Recent content by chr

They should re-open light-ish railway stops at Northam (St Marys Stadium) and Maritime Quarter / Oxford Street (the site of the old Terminus) exactly because Southampton Tunnel under the central parks is such a bottleneck. Electrification is an issue - but frankly other local trains use diesel...

I find it much easier now there's only one company with one app (showing all the buses live location around the city), one tap-on-tap-off ticket. There is plenty of danger for the situation to be abused in the future, which is why I would prefer municipal ownership in the case of a monopoly, but...

If anything we should be looking at new stations for regular travel round the city, so I would strongly resist any suggestion to close stations. The obvious way to alleviate congestion on the route and to provide fast Southampton-Portsmouth services is to build the underground section between...

Interesting - http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/totton-the-eling-branch.html This will will also psychologically move the entrance of the station 100m closer to most residents in the south of Totton. I always wonder why extra entrances aren't added to existing stations to extend their...

9 buses crossing the Itchen Bridge westbound from southern Woolston in the next hour, which is still semi-peak time but in general there's good connectivity between Woolston and the centre of town by bus. If you're heading for the east of the centre e.g. Ocean Village / Oxford Street, you'd get...

St Denys does seem to loose out on balance in terms of evening departures due to the loss of the Southern trains. However, the one positive for St Denys is the standard 2 departures to Southampton Central are now separated by 9 minutes instead of by 1 minute. I think it's a shame Southern...

It always frustrates me that our metro area in the south is perceived to be low population and thus not worthy of significant transport investment. It's the largest urban area in the south after London, of nearly a million people (Southampton, Portsmouth + suburbs). The...

The Avenue in Southampton does have 30 signs upon entering the city from the north And indeed on the south side of The Avenue there are signs as you leave the 20 zone and enter the 30 zone, though I appreciate at the beginning of The Avenue being 30 adjoining roads were also 30 (and thus no...

Southampton and Portsmouth are the 3rd and 2nd most densely populated cities in the UK after London, both having geographic features that keep the majority of the city in a relatively confined area. They are also both part of the South's second largest urban area after London (over 800k)...

The Southampton Central southern side forecourt is about (in the next year) to get a lot nicer, which a better protected interchange, bigger dwell area, higher quality materials including new floor, and easier pedestrian routes https://transport.southampton.gov.uk/tcf/city-centre-transformation...

Southampton Central, St Denys and Southampton Airport Parkway are well used. The others are simply 'used' and would be better used if there were more frequent serviced. Core Southampton Stations (8 or 9): Southampton Central, Millbrook, Redbridge, St Denys, Bitterne, Swaythling, Woolston...