For
cruise passengers travelling to and from their ship in Southampton
by public transport they will arrive at either the city centre rail
station or the coach station.
Both are within a few hundred yards of each other. |
Southampton
Rail Station
There are several rail stations in Southampton. The station appropriate
for the cruise passengers is Southampton Central, the main city centre
station.
The station is fairly basic with just a ticket office and basic refreshment
facilities and toilets.
There is no left luggage facility. Southampton Central is fully accessible
to Wheelchair users.
Taxi cabs are freely available outside the main entrance to the station.
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Southampton
Bus Station |
Southampton
Coach Station
The National Express coach station is very close to the rail station.
Its a small, but modern coach station with limited seating areas and
basic facilities.
The relative positions of train and bus stations to the various cruise
terminals are shown on the map at the bottom of this page. |
Transfers
By Public Transport
A taxi
to/ from the Mayflower or City Cruise Terminals should be around 6
- 8 GBP from either rail or coach station.
The other two cruise terminals, a couple more pounds expensive.
The picture of a Southampton Taxi is very typical of the vehicles
used. There is luggage space for only about 4/5 cases.
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Typical
Southampton Taxi |
Walking
Between The Train & Bus Stations & Cruise Terminals
The Mayflower
and City Cruise Terminals are quite close to the rail and bus stations,
just over half a mile or one kilometre to the City Cruise Terminal.
A minority of passengers with relatively light luggage do walk between
the City Cruise Terminal and the rail and bus stations, this will
take about 15 minutes.
The Mayflower Cruise Terminal is deceptively close. Pedestrian access
is not very direct, you have to frustratingly walk past the ship and
loop back. The pavement is not conducive to rolling luggage either.
We advise not to contemplate walking.
The Queen Elizabeth and Ocean Cruise Terminals are also too far to
walk.
Southampton
Hotels & Cruise Terminals
There
are no hotels adjacent
to any of the cruise terminals. |
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