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Restricted foot passenger sailings

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Timetable changes: Portsmouth Harbour - Ryde Pier Head

Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head

Tuesday, 2 January to Sunday, 22 December 2024

Foot passengers must book in advance and arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled sailing time. Please allow at least 10 minutes for connections between trains and FastCats.

a Excluding 29 March, 1 April, 6 & 27 May and 26 August.

b 1 April, 6 & 27 May and 26 August only.

c 30 March, 6 & 13 April, 25 May, 1 June and every Saturday and Sunday from 20 July-1 September only.

Special timetables operates during Isle of Wight Festival (20-27 June 2024)

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (October 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after sailing times.

Portsmouth Harbour

Monday - Friday	Saturday & Sunday
-	00.30 (24 & 25 August only - Charter Vessel)
05.15 a	-
06.15 a	-
07.15	07.15
08.15	08.15
09.15	09.15
10.15	10.15
10.45 b	10.45 c
11.15	11.15
11.45 b	11.45 c
12.15	12.15
12.45 b	12.45 c
13.15	13.15
13.45 b	13.45 c
14.15	14.15
14.45 b	14.45 c
15.15	15.15
15.45 b	15.45 c
16.15	16.15
16.45 b	16.45 c
17.15	17.15
17.45 b	17.45 c
18.15	18.15
19.20	19.20
20.20	20.20
21.45	21.45
22.45	22.45

Ryde Pier Head

Monday - Friday	Saturday & Sunday
05.40 a	-
06.45 a	-
07.45	07.45
08.45	08.45
09.45	09.45
10.45	10.45
11.15 b	11.15 c
11.45	11.45
12.15 b	12.15 c
12.45 (Charter Vessel 21 Mar only)	12.45
13.15 b	13.15 c
13.45	13.45
14.15 b	14.15 c
14.45	14.45
15.15 b	15.15 c
15.45	15.45
16.15 b	16.15 b
16.45	16.45
17.15 b	17.15 b
17.45	17.45
18.15 b	18.15 c
18.45	18.45
19.47	19.47
20.52	20.52
22.15	22.15
23.10	23.10

Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head

Christmas - Monday, 23 December 2024 to Sunday, 5 January 2025

Foot passengers are advised to book in advance and arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled sailing time. Please allow at least 10 minutes for connections between trains and FastCats.

a Excludes 26 December 2024 & 1 January 2025

b Excludes 24 December

c Excludes 31 December

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (September 2024), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after the advertised times.

Portsmouth Harbour

Monday to Friday	Saturday & Sunday
05.15 a	-
06.15 a	-
07.15	07.15
08.15	08.15
09.15	09.15
10.15	10.15
11.15	11.15
12.15	12.15
13.15	13.15
14.15	14.15
15.15	15.15
16.15	16.15
17.15	17.15
18.15	18.15
19.20	19.20
20.20 b	20.20
21.45 bc	21.45
22.45 bc	22.45

Ryde Pier Head

Monday to Friday	Saturday & Sunday
05.40 a	-
06.45 a	-
07.45	07.45
08.45	08.45
09.45	09.45
10.45	10.45
11.45	11.45
12.45	12.45
13.45	13.45
14.45	14.45
15.45	15.45
16.45	16.45
17.45	17.45
18.45	18.45
19.47	19.45
20.52 b	20.52
22.15 bc	22.15
23.10 bc	23.10

Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head

Monday, 6 January to Sunday, 21 December 2025

Foot passengers are advised to book in advance and arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled sailing time. Please allow at least 10 minutes for connections between trains and FastCats.

a Excluding 18 & 21 April, 5 & 26 May and 25 August

b 18 & 21 April, 5 & 26 May and 25 August only

c 5, 12 & 19 April, 3, 24 & 31 May, every Saturday & Sunday from 19 July-31 August

Special timetables operates during Isle of Wight Festival

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after sailing times.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (September 2024), are subject to alteration.

Portsmouth Harbour

Monday - Friday	Saturday & Sunday
05.15 a	-
06.15 a	-
07.15	07.15
08.15	08.15
09.15	09.15
10.15	10.15
10.45 b	10.45 c
11.15	11.15
11.45 b	11.45 c
12.15	12.15
12.45 b	12.45 c
13.15	13.15
13.45 b	13.45 c
14.15	14.15
14.45 b	14.45 c
15.15	15.15
15.45 b	15.45 c
16.15	16.15
16.45 b	16.45 c
17.15	17.15
17.45 b	17.45 c
18.15	18.15
19.20	19.20
20.20	20.20
21.45	21.45
22.45	22.45

Ryde Pier Head

Monday - Friday	Saturday & Sunday
05.40 a	-
06.45 a	-
07.45	07.45
08.45	08.45
09.45	09.45
10.45	10.45
11.15 b	11.15 c
11.45	11.45
12.15 b	12.15 c
12.45	12.45
13.15 b	13.15 c
13.45	13.45
14.15 b	14.15 c
14.45	14.45
15.15 b	15.15 c
15.45	15.45
16.15 b	16.15 c
16.45	16.45
17.15 b	17.15 c
17.45	17.45
18.15 b	18.15 c
18.45	18.45
19.47	19.47
20.52	20.52
22.15	22.15
23.10	23.10

Timetable changes: Lymington - Yarmouth

Lymington to Yarmouth

Monday, 4 November to Sunday, 22 December 2024

If you are travelling by vehicle please check in at least 30 minutes but no more than one hour before the scheduled sailing time and foot passengers at least 15 minutes before the scheduled sailing time. Foot passengers must book in advance.

* Restricted passenger numbers. It is essential foot passengers book in advance.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (January 2024), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after advertised sailing times.

Lymington

Monday	Tuesday - Thursday	Friday	Saturday & Sunday
06.05 *	06.05 *	06.05 *	06.05 *
06.55	06.55	06.55	-
08.15	08.15	08.15	08.00
09.00	09.00	09.00	-
10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
15.00	-	15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
17.00	-	17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
19.00	-	19.00	-
20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
21.00	-	21.00	-

Yarmouth

Monday	Tuesday - Thursday	Friday	Saturday & Sunday
07.00	07.00	07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00	08.00	-
09.05	09.05	09.05	09.05
10.05	10.05	10.05	-
11.05 *	11.05 *	11.05 *	11.05 *
12.05	12.05	12.05	12.05
13.05	13.05	13.05	13.05
14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05
15.05	15.05	15.05	15.05
16.05	-	16.05	16.05
17.05	17.05	17.05	17.05
18.05	-	18.05	18.05
19.05	19.05	19.05	19.05
20.05	-	20.05	-
21.05	21.05	21.05	21.05
21.50	-	21.50	-

Lymington to Yarmouth

Christmas - Monday, 23 December 2024 to Sunday, 5 January 2025

* Restricted passenger numbers. It is essential foot passengers book in advance.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (September 2024), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after advertised sailing times.

Lymington

23, 27 & 30 December 2024 and 3 January 2025	24 & 31 December	26 December	28 & 29 December 2024 and 4 & 5 January 2025	1 January 2025	2 January 2025
06.05 *	06.05 *	-	06.05 *	-	06.05 *
06.55	-	-	-	-	06.55
-	-	07.50	-	07.45	-
08.15	08.00	-	08.00	-	08.15
09.00	09.00	09.35	-	-	09.00
10.00	10.00	-	10.00	10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00	11.35	11.00	-	11.00
12.00	12.00	-	12.00	12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00	13.35	13.00	-	13.00
14.00	14.00	-	14.00	14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00	15.35	15.00	-	-
16.00	16.00	-	16.00	16.00	16.00
17.00	-	17.25	17.00	-	-
18.00	18.00	-	18.00	18.00	18.00
19.00	-	19.10	-	-	-
20.00	-	-	20.00	20.00	20.00
21.00	-	-	-	-	-

Yarmouth

23, 27 & 30 December 2024 and 3 January 2025	24 & 31 December	26 December	28 & 29 December 2024 and 4 & 5 January 2025	1 January 2025	2 January 2025
07.00	07.00	-	07.00	-	07.00
08.00	-	-	-	-	08.00
-	-	08.40	-	08.45	-
-	-	-	09.00 5 January only	-	-
09.05	09.05	-	09.05	-	09.05
10.05	10.05	10.30	-	-	10.05
11.05 *	11.05 *	-	11.05 *	11.00 *	11.05 *
12.05	12.05	12.30 *	12.05	-	12.05
13.05	13.05	-	13.05	13.00	13.05
14.05	14.05	14.30	14.05	-	14.05
15.05	15.05	-	15.05	15.00	15.05
16.05	16.05	16.30	16.05	-	-
17.05	17.05	-	17.05	17.00	17.05
18.05	-	18.15	18.05	-	-
19.05	19.05	-	19.05	19.00	19.05
20.05	-	20.00	-	-	-
21.05	-	-	21.05	20.50	21.05
21.50	-	-	-	-	-

Lymington to Yarmouth

Monday, 6 January to Sunday, 30 March 2025

* Restricted passenger numbers. It is essential foot passengers book in advance.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (September 2024), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after advertised sailing times.

Lymington

Monday	Tuesday - Thursday	Friday	Saturday & Sunday
06.05 *	06.05 *	06.05 *	06.05 *
06.50 *	06.50 *	06.50 *	-
07.50	07.50	07.50	08.00
09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
15.00	-	15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
17.00	-	17.00	-
18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
19.00	-	19.00	-
20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
21.00	-	21.00	-

Yarmouth

Monday	Tuesday - Thursday	Friday	Saturday & Sunday
06.55	06.55	06.55	06.55
07.55	07.55	07.55	-
09.05	09.05	09.05	09.05
10.05	10.05	10.05	10.05
11.05 *	11.05 *	11.05 *	11.05 *
12.05	12.05	12.05	12.05
13.05	13.05	13.05	13.05
14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05
15.05	15.05	15.05	15.05
16.05	-	16.05	16.05
17.05	17.05	17.05	17.05
18.05	-	18.05	-
19.05	19.05	19.05	19.05
20.05	-	20.05	-
21.05	21.05	21.05	21.05
21.50	-	21.50	-

Timetable changes: Portsmouth - Fishbourne

Portsmouth to Fishbourne

Monday, 4 November to Sunday, 15 December 2024

*Restricted passenger numbers Monday to Friday only.

a Excluding Tuesday’s

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (January 2024), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after the advertised times.

Portsmouth

Monday - Saturday	Sunday
03.00 *	03.00
05.00 *	05.00
06.00	-
07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00
20.00	20.00
22.00	22.00
23.59	23.59

Fishbourne

Monday - Saturday	Sunday
01.00	01.00
04.00	04.00
06.00	06.00
07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00
20.00	20.00
21.00 a	21.00
23.00	23.00

Portsmouth to Fishbourne

Christmas - Monday, 16 December 2024 to Sunday, 5 January 2025

*Restricted passenger numbers Monday to Friday only.

a Excluding 17 December

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (September 2024), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after the advertised times.

Portsmouth

16, 17, 18, 21 & 28 December 2024 and 2, 3 & 4 January 2025	19, 20, 23, 27 & 30 December	22 & 29 December 2024 and 1 & 5 January 2025	24 December	26 December	31 December
03.00 *	03.00 *	03.00 *	03.00 *	-	03.00 *
05.00 *	05.00 *	05.00 *	05.00 *	-	05.00 *
06.00	06.00	-	06.00	-	06.00
07.00	07.00	07.00	07.00	07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
-	10.30	-	-	-	-
11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
-	12.30	-	-	-	-
13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
-	14.30	-	-	-	-
15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
-	16.30	-	-	-	-
17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00
20.00	20.00	20.00	-	20.00	-
22.00	22.00	22.00	-	22.00	22.00
23.59	23.59	23.59	-	23.59	23.59

Fishbourne

16, 17, 18, 21 & 24 December 2024 and 2,3 & 4 January 2025	19, 20,23, 27 & 30 December	22, 29 December 2024 and 1 & 5 January 2025	24 December	26 December	31 December
01.00	01.00	01.00	01.00	-	01.00
04.00	04.00	04.00	04.00	-	04.00
06.00	06.00	06.00	06.00	-	06.00
07.00	07.00	-	07.00	-	07.00
08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
-	11.30	-	-	-	-
12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
-	13.30	-	-	-	-
14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00
-	15.30	-	-	-	-
16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00
-	17.30	-	-	-	-
18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00
20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
21.00 a	21.00	21.00	-	21.00	-
23.00	23.00	23.00	-	23.00	23.00

Portsmouth to Fishbourne

Monday, 6 January to Sunday, 30 March 2025

*Restricted passenger numbers Monday to Friday only.

a Excluding Tuesdays

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (September 2024), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after the advertised times.

Portsmouth

Monday - Saturday	Sunday
03.00 *	03.00
05.00 *	05.00
06.00	-
07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00
20.00	20.00
22.00	22.00
23.59	23.59

Fishbourne

Monday - Saturday	Sunday
01.00	01.00
04.00	04.00
06.00	06.00
07.00	-
08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00
20.00	20.00
21.00 a	21.00
23.00	23.00

Travel Updates

Portsmouth - Fishbourne | Restricted passenger numbers

Booking essential on 03:00 and 05:00 sailings

Lymington - Yarmouth | Restricted passenger numbers

Booking essential on 06:05 sailings

Yarmouth - Lymington | Restricted passenger numbers

Booking essential on 11:05 sailings

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Portsmouth – Fishbourne

45 minutes

Vehicle and passenger ferry

Portsmouth Harbour – Ryde

22 minutes

Passenger only ferry

Lymington – Yarmouth

40 minutes

Vehicle and passenger ferry