My job is moving to Portsmouth in March and i have the unenviable choice of driving everyday. Does any body else do this run and i have to be there by 7.30 in the morning. so what is the traffic like that early in the morning so i can guess what time i have to leave to get there in time.
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portsmouth in the morning
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HampshireSeagulls
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Traffic is bad, really, really bad. If I want to drive round from Gosport, if I am not on the road (20 minutes away) by 06:30, then it can take over an hour to get in!
Whereabouts in Portsmouth are you working?
The only other person I know that comes to Portsmouth from Brighton gets the train.....
Whereabouts in Portsmouth are you working?
The only other person I know that comes to Portsmouth from Brighton gets the train.....
Hampden Park
Ex R.N.
- Oct 7, 2003
- 4,993
sail round and pick him up then drop him off at the gosport ferry hampshire
Hampden Park
Ex R.N.
- Oct 7, 2003
- 4,993
alan917 said:
alan917, its been a long time since i commuted to and from pompey. from what i can remember there were only a few trains that actually stopped at hilsea throughout the day. they were mainly for those matelots that lived in married quarters there and for the factory workers in and around that area. it wouldnt be too bad (i imagine) traffic wise as it is outside of the pompey city. hampshire may have some input on this.
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HampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
alan917 said:
Hilsea is unfortunate because it is on the outskirts of Portsmouth, and you will have to fight through massive queues to get in. You need to be aiming to get to Portsmouth by 07:00, I reckon about an hour from Brighton, maybe 1 hour and 20 minutes. I hope you have a work car park as well.....
Have you done a dry run yet? I would advise you to try it one morning, just so that you can see what it is like!
HampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
hampden park said:alan917, its been a long time since i commuted to and from pompey. from what i can remember there were only a few trains that actually stopped at hilsea throughout the day. they were mainly for those matelots that lived in married quarters there and for the factory workers in and around that area. it wouldnt be too bad (i imagine) traffic wise as it is outside of the pompey city. hampshire may have some input on this.
Still the same, not all the trains stop at Hilsea. The problem with Pompey now is that the Eastern Road, Western Road, A27 feeders, and M27 can really block up as people try and get into work.
Hampden Park
Ex R.N.
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glad to be out of there hampshire 
Rangdo
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alan917 said:
I spent a year doing this journey in 1999-2000 from Hove to the Tricorn Centre (bottom of the M275). It took just over an hour depending on traffic. It's not a nice journey due to the two sections that reduce down to one lane causing tailbacks and after a year I had more than had enough.
HampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
hampden park said:glad to be out of there hampshire
You want to try being a staff car driver around here and guessing how long it will take me to get from A to B with a time-critical Flag Officer in the back of the car.....stress, stress, stress!
I drove from patcham to nelson everyday in the early 90's, needed to be there for 8o/c start and it use to leave at 630
worst of the traffic apart from ppompey was around arundel and chi
worst of the traffic apart from ppompey was around arundel and chiHampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
Re: Re: portsmouth in the morning
Tricorn is now flattened and a car park, but the reductions in lanes still causes bottlenecks, as do the strange combinations of traffic lights, speed restrictions, and roundabouts which conspire to keep everyone crawling along. The only way is to use taxi and bus lanes, not that I would advocate doing that unless you have a "get out of jail free" card!
It is bad, sorry but there is no way of telling you otherwise - you will just have to get some relaxing CDs in the car, and chill out. And for God's sake make sure that car is topped up with oil and water, we see so many people overheating or breaking down in the warmer weather, and it blocks the roads even more!
Rangdo said:
Tricorn is now flattened and a car park, but the reductions in lanes still causes bottlenecks, as do the strange combinations of traffic lights, speed restrictions, and roundabouts which conspire to keep everyone crawling along. The only way is to use taxi and bus lanes, not that I would advocate doing that unless you have a "get out of jail free" card!
It is bad, sorry but there is no way of telling you otherwise - you will just have to get some relaxing CDs in the car, and chill out. And for God's sake make sure that car is topped up with oil and water, we see so many people overheating or breaking down in the warmer weather, and it blocks the roads even more!
Hampden Park
Ex R.N.
- Oct 7, 2003
- 4,993
HampshireSeagulls said:
but you have the knowledge that he is safe in your escort and whoever is waiting for his arrival will be cacking it especially if it is an inspection time. jossmen, reggies, gunnery officers and all grunters running around like headless chickens. i bet you drivers do this on purpose. i know i would
I do the drive, every day from Brighton to Hilsea.
I leave at around 06:30 every morning, and provided you get past Arundel and that sodding interchange by about 07.00, you should get to Pompey for about 07:30.
Any later than that, and you are likely to get held up for about 10 or 15 mins, should take more then just over an hour (ish).
On the way home, there is the delights of Arundel to cope with again.
Hope this helps.
I leave at around 06:30 every morning, and provided you get past Arundel and that sodding interchange by about 07.00, you should get to Pompey for about 07:30.
Any later than that, and you are likely to get held up for about 10 or 15 mins, should take more then just over an hour (ish).
On the way home, there is the delights of Arundel to cope with again.
Hope this helps.
HampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
hampden park said:but you have the knowledge that he is safe in your escort and whoever is waiting for his arrival will be cacking it especially if it is an inspection time. jossmen, reggies, gunnery officers and all grunters running around like headless chickens. i bet you drivers do this on purpose. i know i would
Never. Never been known to drive around with flag out and lights on just for the fun of it either....or turn up at ships and watch the baby Officer of the Day do it in his trousers at the unannounced arrival of a Rear Admiral.....or used his rank to my benefit! Or told the Fleet Joss to move his car because I need his parking space....
This Boss is a good one though - we have picked up waifs and strays on more than one occasion as a taxi service through the dockyard! And he has been known to drive me whilst listening for strange knocking sounds from the boot. Must remember to let that dockyard matey out next time we go out.....!
Hampden Park
Ex R.N.
- Oct 7, 2003
- 4,993
HampshireSeagulls said:
good to hear its still happening. i hope its the 'jan dockey' who fell asleep onboard (HMS Minerva) and sailed with us to pompey
p.s. ensure you upset every fleet joss you come across (just for me
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