Many thanks to Stuart George from the IW Bus Users Group for sending through details of Ventnor bus services over the holiday period. We’ll have details of Islandwide services coming up soon. Ed
Bus services through Ventnor over the Christmas & New Year period will again be improved this year. Normal services will run on all days except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Years Day.
On Christmas Eve normal services will run on all routes with the last bus from Ryde to Ventnor at 2315, continuing from Ventnor at 0004 to Newport. The last bus from Newport to Ventnor will be at 2335, continuing from Ventnor at midnight to Shanklin & Ryde. Island Line trains will finish earlier than usual.
This year there will be buses on Christmas Day for the first time. Service 3, between Ryde & Newport, will run hourly through Ventnor between 1000 & 1800. No other buses or trains will run in the local area, although there will also be buses between Newport, Cowes & Ryde.
On Boxing Day service 3 will run hourly through the day from about 9 o’clock in the morning and will then continue to run throughout the night. There will also be an earlier bus from Ventnor to Shanklin & Ryde at 0811. Apart from a half-hourly service between Newport & Cowes and a direct service between Newport & Ryde, there will be a limited service on routes 5 & 7 only, which will run until about 6 o’clock in the evening. There will be no Island Line trains on Boxing Day.
On New Years Day a Sunday service will run on all Island bus routes. Island Line will operate a special hourly service to connect with FastCat services at Ryde.
Wightbus services 16/31/T3 will not run on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Years Day but there will be a normal service from Monday 29th to Wednesday 31st, with the Rail Link service 16 also running on Saturday 27th.
Further information on Southern Vectis bus services can be found at www.islandbuses.info.
Island Line train information is also available online
