On the buses

JayMac

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Re: On the buses

« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2009, 22:26:11 »

6. Gosport

But what is the railway 'link'? I suspect it is rather tenuous....


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Re: On the buses

« Reply #16 on: September 15, 2009, 23:51:32 »

At a guess it's because the bus service there looks like it's operated (at least in part) by First. But I'm ready to be corrected...


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Re: On the buses

« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2009, 00:02:13 »

Gosport is in my copy of the Avantix^▸ CD^▸ , can't get any fares to/from GOP though!


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Re: On the buses

« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2009, 05:57:26 »

Quote from: grahame on September 15, 2009, 19:19:50

... the majority are 'in our area' and they all have some sort of rail or railway connection(s) involved ...

The final one is Gosport and, yes, I will agree that the rail connection is quite tenuous. Others may not agree, but I see Gosport as a road / rail connection all be it via ferry from Portsmouth Harbour station; part of a far better integrtation of road and rail than you see at many other places. London to Lee-on-Solent and you'll take SWT^▸ to Portsmouth Harbour, transfer on the ferry, and get the bus onwards.


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Re: On the buses

« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2009, 09:43:47 »

Gosport's interchange facilities are quite good, with a bus station next door to each ferry terminal, and a mainline station on the Pompey side. Integrated rail tickets are another matter though. I've yet to find any that include Gosport Ferry.


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Re: On the buses

« Reply #20 on: September 16, 2009, 10:54:47 »

During the Portsmouth resignalling, unusually the Gosport Ferry was used as a rail replacement service one Sunday morning, because buses couldn't get through Portsmouth due to the 'Great South Run'.

Pax for the Harbour station were bustituted from Fareham to Gosport for the ferry...

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