Airport
01:01 U1A Southampton Airport

9 departures listed

📍 Shirley Precinct (Stop SI)

Routes: 4, 17, N17, 18, N18, 19, 21, 22, 61

Time Svc To
22:15 17 Weston
22:21 61 Bevois Valley
22:22 18 Thornhill
22:45 17 Weston
22:49 4 Southampton City Centre
22:52 18 Thornhill
23:09 19 Thornhill
23:15 17 Weston
23:22 18 Thornhill
23:45 17 Weston
23:49 4 Southampton City Centre
23:52 18 Thornhill

12 departures listed

📍 General Hospital (Stop H)

Routes: 16, 19a, 21, 566, U6H, U9

Time Svc To
22:21 16 Aldermoor
22:25 U6H Aldermoor
22:42 19a Lord’s Hill
23:21 U6H Aldermoor
23:21 16 Aldermoor
23:40 19a Lord’s Hill

6 departures listed

📍 Lord's Hill Centre (Stop LC)

Routes: 7, 17, N17, 19, 19a, 21, 504, 612, C7

Time Svc To
22:28 19a Thornhill
22:31 17 Weston
22:57 19 Thornhill
23:01 17 Weston
23:31 17 Weston
23:55 19 Thornhill
00:21 17 Weston
01:21 N17 Weston
02:21 N17 Weston
03:21 N17 Weston

10 departures listed

📍 Bitterne Shops (Stop BD)

Routes: 3, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, N18, 26, 630, 631, Hoppa 1, Hoppa 2, Hoppa 3

Time Svc To
22:22 18 Thornhill
22:40 16 Midanbury
22:50 14 Wildern
22:52 18 Thornhill
23:02 3 Eastleigh
23:02 6 Bitterne
23:22 18 Thornhill
23:33 13 Harefield
23:38 16 Bitterne
23:52 18 Thornhill
00:22 18 Thornhill
01:22 18 Thornhill

12 departures listed

📍 Woolston, Bridge Link Road

Routes: X4, X5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, N17, 19, 19a, 631

Time Svc To
22:11 15 Southampton City Centre
22:12 19a Lord’s Hill
22:20 6 Southampton City Centre
22:24 7 Aldermoor
22:33 17 Adanac Park
22:42 19 Lord’s Hill
22:54 13 Southampton City Centre
22:58 17 Adanac Park
23:12 19a Lord’s Hill
23:21 15 Southampton City Centre
23:28 17 Adanac Park
23:58 17 Adanac Park

12 departures listed

📍 Bitterne, adj Bramble Mews

Routes: 6, 14, 16, 20, U9

Time Svc To
22:12 6 Southampton City Centre
22:29 20 Southampton City Centre
22:31 14 Southampton City Centre
22:49 16 Aldermoor
23:29 20 Southampton City Centre
23:31 14 Southampton City Centre
00:25 20 Bitterne Park

7 departures listed

📍 Sholing Ivy Dene

Routes: 10, 501, 630, 631, Hoppa 3

Time Svc To
No current departure data available - please check back shortly.

Bus timetable data: bustimes.org, built on Traveline's national timetable dataset and DfT's Bus Open Data Service.

About this data

The map above is bustimes.org's own, built on the same open government data - the Bus Open Data Service (BODS), run by the Department for Transport - that we could have used to build a map of our own. Their map polls continuously for live positions and shows fuller vehicle detail on click than we could replicate without significant extra engineering, so we're using theirs directly here rather than duplicating it. The bus board underneath is the published timetable in departure order, not GPS-adjusted - useful for "what's coming up next", while the map above shows exactly where each bus actually is right now.

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