British bus operator on the Isle of Wight, England
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Southern Vectis
A Southern Vectis Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC in Shanklin in January 2018
Parent
Go-Ahead Group
Founded
1921
Service area
Isle of Wight
Service type
Bus services
Fleet
105
Operator
Go South Coast
Chief executive
Andrew Wickham
Website
www.islandbuses.info
Southern Vectis is a bus operator on the Isle of Wight. The company was founded in 1921 as "Dodson and Campbell" and became the "Vectis Bus Company" in 1923. The company was purchased by the Southern Railway before being nationalised in 1969. In 1987, the company was re-privatised. In July 2005, it became a subsidiary of Go-Ahead Group.
SouthernVectis is a bus operator on the Isle of Wight. The company was founded in 1921 as "Dodson and Campbell" and became the "Vectis Bus Company" in...
Look up vectis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vectis may refer to: Vectis, the ancient Roman name for the Isle of Wight Vectis Bus Company, the forerunner...
2013. "SouthernVectis - route 1". www.islandbuses.info. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2008. "SouthernVectis - Changes...
2020. "SouthernVectis route list". SouthernVectis. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009. "SouthernVectis Downs...
Nelson's Hand-book to the Isle of Wight. Oxford. "Roman Vectis". Imperivm Romanvm Wiki - Vectis. Retrieved 5 May 2022. The Journal of the British Archaeological...
artificial grass which was shaped as various London landmarks. In 2012, SouthernVectis received 20 for school contracts on the Isle of Wight. These were delivered...
2010 but was replaced by the SouthernVectis number 3 bus. Bus services to nearby towns and suburbs are run by SouthernVectis, mainly on routes 2, 3, 22...
to the public in winds above force 8. In the spring and summer, the SouthernVectis bus company sends open-top buses along a route called The Needles Breezer...
Damory Coaches and Tourist Group subsidiaries, followed in July 2005 by SouthernVectis including its Solent Blue Line subsidiary. In February 2006 Wilts &...
2016. "SouthernVectis - bus route 6". SouthernVectis. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008. "SouthernVectis Island...
re-introduced in 1936). In 1929, the Vectis Bus Company was bought by Southern Railway, forming SouthernVectis. After 1968, it became part of the state-owned...
of Wight County Press. Retrieved 22 December 2009. "SouthernVectis route list". SouthernVectis. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved...
later ordering 18 more B7TLs with Wright bodies from 2005 to 2006. SouthernVectis ordered seven Volvo B7TLs with Plaxton President bodywork at the end...
not have been viable for the island's dominant commercial operator, SouthernVectis, to operate. Wightbus also provided school buses, and transported disabled...
2012. "SouthernVectis bus route 4". www.islandbuses.info. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008. "SouthernVectis bus...
the British mainland. It is linked to other parts of the island by SouthernVectis buses on route 7, and route 12 serving Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport...
needed] Public transport to Newport, Ryde and Sandown is provided by SouthernVectis bus route 8. Bembridge railway station, which was located in the north-west...
The former subway has been filled in. Passengers can change onto SouthernVectis buses to Ventnor and St Lawrence. The station opened on 23 August 1864...
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