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to Portsmouth Harbour
Mon 14th Aug 2023

from Melksham - Similar trips most days in 2024
Day trip to Portsmouth Harbour on Mon 14th Aug 2023
There is a great deal to do in Portmouth - from the Dockyard Museum through the moderns shopping centre and eateries through the old town to the seaside at Southsea. If going just for the day, split your ticket at Southampton.

From Melksham at09:10
Arrive Portsmouth Harbour at11:52

Suggested return leaves Portsmouth Harbour at16:23
Back into Melksham at18:52

Adult day return fare£52.70 (2023)
Also available of Freedom of Severn and Solent - see below
Lower prices for day trips may be available through advance purchase or split tickets

Alternative (later) trains back. Last train leaves at19:23
That's back into Melksham at21:31


Freedom of Severn and Solent ticket

The Freedom of Severn and Solent ticket offers you 3 days out of 7, or 8 days out of 15 train travel across the area shown on the map. Travel as much as you like after 09:00 in the morning (all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays).

These prices correct as at 13th July 2024
3 days out of 7 - £76.00 (that's £25.33 per day) 8 days out or 15 - £102.50 (that's £12.81 per day)
Or with a railcard - £50.20 or £67.60

Children aged 5 to 15 - £38.00 or £51.25
Children on relevant railcard - £15.10 or £20.30

The ticket is not available online or from the ticket machine at Melksham Station, so if you start from there on the first day, join the train and buy it from the train manager. If you start on your first day at a station with a staffed ticket office, you must buy it there before you join your very first train.

Ticket Issuing System details: name / code / group
FOSS ROVER 3IN7 DAYS / S37 / I863 FOSS ROVER 3IN7
FOSS ROVER 8IN15 DAYS / WR7 / I862 FOSS ROVER 8IN15

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