Fog continues to cause problems for Solent commuters

By Ross Findon

Friday, March 8, 2013

 

UPDATED 09:51*

FOG has caused more disruption for Isle of Wight commuters this morning (Friday).

Following cancellations and delays yesterday, poor visibility has led to further disruption for Solent travellers.

*Hovertravel announced at 9.31am: "Due to adverse weather conditions, it is anticipated that services may be subject to delay/cancellation today."

At 9.45am Red Funnel said on its website: "Speed restrictions have been enforced due to dense fog in Southampton water.

"The xx15 from Southampton and xx45 from West Cowes are currently delayed by 20 minutes."

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by Sarah Parker

10th March 2013, at 13:48:15

Could Hovertravel be more honest please... their inability to run two hovers was due to the hovercraft that was supposedly fixed a couple of weeks ago (which left commuters with a week of hell and a shuttle service) having problems with its radar that meant it was useless in foggy conditions. If Hovertravel had ensured their craft were well-maintained, commuters wouldn't have, once again, endured horrendous service. Commuters are getting absolutely sick of Hovertravel's insistence on putting profit before the people that pay for those profits - very short sighted and hovertravel will shortly realise how foolish they have been and how they should have looked after their regular commuters better since WE are the ones who pay for wages, maintenance fees and profits.

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