The New Provincial Network will cover all buses operating in the Fareham and Gosport area -- both Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co. and Hants & Dorset Motor Services. It also perpetuates the name Provincial which has been associated with buses for over 100 years.

The new network was developed from information that you gave us in your tremendous response to the major survey of bus travel made some eighteen months ago.

This told us what people in Fareham and Gosport needed from their bus service and how some areas needed more buses and others fewer. It also showed us how to make the best use of our resources to run more econimically.

If you have any questions or difficulties with the new services, our staff at Gosport or Fareham Bus Stations will be pleased to help. Alternatively watch out for the Information Buses that will be touring the district.

In one sense the 29th June is the "start of the beginning" of New Provincial because we shall be watching to see if we can improve things further.

We have done our best to get things right first time but, like everyone else, we are not infallible, so we would welcome your help in making New Provincial even better. If you have any comments or suggestions please drop us a line at any of our local offices.

Broadly speaking buses will be running along the same roads as now but at different times and some with different route numbers. Some of the buses from Southampton will form part of the New Provincial town service. Some areas will have more buses and others fewer and some will now have a direct bus to Southampton or Fareham and Gosport town centres.