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| WIGHTBUS | |||
 | Wightbus is the operating name of the Council’s modern fleet of buses, coaches and midibuses. The Wightbus fleet comprises 27 vehicles with capacities ranging from 16 to 72 passenger seats. Over 40 vocationally trained drivers and passenger-escort staff are employed. Wightbus vehicles have a distinctive white livery with blue and gold bands. | ||
| The fleet undertakes a considerable proportion of the home-to-school transport requirement on the Isle of Wight, both for mainstream scholars and for students with special educational needs The Wightbus school lift provides transport for around 1200 students daily. The fleet also provides a large proportion of the transport required by Social Services to convey adults to various day care centres around the Island. Wightbus also operates a number of registered local bus services available to the general public over a variety of routes. The timetables for the services are available from this website. |  | ||
 | Wightbus vehicles and drivers are also available for private hire by schools and other community groups. If you want to know more about hiring a Wightbus then please contact us. In total over 1 million passengers annually travel on Wightbus services. | ||
| From time to time Wightbus has vacancies for drivers and passenger escorts. If you would like further information about vacancies in our team then please contact us. For a downloadable version of the latest Wightbus timetable information: click here for the cover and introduction; here for local area maps; and here for timetable information For complete timetable information, click here. | |||
Last Updated: 08/01/10
By: Indira Khedun
By: Indira Khedun
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