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Public Transport
Travel Concessions for Eastleigh Residents
A range of transport services is available to improve
accessibilty, increase independence and improve the quality of life
for older people and people living with disabilities in the
Borough.
Free bus travel
If you are aged 60 or over, or are 'eligible disabled', you are
entitled to concessionary bus travel. From 1 April 2008 the
existing scheme will be extended so that all eligible users will
get free off-peak travel on local buses anywhere in England.
First
First in Hampshire and Dorset operate:
- Service 16 which provides three buses an hour between Hamble,
Butlocks Heath, Netley and Southampton
- Service 8A which runs between Hedge End, West End, Woolston and
Southampton
- Service 14 which links Southampton Airport and Chartwell Green
with Bitterne and Southampton
- Service 72 links Lowford with Southampton and Gosport
- Service 78 and 80 links Lowford with Southampton and
Fareham
- Service 15A which links Eastleigh, Hedge End and Hamble
- Service 25 between Hedge End, Botley and Boorley Green.
Timetable information is available at www.firstgroup.com or telephone
023 8022 4854.
Bluestar
Many of the bus services in the Borough of Eastleigh are
operated by Bluestar. If your journey starts or ends in
Southampton, Hedge End, Chandler's Ford or Eastleigh please log
onto www.bluestarbus.co.uk
where you can plan your journey or telephone 023 8061 8233 for
timetable information.
Black Velvet
The new Black Velvet service operates every 30 minutes between
Eastleigh and Hedge End during Monday to Saturday daytimes.
Plans for evening and Sunday services, along with the entire route
between Hedge End and Hamble, are currently being reviewed by
Hampshire County Council and Eastleigh Borough Council. A new
feature of the service will be a link to Botley, giving that
village a direct service to Moorgreen Hospital, West End and
Parkway Station.
Further information, including timetables, can be obtained from
the Black
Velvet web site or telephone 023 8061 2288.
Uni-Link
The Unilink service U1 provides three services an hour between
Southampton City Centre and Southampton Airport Parkway Station (a
morning and evening peak service continues on to Eastleigh Bus
Station). Service details available at www.unilinkbus.co.uk or
telephone 023 8059 5974.
Stagecoach
Stagecoach operate Service A on Sundays which links Eastleigh,
West End and Hedge End. Service detail is available at the
Stagecoach web site.
Finally
Wilts & Dorset
Wilts & Dorset operate services 65 and 34 which links
Eastleigh Bus Station with Romsey. Timetable
information available at www.wdbus.co.uk or telephone
01722 336855
For more information regarding the County Council's role in
supporting and promoting public transport and for detailed travel
information, please log onto the passenger
transport web site.
Despite the fact that Eastleigh Borough Council does not have a
statutory responsibility to support local bus services we do take a
pro-active role in promoting public transport and we do provide
subsidies for selected local services. These are services
that do not meet the criterion set out by Hampshire County Council
but are services that this Council feels are socially necessary and
services that fill important gaps in the local network. In
particular we support Service 16(evenings and Sundays), Service A
(evenings and Sundays), C1 and C2, Bluestar 2 (Sunday evenings),
Service 25 and Service 56 as well as Nitebus N6 and N16. We
also provide partnership funding to support shared taxi schemes
serving the Campbell Road and Chalvington Road areas of
Eastleigh
Nitebus
Nitebus services provide people enjoying a night out in
Southampton on Fridays and Saturdays with a safe, reliable and
affordable journey back into the Borough. For more information log
onto the BlueStar
NiteStar web site.
Trains serving the Borough are operated by South West Trains,
First Great Western
and Cross Country
Trains.
In May 2003 a new local train service linking Romsey and
Chandler's Ford, with Eastleigh, Southampton and Totton was
introduced. If you work in Southampton or simply need to
visit the city for shopping or leisure opportunities, and live near
to any of the stations along the route, then this exciting new
train service is worthy of a look. Why not log onto the
South West Trains web site and check the times of trains.
From December 2007 this service will extemnd to Salisbury.
Community rail partnership in Eastleigh Borough connecting
Southampton, Eastleigh, Chandler's Ford, Romsey and Salisbury -
www.threeriversrail.com
Important Contacts
If you have a query regarding the times of public transport
services both locally and nationally then please contact Traveline on
0870 608 2 608.
If you have any comments or queries regarding bus services in
the Eastleigh area then your first point of contact should be the
Passenger Transport Group at Hampshire County
Council. Please telephone 01962 846926.
If you have any comments or queries regarding train services in
the local area please telephone the Rail Officer at
Hampshire County Council on 01962 845492.
If you wish to make a formal complaint about bus services in the
local area you should contact the Traffic
Commissioner at the Western Traffic Area Office, 2
Rivergate, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6EH. Telephone 0117 900
8577.
Queries and comments regarding the Eastleigh Borough Council
Concessionary Fares
scheme (bus tokens and half fare bus passes) should be directed to
the Revenue and Benefits Unit of the Council, telephone number 023
8068 8048.
The Eastleigh Dial-A-Ride Service can be
contacted on 023 8090 2450.
Eastleigh Community Transport can be contacted
on 023 8090 2414.
Transport Direct
Transport Direct is a free online journey planning
travel information service. It covers most modes of transport
including car and public transport.
Getting About by Train (and bus) from
Chandler's Ford, Romsey, Mottisfont, Dunbridge and
Dean
Community rail partnership in Eastleigh Borough
connecting Southampton, Eastleigh, Chandler's Ford, Romsey and
Salisbury - www.threeriversrail.com