telstarbox
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Sorry if this has been mentioned before but Stagecoach now run Megabusplus services via Southampton Airport Parkway as well as East Midlands Parkway (where EMT trains are used from St Pancras).
The rail section is on South West Trains (Poole - Bournemouth - Southampton Central - Southampton Airport Parkway), where passengers transfer to a coach to head north.
Example timetable given for a Bournemouth to Birmingham journey search in January:
SWT:
BOURNEMOUTH, TRAIN STATION 05:15
SOUTHAMPTON AIRPORT PARKWAY 06:02
Coach:
SOUTHAMPTON AIRPORT PARKWAY 06:25
WINCHESTER, ST CATHERINE'S 06:50
OXFORD, WATER EATON PARK AND RIDE 08:05
COVENTRY, CANNON PARK 09:10
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COACH STATION 09:35
BIRMINGHAM, COLMORE CIRCUS QUEENSWAY, STOP SH8 & SH9 10:00
The rail section is on South West Trains (Poole - Bournemouth - Southampton Central - Southampton Airport Parkway), where passengers transfer to a coach to head north.
Example timetable given for a Bournemouth to Birmingham journey search in January:
SWT:
BOURNEMOUTH, TRAIN STATION 05:15
SOUTHAMPTON AIRPORT PARKWAY 06:02
Coach:
SOUTHAMPTON AIRPORT PARKWAY 06:25
WINCHESTER, ST CATHERINE'S 06:50
OXFORD, WATER EATON PARK AND RIDE 08:05
COVENTRY, CANNON PARK 09:10
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COACH STATION 09:35
BIRMINGHAM, COLMORE CIRCUS QUEENSWAY, STOP SH8 & SH9 10:00