Wightlink announces its summer 2023 timetable
24th January 2023
Wightlink is announcing additional FastCat services between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier starting on Monday 27 March 2023. There will also be changes to the Lymington-Yarmouth timetable to improve connections with South Western Railway (SWR) trains.
The extra FastCat evening sailings will be the 21:20 and 22:45 from Portsmouth and the 22:00 and 23:10 from Ryde. Crossings will also be hourly throughout the day, Monday-Sunday.
Foot passengers can also travel on Wightlink’s car ferries. The 22:15 and 23:59 crossings from Portsmouth to Fishbourne (returning at 23:00 and 01:00) complement the scheduled FastCats to offer extra sailings to and from the Isle of Wight.
On the Lymington-Yarmouth route, Wightlink’s summer timetable is being adjusted to ensure customers have more time to make connections between ferries and trains at Lymington Pier station*.
“We have always made it clear that we would add additional FastCat sailings when customer numbers justified the decision,” says Wightlink Chief Executive Keith Greenfield. “I hope many Islanders and mainland customers will take advantage of these additional crossings.
“We also trust the minor amends to our Lymington-Yarmouth service will be helpful for customers who use the connecting SWR trains to and from Brockenhurst and the rail network beyond.”
*From Monday 27 March 2023, the 18:00 ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth will depart at 18:05 to aid customers arriving by rail at Lymington Pier at 17:54.
The 07:30 ferry from Yarmouth will be re-timed to arrive at 08:07 at Lymington.
The 08:45 sailing from Yarmouth will depart at 08:55, to connect better with the 09:44 SWR service from Lymington Pier.
The Captain of the Wightlink ferry scheduled to leave Lymington at 20:00 will not depart until the 19:59 train from Brockenhurst (which connected with the 18:05 from London Waterloo) has arrived.
For more information, please contact:
Duty Media Officer
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