Queen’s Head Bus Shelter

The photo, by Lee Wilkins, dates from 06 March 2006.

Wilts & Dorset’s X1 (later X35) service, which ran between Southampton and Bournemouth until the early Noughties, used to stop here. The ‘X’ in the route number, in both instances, denotes it was an Express (as in eXpress); i.e. a limited-stop service that would only pick up and drop off passengers at certain bus stops along the route.

Wilts & Dorset, which now trades as More, still operates the X1, but these days it runs from Lymington to Bournemouth, and no longer stops here. The ‘X’ in the route number in this instance denotes it is a cross-county service.