17 says 'ta-ra' to Tipner / Other Pompey changes

There are several service changes happening on Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd September. See the full list here. Today, we look in more detail at what's happening in Portsmouth.

First have changes to several routes, of which the main ones are...

The 17 will no longer serve Tipner, leaving the area isolated from the city's main bus network. Tipner can still be accessed using the Park & Ride buses, but they don't run late into the evenings and even though they're run by First, the company's usual tickets are not valid, meaning two tickets to buy if your destination isn't the City Centre or The Hard. Those that can, will be able to walk to the Mountbatten Centre to use First 8 or Stagecoach 20.

This terminus stop at the turning circle at Range Green in Tipner will see its last scheduled bus depart at 1950 on Saturday 1st September:

The 17 also deserts North End as its new northern terminus will now be amongst the shops here at Ocean Park:

Here's how the First network will now look on Portsea Island:

The other major change is that the section of route 1 between The Hard and Southsea the quick way transfers to an extended route 3, with both routes interworking through Southsea, so buses arriving as a 3 will continue as a 1 via Eastney and vice versa.

First have produced this booklet with all of the changes, many maps and of course the timetables for all of their Portsmouth routes from Sunday 2nd September.

More on the other changes that weekend across our region over the next few days.

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