Portsmouth → Southampton
Portsmouth to Southampton by bus
A direct bus runs from Portsmouth to Southampton, scheduled from 40 min, with 168 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one vehicle, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 40 min (typically 1 h 45 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 168
- Operators
- First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport, National Express
- Stations
- The Hard Interchange → Central Station
- Straight-line distance
- 25 km
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- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 7 Dec 2027. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Portsmouth to Southampton; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): UK BODS (bus/coach, all operators). How Head Your Way works.
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