A BUS operator is laying on extra late-night buses to cater for clubbers returning from Southampton to Winchester.

The new services by Solent Blue Line follow the success of a pilot scheme on the company's Bluestar routes between Southampton and Winchester, and Eastleigh and Fair Oak.

Bluestar branded double-decker buses have been running hourly between 7pm and midnight on both routes since last September.

Solent Blue Line also introduced journeys out of Southampton on Friday and Saturday nights at 2.15am.

Now the firm has announced evening services on both routes will run every half hour until midnight on both routes, with an hourly service from Southampton to Winchester and the same in the opposite direction.

Services will leave Southampton as well as Winchester at 12.15am, 1.15am and 2.15am.