🎄 Temporary Timetable Enhancements for the Christmas Period

Effective from Sunday 9 November 2025

From Sunday 9 November, we’ll be introducing a number of temporary timetable enhancements across Portsmouth to help ease congestion and improve reliability during the busy Christmas period.
These changes are designed to keep our network moving smoothly through November, December, and into the New Year.

🚍 Service 2 – Gunwharf Quays ↔ Port Solent

A temporary Sunday service will operate throughout the Christmas period, running every 60 minutes between 09:00 and 17:00. Weekday and Saturday timetables remain unchanged.

View the timetable here

🆕 Service 16 – Havant ↔Anchorage Park ↔ Copnor ↔ Gunwharf Quays

To ease passenger loads on our busy Services 11 and 12, we’re introducing new Service 16 as a temporary cross-city route. Operating Monday to Saturday, it runs every 30 minutes during morning and evening peaks and hourly during the day. There is no Sunday service. All normal tickets and passes are valid. The service will run until Saturday 3rd January 2026.

Update 11th November: We'll be running an hourly Sunday service on this route between November 23rd and December 21st.

View the timetable here

🅿️ Christmas Park & Ride Services

To make Christmas shopping and festive travel easier, we’ll be running two special Park & Ride routes from Tipner Park & Ride:

PR1 – Tipner ↔ Gunwharf Quays View the timetable here

• Every 12 minutes • Monday – Sunday 

• Direct link to Gunwharf Quays, The Hard and the City Centre

PR2 – Tipner ↔ Ocean Retail Park View the timetable here

• Every 20 minutes • Monday – Sunday 

• Quick connection for Copnor and Anchorage Park shoppers
  
  

Both Park & Ride routes offer free parking at Tipner and a £2 return fare (child £1 / group £4).

🎅 Built for Hampshire, by Hampshire

These temporary enhancements ensure our passengers stay connected across Portsmouth and Havant during one of the busiest travel seasons of the year.
Thank you for travelling with Hampshire & Solent Buses this Christmas — helping keep Hampshire moving.