Route 700 Quality Bus Partnership

Brighton - Chichester - Havant - Southsea operated by Stagecoach

The Quality Bus Partnership (QBP) agreement was signed on 24th January 2006. The QBP aims to achieve the following objectives:

Patronage growth - 50% in five years (monitored by on bus surveys and ticket machine data)
Reliability standards - 95% of buses must operate within six minutes of the stated timetable, unless traffic congestion or other circumstances beyond the control of the partners prevail. (Monitored by on street surveys and Real Time Information/Automatic Vehicle Location Systems)
Customer Complaints - To determine the proportion of customers satisfied by the service and strive toward a steady and verifiable growth in this level of satisfaction. (Monitored by on and off bus customer surveys)
Cleanliness - Nine out of ten buses inspected are clean to agreed standards (Monitored by on bus surveys)

Within Hampshire, buses run every 30 minutes Mondays - Saturdays, and hourly on Sundays.

Havant Borough Council, Civic Centre Road, Havant, Hampshire PO9 2AX