Register data is published weekly by DVSA. Latest snapshot: 6 September 2026.
Local transport authority
Bus services in Portsmouth City Council
27 local bus services are registered here, run by 6 licensed operators. A route that crosses a boundary is registered with every authority it runs through, so it appears here and on its neighbours.
Registered services
27 routes
- Local Haunts Guided Tour of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, The Hard Interchange to Portsmouth, The Hard Interchange
Via Old Portsmouth, Eastney, Portsdown Hill
Local HauntsExcursion or Tour
- PR3
Tipner Park & Ride Site, Portsmouth to Southsea, Clarence Pie
Via Old Portmouth
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedLimited StopSubsidised
- SD4
Bishops Waltham, The Square to Havant Campus
Via Fareham, South Downs Campus
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal Stopping
- SD5
Gosport Bus Station to Havant, Havant College
Via Fareham, Purbrook
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal Stopping
- SD7
Southsea, South Parade Pier to South Downs Campus
Via Copnor Bridge, Hilsea
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal Stopping
- SSL Red
Corhampton to Portsmouth Schools
Via Droxford, Swanmore, Wickham
The Coach Travel GroupSchool or Works
- SSL Yellow
Bishops Waltham to Portsmouth Schools
Via Fareham, Park Gate
The Coach Travel GroupSchool or Works
- Victorious
Farlington to Southsea
Stagecoach Hants & SurreyLimited Stop
- X4
Portsmouth, The Hard/Gunwharf to South Parade Pier, Eastney Esplanade, Southsea
Via Portchester, Fareham, Woolston
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- 1
Southsea, South Parade Pier to Portsmouth, The Hard
Via Eastney, Fratton, Portsmouth city centre
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- 2
Paulsgrove, Allaway Avenue Shops to Portsmouth, The Hard/Gunwharf
Via Copnor, Eastney
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- 3
Fareham Bus Station to Southsea, South Parade Pier
Via Porchester, Cosham
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- 7
Portsmouth City Centre, Civic Offices to Cowplain, Wecock Farm
Via Waterlooville, Cosham
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- 8
Portsmouth, The Hard Interchange to Clanfield, Drift Road
Via Cosham, Waterlooville
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- 12
Tipner to Fratton Way Tesco
Stagecoach Hants & SurreyNormal Stopping
- 13
Portsmouth City Centre to Portsmouth College
Stagecoach Hants & SurreyNormal Stopping
- 18
Paulsgrove, Almondsbury Road to Clarence Pier
Stagecoach Hants & SurreyNormal Stopping
- 19
Portsmouth City Centre to Leigh Park
Via Ocean Retail Park
Stagecoach Hants & SurreyNormal Stopping
- 20
Havant to Portsmouth
Via QA Hospital
Stagecoach Hants & SurreyNormal Stopping
- 21
Portsmouth, The Hard to Anchorage Park
Via Bedhampton, Leigh Park
Stagecoach Hants & SurreyNormal Stopping
- 22
Farlington, Sainsburys to Highbury, Hawthorn Cresc
Via Cosham
First Hampshire & Dorset LimitedNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 23
Havant to Southsea
Via Portsmouth
Stagecoach Hants & SurreyNormal Stopping
- 25
The Hard to Hayling Ferry
Stagecoach Hants & SurreyNormal Stopping
- 603
Porchester to Barton Peveril College
Southern VectisLimited Stop · School or Works
- 700
Chichester to Portsmouth
Via Havant
Stagecoach In PortsmouthNormal Stopping
- 725
Portsmouth to Pagham
StagecoachNormal Stopping
- 914
Portsmouth to Goodwood Racecourse
StagecoachLimited Stop
A registration is permission to run a route, not a timetable. It records where a service starts, finishes and runs through, and who may run it. For departure times, ask the operator or Portsmouth City Council.