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Wightlink and its forerunners have provided ferry services to and from the Isle of Wight for more than 160 years. [2] In the early 19th century, ferries ran to the island from Lymington and Portsmouth. Later, steam ferries operated a circular route around Lymington, Yarmouth, Cowes, Ryde and Portsmouth.
The Wight class vessels should be able to run to the existing timetable, with a scheduled crossing time of 30 minutes and 15 minutes turnaround. The three previous vessels that ran the Lymington to Yarmouth route were retired and initially stored at Portsmouth . 35-year-old Cenred was brought back into service on 12 March 2009, when Wight Light ...
In 1817 the first steamship ferry, Britannia, began to operate on the Portsmouth–Ryde route, [2] but she was found to be unsuitable for her role and quickly withdrawn. The first successful steam-powered regular service on the route began on 5 April 1825 with the paddle steamer PS Union .
Wight Light was designed by naval architects Hart Fenton & Company and constructed at the Kraljevica shipyard in Croatia.She was launched on 26 January 2008, [1] the first of three vessels commissioned by Wightlink to replace their ageing ferries Caedmon, Cenred and Cenwulf on the Yarmouth to Lymington route.
Cross-Solent ferry crossings have delays and cancellations. Wightlink Ferries said it was operating on both Portsmouth-Fishbourne and Lymington-Yarmouth routes but some Portsmouth-Fishbourne might ...
Yarmouth Bus Station. Yarmouth bus station, next to the Wightlink ferry terminal, serves Southern Vectis route 7 as well as The Needles tour during the summer. As well as three stands for buses, the area has parking for visiting coaches, often full in the summer.
They also operate a Vehicle ferry to West Cowes. [15] Across the River Hamble, the Hamble-Warsash Ferry operates using small pink boats. [16] Between Gosport and Portsmouth, the Gosport Ferry crosses the Portsmouth Harbour. Also from Portsmouth Harbour, Wightlink run passenger ferries to Ryde Pier.
Wight Sun en route from Lymington to Yarmouth in 2019. Wight Sun joined the Wight-class fleet on the Yarmouth and Lymington service. Her two sisters, Wight Light and Wight Sky entered service on 25 February 2009. In July 2015, she was transferred to the Portsmouth to Fishbourne route as a relief ferry.