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Coastliner 700
Cruise along the coast |
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One of the new Coastliner 700 buses at The Hard Interchange, Portsmouth. |
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| Overview | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Stagecoach in the South Downs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vehicle | Enviro 400, Enviro 300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Livery | Stagecoach livery with Coastliner logos and other images to be explained in the article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peak vehicle requirement | 17 (Enviro 400) , 13 (Enviro 300) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nighttime | N700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Locale | Portsmouth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Landmarks served | Brighton Pavillion, Chichester Cathedral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start | Brighton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Via | Hove, Worthing, Littlehampton, Arundel, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Havant, Portsmouth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| End | Southsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 62.4 miles (100.4 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frequency | 10 mins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weekend frequency | 30 mins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journey time | 4 hours 20 mins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operates | 0505 - 0415 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coastliner 700 is a popular bus service operated in West Sussex by Stagecoach in the South Downs between Brighton and Southsea. The route travels via Worthing, Littlehampton, Arundel, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Havant, and Portsmouth; it also has its own livery. The general daytime frequency of the routes is every ten minutes, and the route is a popular tourist lifeline in the summer as it travels between major tourist destinations on the south coast. Double-decker buses are normally used to operate the route, although there are also single deckers. The route has its own website.
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The route was introduced in 1975. Passenger numbers increased dramatically in the early 2000s, and by 2010 the service carried four million people per year. New vehicles were introduced by Stagecoach in March 2010.[1] The service has had its own livery from the beginning. It began with a coloured strip along the side of the green Southdown bus; now it is the regular Stagecoach livery, blue, white, orange and red, with the route description on the side, and different buses having livery related to a certain town along the route, and slogans such as 'We took the Coastliner 700 to fun and fashion'.[2]
In Brighton, the bus is often though of as a bit of a 'foreigner' or visitor to the rest of the buses in Brighton with their cream and red livery.[3] It is the only bus route in the UK that stays so close to the shoreline throughout the whole route; for the majority of it the bus is on the very front, so that one could look out and watch the boats on the sea or the beach.[3] It is operated from three Stagecoach depots, Worthing, Chichester and Portsmouth, and normally run with branded Enviro 400s and 300s.
The service operates along the south coast, stopping at several landmarks, among which are Brighton Pavilion and Chichester Cathedral. The Worthing Birdman competition at Worthing pier also attracts lots in the summer, as the route travels right along the road next to the promenade where it is held and takes people back to their various hotels and caravan sites, of which there are many in that region.[4]
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