Wightbus was a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, owned by the Isle of Wight Council. It operated a network of 13 local bus services running across the island, mostly services which would not have been viable for the island's dominant commercial operator, Southern Vectis, to operate. Wightbus also provided school buses, and transported disabled adults to various day care centres on behalf of the council's social services department. A dial-a-bus service was run over some parts of the island to residents who would be unable to leave their homes to catch a regular service bus.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - Wightbus was a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, owned by the Isle of Wight Council. It operated a network of 13 local bus services running across the island, mostly services which would not have been viable for the island's dominant commercial operator, Southern Vectis, to operate. Wightbus also provided school buses, and transported disabled adults to various day care centres on behalf of the council's social services department. A dial-a-bus service was run over some parts of the island to residents who would be unable to leave their homes to catch a regular service bus.
|
sameAs
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
foaf:homepage
| |
dbkwik:uk-transpor...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
dbkwik:uktransport...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
defunct
| |
service area
| |
Logo
| |
service type
| - School and public services on the Isle of Wight
|
Image caption
| - Bus number 5805, a Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer in Newport.
|
destinations
| - Whole of the Isle of Wight
|
Headquarters
| |
Website
| |
Fleet
| |
Logo size
| |
Founded
| |
abstract
| - Wightbus was a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, owned by the Isle of Wight Council. It operated a network of 13 local bus services running across the island, mostly services which would not have been viable for the island's dominant commercial operator, Southern Vectis, to operate. Wightbus also provided school buses, and transported disabled adults to various day care centres on behalf of the council's social services department. A dial-a-bus service was run over some parts of the island to residents who would be unable to leave their homes to catch a regular service bus. The Wightbus fleet was made up of 27 vehicles with capacities ranging from 16 to 72. Around 40 trained drivers and passenger-escort staff were employed. Over 1 million passengers travelled on Wightbus services annually. Wightbus was axed by the Isle of Wight Council in February 2011, with the last services operating on 2 September 2011. Under a new "Community Bus Partnership", Southern Vectis agreed to take on a number of routes previously operated by Wightbus to rural areas of the island in coordination with the Isle of Wight Council and the town and parish councils which the services run in. The services are all run by volunteer drivers.
|
is Operator
of | |