With the Isle of Wight starting to welcome tourists back to its shores, bus operator Southern Vectis says it’s ready to play its part.
Southern Vectis is bringing back the open-top Downs and Needles Breezers for the summer season, from Saturday 18th July.
Richard Tyldsley, General Manager at Southern Vectis, says:
“We are thrilled to be offering visitors, and those living on the Isle of Wight, the chance to take a picturesque ride on these two popular seasonal services once again.
“Across the island, we can feel a sense of excitement and anticipation from all those who are ready-and-waiting to open their doors to visitors – from the popular attractions here to the array of shops, pubs and restaurants.
“The Isle of Wight is emerging from lockdown, and we are delighted to be playing our part in showcasing everything this wonderful location has to offer.”
Southern Vectis recently received the Visit Britain industry standard mark ‘We’re Good to Go’ – which recognises its efforts to implement cleaning and social distancing measures for staff and customers during the coronavirus crisis.
Richard adds:
“Our team has worked very hard to ensure our buses are ready, with some changes in place to follow government guidelines. There are stringent cleaning regimes in place, with special focus on ‘touch points’, where we use anti-viral wipes.
“We ask those travelling with us to wear face coverings, unless they are medically exempt. We also ask that you use contactless payments, whenever possible. Our drivers are protected by specially-designed screens, and our seating is arranged to allow for social distancing.
“With this in mind, seating on the top deck may sometimes be limited. If we are full on any particular journey, there will still be ample opportunity for people to enjoy the views at different times.
‘This is a wonderful opportunity for people to leave their cars at home and escape the challenges of the past few months. They can immerse themselves in the delights of the Isle of Wight and let us do the driving. With many holidaymakers expected to opt for ‘staycations’ in 2020, we can’t wait to offer them trips to remember.”
The Downs Breezer will run half-hourly everyday from 09:30, leaving Ryde Bus Station, until 16:30.
The Needles Breezer will run hourly everyday from 10:00, leaving Yarmouth Bus Station until the final bus, which leaves at 17:05.
Southern Vectis has introduced a new ticket for this summer, called the Rover+Breezer – which allows travel for the day on other bus services across the Island.
For more information about the Breezers, tickets and timetables, visit islandbuses.info.
A day rover ticket used to include use of Breezer services. Now you have to buy a Breezer PLUS rover ticket. A sneaky fare increase.
When the word ‘welcomes’ is used, do you mean through gritted teeth? Apart from a bit of Norman interference in AD1070 and Henrician chutzpah visiting his fellow school chum whipping boy at Apple Crumble, the Isle of apparrent Covidien Purity was self sufficient for nearly a thousand years. Mmmhh? Of course we need all the middle aged folk from wherever buying into housing schemes. They’re leaving their homes ’cause it’s nasty there. Then they bring their nasties to us! Hallelujah… I don’t want racist white people fleeing areas which they have made uncomfortable for our Commonwealth brothers on the Isle of Wight! We have enough racist buggers who haven’t been in touch with post-Empire civilised society, thank you very much!
I should throw away the Gin bottle if I were you!
What are you on about???
I think you have been on the gin too much as well
Talking crap