List of Southern Vectis bus routes
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This is a list of the services operated by Southern Vectis. Southern Vectis are the dominant bus operator on the Isle of Wight.
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[edit] Current services
Southern Vectis currently operate 18 standard services, from the newest timetable revision from the 20 April 2008. [1]
Note: Colours represented appear on the network map, but not the vehicles themselves.
| Rt. No. | Route | Freq. (mins) | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport – St. Mary's Hospital – Northwood – Roundhouse/Park and Ride – Cowes (link to Southampton via Red Funnel Red Jet and Uni-link City-link to Station for trains to London). | 6 | Small buses (Mini Pointer Darts) are used on the route to make it possible to negotiate the Cowes terminus; Fountain Quay, the Red Jet Terminal. There are some safety concerns with the turn, but it has been classed as safe by the Health and Safety executive.[2] |
| 2 | Newport – Rookley – Godshill – Shanklin – Sandown – Ryde | 30 | Timetable links with route 3 between Shanklin and Ryde. |
| 3 | Newport – Merstone – Godshill – Wroxall – Ventnor – Shanklin – Sandown – Ryde | 30 | Links with route 2 between Shanklin and Ryde. |
| 4 | East Cowes – Wootton – Binstead – Ryde | 30 (60 Sundays) | No longer serves Red Funnel Ferry terminal in East Cowes. |
| 5 | Newport – Osborne – East Cowes | 12 (30 Sundays) | No longer serves Red Funnel Ferry terminal in East Cowes. |
| 6 | Newport – Blackgang Chine – Niton – Ventnor | 60 | No evening service. |
| 7 | Newport – Shalfleet,Cranmore,Bouldnor OR Apesdown,Calbourne,Newbridge,Wellow,Thorley – Yarmouth – Totland – Alum Bay – Totland – Freshwater – Brighstone – Newport | 60 | Circular service in both directions. Frequency can be seen as every 30 minutes at Newport and Totland, as the hourly services in each direction that goes either way around the route takes the same amount of time. |
| 8 | Newport – Robin Hill – Winford – Sandown | 30 (60 Sundays) | Upon arrival at Sandown, on of every two buses changes to a route 22, with through fares available. |
| 9 | Newport – Fairlee/Staples – Wootton – Ryde | 10 | Service run exclusively with new Mercedes Citaros. |
| 10 | Newport – Brading – St. Helens – Bembridge – Sandown | 60 | No evening service. |
| 11 | Newport – Calbourne – Freshwater – Totland. | 60 (30 at peak times) | Includes local service in Freshwater, upon arrival at Totland, the bus returns to Freshwater on a local service via the back roads. Once it returns to Totland, it continues to Newport. In Newport it now takes on the route of the old route 37. No Sunday service. |
| 14 | Ryde – Oakfield – Tesco – St. Helens – Bembridge | 60 | Serves housing estates and local Tesco store. |
| 16 | Ryde – Nettlestone – Seaview | 30 (60 Sundays) | Serves local residential areas, linking to Ryde. |
| 22 | Sandown – Lake – Shanklin | 60 | Upon arrival at Sandown, the bus changes to a route 8 to Newport, with through fares available. No Sunday service. |
| 27 | Cowes → Egypt Point → Gurnard → Northwood → Cowes | 30 | Circular service in direction shown. No evening service. Replaced route 32, with controversy over omitting Crosfield Avenue Estate.[3][4] |
| 28 | Newport – Northwood – Gurnard – Cowes | See → | Limited service, four journeys from Cowes a day, three from Newport. Re-numbered from 30 to sit in timetable with other local Cowes route 27. Last journey twoards Cowes extends to Porchfield and back to Newport |
| 29 | Newport – North Wootton – Havenstreet – Haylands – Ryde | See → | Buses run roughly hourly (with some gaps) through to Newport. There is a two-houlry Sunday service across the whole route. |
| 38 | Newport → Gunville → Carisbrooke → Newport | 30 | Circular service in direction shown. |
[edit] Other services
Southern Vectis also operate many other bus services, such as school bus routes and open top tours. A series of "Road Trains" are also operated in the main tourist towns on the island.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Southern Vectis - New bus timetables Accessed 23 March 2008
- ^ IW County Press -"Bus safety probe at tight turn" Accessed 23 March 2008
- ^ IW County Press - "Cancer patient slams bus changes" Accessed 23 March 2008
- ^ IW County Press - "Bus changes sever lifline" Accessed 23 March 2008
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