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Hovertravel run a bus service from Portsmouth & Southsea which connects to their Hovercraft service from Southsea to the Isle of Wight. The IoW terminal is located next to Ryde Esplanade, with a single price ticket for journeys via rail/hover/rail, similar to that provided by Wightlink from Portsmouth Harbour.
The line to Netley from the west was built by the Southampton and Netley Railway, though by the time it was opened in March 1866 the company had been taken over by the London and South Western Railway. The LSWR extended the line east to Fareham in 1889.