Wightlink’s 2024 timetables feature later sailings on two routes

Bookings have opened for Wightlink’s sailings to and from the Isle of Wight in 2024.

The ferry company has confirmed later evening FastCat foot passenger sailings between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head will continue to run all year. In addition, later services will operate between Lymington and Yarmouth at weekends, following customer feedback.

Islanders returning home late in the evening from Portsmouth Harbour can benefit from FastCat departures from the mainland at 21:45 and 22:45 throughout the year.

There will be later evening sailings between Lymington and Yarmouth at weekends, starting Friday 5 January 2024. This last ferry (21:05 from Lymington, returning from Yarmouth at 21:50) is scheduled on Fridays and Mondays all year. There will be additional later sailings on Saturday and Sunday from the start of the summer timetable on Monday 25 March 2024.

To accommodate the revised evening schedule, an extra crew of 10 has been hired and the first sailing from Lymington re-timed to 06:05, seven days a week, starting Tuesday 2 January 2024. There has been consultation with Wightlink’s customers who usually travel at this time of the day.

Wightlink Chief Executive Keith Greenfield says: “I am really pleased we have found a way to introduce later sailings between Yarmouth and Lymington at weekends to support people who live or work in the West Wight. This has been a frequent request from regular travellers.”

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