The main bus station in Portsmouth called the Hard Interchange. Named after its solid plot of land, called The Hard.
The new bus interchange provides ten, drive-in / reverse-out (DIRO) bus stands, a pedestrian drop off area with space for five vehicles and a taxi rank. The building itself features a centralised concourse with ancillary areas and retail accommodation, as well as facilities to purchase tickets for bus travel. The main concourse contains interactive journey planning screens to assist passengers with their onward journeys, together with information screens for bus arrivals and departures. Passenger seating areas have been aligned with the overall structure of the building, to create design clarity and symmetry. The interchange’s façade employed the use of a new architectural mullion system by Saint-Gobain from the US, making The Hard one of the first projects in the UK to use the sleek aerofoil profile of die cast aluminium.
Size: 5504px × 8256px
Location: The Hard, Portsmouth PO1 3PA
Photo credit: © Colin Walton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ahr, area, arrival, arrivals, arrive, arriving, bus, buses, canopy, change, covered, depart, departure, departures, destination, docks, dockyard, exchange, ferry, garage, gunwharf, hampshire, harbour, hard, historic, holiday, interchange, leaving, portsmouth, quays, room, shelter, station, stop, sweeping, terminus, travel, uk, waiting
