Due to essential maintenance, further disruption is expected on Wightlink’s cross-Solent services between Fishbourne and Portsmouth later this week.
Following a challenging period over the Easter weekend with a number of staff shortages resulting in delays to the route, it has been announced that some 38 crossings are to be cancelled over this coming Friday, next Monday and the Friday after.
Friday, April 25
An extra sailing will run from Portsmouth at 20:30, returning from Fishbourne at 21:30, however the following sailings have been cancelled:
From Portsmouth: 07:30, 09:30, 11:30, 13:30, 15:30, 17:30, 19:30
From Fishbourne: 08:30, 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30, 18:30, 20:30
Monday, April 28
Two extra sailings will run from Portsmouth at 18:30 and 20:30, returning from Fishbourne at 19:30 and 21:30 however the following sailings have been cancelled:
From Portsmouth: 09:30, 11:30, 13:30, 15:30
From Fishbourne: 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30
Friday, May 2
The following sailings have been cancelled:
From Portsmouth: 07:30, 09:30, 11:30, 13:30, 15:30, 17:30, 19:30, 21:30
From Fishbourne: 08:30, 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30, 18:30, 20:30, 22:30
A spokesman for Wightlink has said:
“We’ve had to make some changes to our timetable on Friday 25 April, Monday 28 April and Friday 2 May. This is because we’re carrying out essential maintenance to one of our ships on these dates.
“We wouldn’t normally schedule maintenance on busy days, but we’ve had to on this occasion because other maintenance has taken longer than expected and we need to fit in with the availability of facilities at dry docks.
“We will continue to provide a frequent service on this route throughout the day with three ferries, see our website for full details.
“We’ve contacted those customers who were booked to travel on the cancelled sailings and transferred them to alternative crossings but we’d like to take this opportunity to apologise for the inconvenience caused by the unavoidable changes to our maintenance schedule.”
