First Hampshire has announced the closure of its travel shop at Gosport, its last day of trading being on Saturday 1 March 2014.
Instead, First customers can obtain information about bus services and buy their tickets from Gosport’s Tourist Information Centre, which, like the travel shop, is located in the bus station.
The First travel shop opened in Gosport Bus Station soon after its completion in 1972. However, the decision was made amalgamate it with the tourist information centre to form a “one stop travel shop” for the town.
Commenting on the travel shop’s closure, Chrissie Bainbridge, General Manager, First Hampshire, said: “We are sorry to see it go but it made economic sense to merge with the travel information centre so that customers and visitors to the town can pick up information from the same source.
“Other factors such as increased use of the internet to access information and download timetables have seen a reduction in the number of customers using the shop. Its staff will now be redeployed to our other travel shops in the area.”
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