Local Transport in Portsmouth

The company that currently operates the Gosport ferry was created in 1883 as the Port of Portsmouth Steam Launch & Towing Company, making it one of the longest serving ferry services in the UK.

In 1963 it took over the Gosport & Portsea Watermen's Steam Launch Company, founded in 1875 by the Watermen who had operated ferries on the route for centuries. These Watermen had enjoyed protected rights between 1603 and 1840 limiting operation of ferries on the route to Gosport residents.

Upon the takeover the company then changed its name to the Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company (plc since 2001).

In addition to Gosport Ferries Ltd and other related interests, PHFC also owns Clarence Marine Engineering Ltd, which provides maintenance services for the ferries as well as general marine engineering services. Gosport Ferries Ltd was incorporated in 1988, registered company 2254382.

Clarence Marine Engineering was incorporated in 1987, registered company 2139067. Both are non- trading companies whose registered office is located in South Street, Gosport, head offices for the Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company Ltd plc, registered company 18751

The Gosport ferry

The New Land Train

Linking ATTRACTIONS

HOVER TRAVEL TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT

FAST TRAVEL FROM CLARENCE PIER

Wightlink catamaran Fastcat

FirstBus acquired bus services in Portsmouth in 1996 from Transit Holdings trading as Red Admiral & Blue Admiral, which in turn had taken over the Portsmouth CityBus operations under the title of Southdown Portsmouth.

The 'Buses' White Paper (under the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher) was the basis of the Transport Act 1985, which provided for the deregulation of local bus services in the whole of the United Kingdom except for Northern Ireland and Greater London. It proposed the abolition of road service licensing and allowed for the introduction of competition on local bus services for the first time since the 1930s

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