Portsmouth City Council Free Buses

[ReeceD1993]

Portsmouth City Council have announced they have worked In partnership with First Bus and Stagecoach to offer free bus fares within the Portsmouth City Council Zone on Sundays Only

Free Fare Sundays in Portsmouth

Portsmouth City Council has collaborated with local bus companies to offer** free travel on 5, 12, 19 and 26 March 2023** within the Portsmouth City Council boundary.

Fare free Sundays are designed to encourage more people to use the bus, an affordable and convenient way of travelling that also helps to reduce emissions and congestion by taking cars off the road.

It's been set up on the ticket machines so that all the singles/return fares within Portsmouth are set to £0.00 on Sundays only.

There is no special button just issue tickets as you would normally, the ticket will say £0.00.

It is set to apply within the Portsmouth city boundary - as far as Forty Acres on 21/23, Hilsea on 700, and the whole of Hoverbus. Travelling outside of the boundary (e.g. Portsmouth to Havant or vice versa) it's normal fares.

 

[Towers]

Is there a source for that?

 

[ReeceD1993]

Is there a source for that?

That screenshot is what got posted to me by a stagecoach driver I know and they are telling passengers about the Sunday free travel as well.

 

[Snow1964]

Portsmouth is getting 28 extra electric buses, as part of latest zebra funding.

£25 million to boost rollout of British-made green buses around the country

117 zero emission buses will provide people in Yorkshire, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampshire with greener journeys.

www.gov.uk

People in Yorkshire, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampshire will enjoy greener, cleaner journeys as an extra 117 buses are rolled out thanks to £25.3 million from government.

The latest investment announced today (2 March 2023) will support British manufacturing around the country. The new buses will be manufactured in Northern Ireland by Wrightbus and operated by FirstBus, supporting hundreds of new high-skilled jobs to encourage growth and help level up the economy.

The £25.3 million will pave the way for the government’s ambitious rollout of zero emission buses (ZEBs) and brings total government funding to almost £300 million for up to 1,395 zero emission buses in England. With this new additional funding, it takes the vision of a net zero transport network one step closer to reality.

Thanks to the new investment the councils are now able to purchase more zero emission buses:

• Norfolk County Council will receive an extra £11.5 million to deliver 55 additional ZEBs
• Portsmouth City Council and Hampshire County Council will receive an extra £6.2 million to deliver 28 additional ZEBs
• West Yorkshire Combined Authority will receive an extra £5.7 million to deliver 25 additional ZEBs
• City of York Council will receive an extra £1.9 million to deliver 9 additional ZEBs

 

[ReeceD1993]

First bus Solent have now confirmed the free bus fares in March on Sundays will be taking place.

Portsmouth is getting 28 extra electric buses, as part of latest zebra funding

£25 million to boost rollout of British-made green buses around the country

117 zero emission buses will provide people in Yorkshire, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampshire with greener journeys.

www.gov.uk

Although routes 9 and 9a will not be operating in the Portsmouth City Council Zone.