Isle of Wight: Ferry Timings & Who Should Skip It

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-27

🌍 An island you can see from the mainland, reached in under ten minutes — and the cost of that crossing has been a political argument for seventeen years. Talks between the island's two MPs, the three ferry operators, the NHS, the council and a campaign group began on 25 September 2026 and report around April 2027. We tested the premise. It comes back half true. 💰 The grievance is real: an economist commissioned by Transport for the South East found cross-Solent fares rose at least 80% between 2013 and 2023, against 32.5% inflation. But the profiteering story doesn't survive the filed accounts. Wightlink's operatin...