Island ferry operator Wightlink has announced delays of up to 2 hours on its Portsmouth – Fishbourne route today (Thursday).
The delay has been caused by mechanical issues.
It’s not a good week for cross-Solent travel with this news coming in the same week as strikes from the workforce at Red Funnel regarding pay, causing disruption to both locals and tourists alike.
The other Wightlink service between Yarmouth and Lymington however is running as normal with no current delays.
Do you not mean, due to mechanical issues, rather than thanks.?
Think they need a Headline writer
In this conext it means “caused By”
My view FWIW, why has our dumbass council ‘invested’ in commercial property on the mainland, when a much better investment would have been to buy a controlling interest in the ferry companies?
Owned by the island, for the island.
No, far too good an idea, let’s make all the peasants suffer on a miserable under funded little rock, let’s remove hope opportunity and prosperity.
Unfortunately, the money that was made available by the government was to purchase real-estate, and not companies.
Could the Council borrow the money from elsewhere to purchase one of the ferry companies? Doubtful, especially at an interest rate that they could service.
Could the Council run a ferry service? They can’t even run a ferry on a chain from East to West Cowes.
Could the all-powerful Member of Parliament make the Government force the ferry companies to provide a service for the Islanders?
This is somthing that I feel could have been worked towards over the years, rather than a big outright purchase.
I dont see the Scottish islands being held to ransom, they see their essential link as exactly that.
So pull together as a community to make it happen, and yes, we mugs down south bank roll them endlessly.
given this council cannot run a floating bridge how the hell could they ever run a ferry company
Less annoyed about the delays and more the lack of communication ever given by Wightlink. Missed two trains this morning due to the lack of any information or staff at the ports to keep customers involved.
when i went through Fishbourne this morning, 06:30 the illuminated display clearly said 1 hour delays and the same was on the board facing Newport.
Catamaran was running late as well, but this never gets reported
more people stuck on alcatraz
So we enter Wightlink’s annual Summer of Chaos programme, deliberately creating nightmare scenarios for travellers, who have already paid outrageous fares for a service that can, at best, be described as appalling. And they couldn’t give a monkey’s. I do not know how Mr Greenfield sleeps at night, let alone retains his job.
This why he retains his job:
https://www.islandecho.co.uk/wightlink-turnover-down-30million-during-covid-but-ferry-company-still-makes-a-4million-profit/
Like the privatised railway system, passengers are a major inconvenience – having to run any sort of service costs money for staff, infrastructure and general wear and tear: and yet some people seem to think only of themselves rather than helping Mr Greenfield and Wightlink and demand to travel
“deliberately creating nightmare scenarios” could be regarded as libel by Wightlink and rightly so
It’s a horrible company full stop.They wanted £170 the other week for a return.Wouldnt pay it,managed the same times and dates for a £100 with Red funnel using there voucher booklet,still a lot I know but felt better not giving it to Wightlink
I bet there will be no delays of any kind when the tour of Britain cycling race come over