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Additional Summer Night Sailings Announced By Wightlink

Wightlink is adding extra weekend sailings to its summer timetable to provide more choice for Isle of Wight residents returning home from the mainland via Portsmouth.

This follows feedback on timetabling from customers who spoke to ferry company managers at recent consultation events.

The new timetable will apply on Fridays and Saturdays between Friday 4 April and Saturday 1 November 2025

These summer timetable sailings on Fridays and Saturdays will replace the 22:15 and 23:59 from Portsmouth and 23:05 and 01:00 from Fishbourne.

The changes will also give freight customers more choice of overnight sailings to ship essential goods to and from the Isle of Wight.

Wightlink Head of Port Operations Dean Murphy says:

“As an Islander myself, I’m delighted we have changed our weekend timetables this summer so we can go to mainland events and return home later to Fishbourne.

"Many people made this request at our Meet the Team evenings, so we have reduced the gap between the midnight and 03:00 sailings.”

“It now means we can head home from London on the 23:00 train on Fridays and Saturdays and then catch the convenient 01:00 sailing from Gunwharf.”

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