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With a certain amount of inevitability it was announced on 11th August 2003 that one of the last privately owned large NBC successors has been bought by one of the 'big 5' for in excess of £30m. There is no comment on the W&D web site, but Go-Ahead group top management have already moved in to 'take control'... Here's an unusual Open Topper odd working on the 143 at Swanage Steam Railway Station earlier in the summer. 143 is usually mixed DD/SD, with open toppers more commonly seen here on the 150 to/from Bournemouth via the Sandbanks ferry.

A nicer day in Poole heralds the Swanage - Poole mixed service 142/143/144... anything could turn up here from small MB to full size DD, even on Sundays!

A dreary day at the Kings Statue Terminus on the seafront in Weymouth. Awaiting departure as 1 of only 4 through journeys on the 184 which operate Mon - Sat, 2 on Sundays

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MUCH interworking of services and vehicles takes place!

Wilts and Dorset have finally got their own web site! - it's at www.wdbus.co.uk

Tickets

Explorer: Buy in advance. £5.25 adult, £2.60 child, £3.85 OAP. 
Also valid on: Damory Coaches; Tourist Coaches; Stagecoach Hampshire Bus, Hants & Surrey, Sussex Coastline, South Coast Buses; First Provincial; First Southern National; Solent Blueline; First Badgerline X4 X5 and X6; First Badgerline X39 339 and 649 between Bath and Bristol; Brue Travel 125 and 126, First Badgerline 87 between Westbury and Trowbridge, RDH 177, South Coast Motor Services 77
Not valid on: First Southern National X94 south of Blandford Forum or X53 west of Lyme Regis, First Southern National X1, X65 between Wareham and Bournemouth, X66 between Bere Regis and Bournemouth.
Getaway: Buy on the bus. Adult £5.25, Child £2.60, OAP £3.85. Also available on Badgerline X4 X5 and X6, and Damory Coaches
Also valid on: Damory Coaches; Tourist Coaches; Stagecoach Hampshire Bus; Solent Blueline; First Badgerline X4 X5 and X6; First Badgerline X39 339 and 649 between Bath and Bristol; Brue Travel 125 and 126, First Provincial 26 26A and 48A; Stagecoach Swindon & District 70A between Marlborough and Pewsey.
Note X4,X5 and X6 are combined Wilts and Dorset/First Badgerline services - tickets issued by First Badgerline are not valid on Stagecoach Hampshire Bus or Solent Blueline, but may be exchanged at Salisbury Bus Station for Wilts & Dorset Explorers or Getaways which are...
Busabout: Buy in advance: Valid for 7 days: Adult £23, Child £12.50
Also valid on: Solent Blue Line, Tourist Coaches, Stagecoach Hampshire Bus, Badgerline X4 X5 and X6, also X39 339 and 649 between Bristol and Bath.
Not valid on: Stagecoach Hampshire Bus before 09:00 M-F (except routes 7 8 9 and 87)

More Help

Wilts and Dorset Travel Shops are located in at least Salisbury Bus Station, Poole Bus Station and at Bournemouth Triangle.

Wilts and Dorset bus information lines: (01202) 673555 or (01722) 336855

Other info

Part of the old National Bus Company Hants and Dorset, which was basically split into HampshireBus,  Wilts and Dorset, and Solent Blueline. 

Most DD duties are done by 8pm, leaving only SD out after this time for the rest of the evening, so as each day wears on the chance of your bus being a DD gradually decreases!
Some DD remain out late - the last 142 from Poole to Swanage at 2245 is a DD!!

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