Isle of Wight bus operator Southern Vectis has announced its services for the Easter long weekend.
Passengers will be able to travel in accordance with the Sunday service on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Normal Saturday services will be in operation on Saturday 31st March.
The company’s summer timetable is now in force (as of Sunday 25th March) with a number of changes to make note of:
ROUTE 2 & 3
Minor changes have been made to some journey times to improve the reliability of this popular service.
ROUTE 4
Evening bus times have been amended.
ROUTE 5
Minor changes to morning and afternoon bus times to improve reliability of this service.
ROUTE 7
Buses at 06:55 and 17:55 from Newport Bus Station are extended beyond Totland to Alum Bay. The 07:48 bus from Totland will additionally serve Alum Bay.
ROUTE 8
Minor changes have been made to most journey times on this route, with daytime buses between Ryde and Newport running 5 minutes later. Additional buses will run between Newport and Sandown from 30th June to 2nd September in line with the high season.
ROUTE 12
An additional bus will run at 09:30 from Newport. An additional bus will run at 10:35 from Alum Bay.
ROUTE 37
Buses will reroute in Ryde from West Street, servicing Swanmore Road, Partlands Avenue (for Ryde Clinic), Pellhurst Road, Ratcliffe Avenue, Swanmore Road to Ashey Road – then following the existing route.
ROUTE 38
Bus times on Monday through to Saturday afternoon have been amended to improve reliability of this service.
There have been no changes to Routes 1, 6, 9, 22, 24, 32 and 39.
