Southern Vectis is celebrating after parent company Go South Coast was named Large Bus Operator of the Year in the RouteOne awards. Southern Vectis managing director, Andrew Wickham has said:
“I am extremely proud of this achievement, and I’d like to thank all of my colleagues at Southern Vectis for their monumental effort over the past year. “It is not possible to achieve this level of success without a huge amount of talent, dedication and hard work – and my team has this in abundance. We pride ourselves on the fact that we continuously seek new ways to improve the services we offer.”
The award is also a nod to Southern Vectis’ efforts to reduce congestion and improve air quality across the island. Andrew adds:
“This is an important aspect of what we do. We have made it our mission to encourage more people to travel by bus because just one fully loaded double-decker has the potential to take up to 75 cars off the road. “In order to do this, we have invested heavily in new buses, all equipped with the latest low emissions Euro 6 engine. The new vehicles also boast comfortable seating, USB chargers and contactless tap on, tap off ticketing technology – which makes them a more attractive proposition for our current customers, and for those considering leaving their cars at home. “All this, combined with our focus on improving the frequency and reliability of our services still further, is steadily increasing the number of bus journeys made here.”
I wonder if Go south coast gave themselves this award. When you hold a monopoly in large areas of the south coast theres really not much to go up against.
Car all day long for me, have you seen the way these buses are driven.
Shame some of the drivers haven’t mastered their entry level customer care course yet.
Is this the same company that does not pay drivers the same wages to all their drivers?