We are investigating the possibility of re-introducing a Water Bus service between Royal Clarence Yard and Portsmouth Harbour.

Between 2005-2009, there was a water taxi service but it had to be heavily subsidised and eventually ceased operations as there wasn’t sufficient demand to keep it going as a commercial operation.

However, since then a lot more homes have been built at RCY and Priddy’s Hard on the Gosport side of Portsmouth Harbour and we think the time might be right to reintroduce a water bus service.

Before we go any further, we would like to find out whether people like the idea and whether they would use the service.

We ran a small paper-based survey at the Heritage Open Days at Royal Clarence Yard in September, which indicated a positive response to the water bus proposal.

We now need to ask more detailed questions about the proposed service, questions about times and prices.

We would be very grateful if you could take the time to give us your thoughts and opinions. The survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

Thank you,

Royal Clarence Yard Water Bus Project Team
e-mail: royalclarenceyard@gmail.com

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