the main road (springvale road) is fairly busy, and is served by regular buses going to the centre of winchester. the main bus route serving the village is known as "the spring", and is operated by stagecoach. the parish is crossed by the a33, which merges with the a34 immediately to the south. kings worthy formerly had a station on the didcot, newbury and southampton railway. it was by-passed to the west by the london and south western railway (the surviving main line) and to the north by the alton, alresford and winchester railway, part of which survives to the east as the watercress line.