TIMELINE
In September 2018, Portsmouth City Council and Hampshire County Council were one of just twelve city regions successfully shortlisted to bid for a share of the Department for Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund for public transport improvements. Isle of Wight Council signed up to the scheme shortly afterwards.
Building on the success of the Star, Eclipse, and the 23 and 700 services, the Hard Interchange and Portsmouth Park & Ride, the Transforming Cities Fund will enable the next phase of the South East Hampshire Rapid Transit network.
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2008
Bus priority corridor introduced on the A3 (the Star corridor)
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2011
June
Redlands Lane/A27 bus priority scheme, Fareham
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2012
Eclipse busway phase 1a completed
April
Western Way/Portland Street Bus Lane, Fareham
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2014
April
Portsmouth Park & Ride opens
July
Solent Go multi-operator smartcard launched
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2017
May
The Hard Public Transport Interchange is transformed
June
Contactless payment on buses
November
Station Roundabout/Gudge Heath Lane improvement, Fareham
Eclipse Busway extension to Rowner Road (National Productivity Infrastructure Funding award) Gosport
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2019
March
Tranche 1 funding announcedJune
Strategic Outline Business Case draft submissionNovember
Strategic Outline Business Case final -
2020
September
Portsmouth city region awarded £55.6m from the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) -
2022
June
Work begins at Ryde Transport HubAugust
Work begins at Rudmore Roundabout in Portsmouth -
2022 - 2023
TCF schemes will be delivered
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Future phases
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