Isle of Wight buses

A change in the categories for priority groups has allowed transport staff to be offered Covid-19 vaccinations

The free bus travel for older residents will be available before 9.30am to help them make use of early morning slots for vaccines, healthcare, shopping and other vital appointments

The road between Whiteley Bank and Wroxall will be closed for two+ months from next week - if you use the buses, make sure you know about diversions and which stops are not being served

Southern Vectis are inviting nominations from within the Isle of Wight community, for someone who deserves to be named as a Covid Hero - for all to see - on one of their buses

Southern Vectis say they'll continue to run on the Isle of Wight during lockdown to help keyworkers and those unable to work from home. Details within

If you need to get around the Isle of Wight during the Christmas and New Year holidays by bus, make sure you check out the revised timetables within

The two new Webcams will mean anyone around the world can watch the trains, hovers, buses and Fastcats come and go in Ryde

JDL 40 was sold by Southern Vectis in 1970 and achieved notoriety by overturning near Gatcombe in December 1954

Good things come in threes for the FYTbus. Details within of why they are currently having a triple celebration

The council say they slashed the number of bus routes from 29 to 15 because there were too many excess seats. News OnTheWight asked how many and what the difference between the value of the old and new contracts is

Cllr Brading explains why the Isle of Wight council chose to slash the number of bus routes by half, resulting in some Island children having to take several buses to get to school (either very late or incredibly early)