Isle of Wight ferry travellers hit by continued disruption
AS WE enter the first bank holiday weekend of May, Wightlink customers’ travel plans continue to be disrupted due to one of its FastCats breaking down.
Yesterday (Friday, May 2), Wightlink was forced to suspend number of FastCat services between Ryde and Portsmouth Harbour after its Wight Ryder II broke down with “mechanical issues”.
Due to an problem with one of the engines on board the ferry, Wightlink we will be operating a revised timetable today (Saturday).
As a result, more than 30 sailings on Wightlink’s timetable have been cancelled.
However, to mitigate the disruption to travellers, Wightlink’s sailings will be operated by a charter vessel.
A revised timetable will run up to, and including, Tuesday (May 6), with all shuttle service sailings operated by a charter vessel.
Read more: “Mechanical issue” forces Wightlink FastCat sailing cancellations
The charter vessel will be running a shuttle service throughout the day, starting from Ryde Pier Head at 07.45am, with a crossing time of around 30 minutes.
Further help for Wightlink FastCat customers
If you have any questions or concerns, call Wightlink on 0333 999 7333, between 9am–5pm.
The charter vessel has a limit of 160 customers per sailing.
This service will run until 6pm daily, after which time the route will be suspended until the following morning each day, with Wightlink expecting its own vessel to return to service on Tuesday evening.
There will be no sailings between 2pm and 3pm over the bank holiday weekend.
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