Southern Vectis route 11

Southern Vectis route 11 is a bus service on the Isle of Wight operated by Southern Vectis between Newport and Yarmouth via Carisbrooke, Calbourne, Chessell, Freshwater and Totland. The general daytime frequency of the route is hourly in each direction. A mixture of single-decker buses and double-decker buses is used to operate the route.

History

Route 11 existed before the April 2006 network revision with a Small number of routes operated each day. The route was continued after April 2006, but only as one journey in each direction per day. However the number of journeys operated on route 11 increased from 31 December 2006 to make up an hourly daytime frequency from Newport to Freshwater with a half-hourly service serving the local Freshwater area. On 1 September 2008 the route was extended to Yarmouth and now terminates at Yarmouth bus station. From 5 April 2009 a new Sunday service was introduced for the route. However during the same time, late afternoon journeys towards Newport were cut back with the last bus leaving at 14:25.

Route 11 was running at 1 April 2006 and as such Newport bus station was in the process of being redeveloped, and so along with most of Southern Vectis' other routes, it operated from Newport's temporary Litten Park bus stands.

Route

Since route 11 started, the actual route the bus takes has seen considerable change. Until 31 December 2006, the route was just run as one journey per day in each direction as a direct service from Newport to Freshwater and Totland. After this the route was extended to run as a Freshwater local service in addition to linking with Newport every hour. This involved in a route extention around residential areas in the Freshwater area. However when the route was extended to Yarmouth in September 2008, much of this route was dropped. Now on entering Freshwater at the Royal Standard bus stop, it continues to Totland, then travels back to Freshwater's Royal Standard bus stop again before traveling to Yarmouth.

As part of the extended route, buses now use Pixley Hill, a single-lane thoroughfare running between Freshwater and Yarmouth. Running buses down the smaller lane has caused controversy with local residents claiming the road is too small.

Services

An hourly service is operated in each direction during the daytime. There is no evening service.

See also

• List of Southern Vectis bus routes

External links

• Southern Vectis website - islandbuses.info
• Southern Vectis route list
• Southern Vectis route 11
• Full timetable