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We update our service status regularly throughout the day, bringing you news of any delays and cancellations.

Please check in for your sailing between one hour and half an hour before your scheduled departure time.

If your sailing is delayed, please check in half an hour before your scheduled crossing time as you would normally – we’ll be working hard to make up the time.

If the sailing you’ve booked on is cancelled, we’ll be in touch with you directly to let you know what you can do.

Restricted foot passenger sailings

On certain sailings, we have to restrict the number of customers who are able to travel. All foot passengers must book in advance on these sailings – please check these sailings before turning up at the port without a booking, as we may not be able to accommodate you.

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Rail Services

Train services will be affected by industrial action between Friday, 1 December and Sunday, 10 December 2023 inclusive.

If you’re travelling between these dates, visit www.nationalrail.co.uk to plan your journey in advance.

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Timetable changes: Portsmouth Harbour - Ryde Pier Head

Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head

Monday, 4 September to Sunday, 17 December 2023

Foot passengers must book in advance and arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled sailing time. Please allow at least 10 minutes for connections between trains and FastCats.

* Vessel may depart earlier than scheduled

Isle of Wight County Council will begin the final works to connect the Ryde Pier Head Walkway to the new transport hub on Ryde Esplanade from Friday, 24 November to Sunday, 10 December.

During this time, all foot passengers are to use the vehicle lane until the walkway re-opens on Monday, 11 December.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (April 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after sailing times.

Portsmouth Harbour

Monday - Friday	Saturday	Sunday
05.15 *	-	-
06.15	-	-
07.15	07.15	07.15
08.15	08.15	08.15
09.15	09.15	09.15
10.15	10.15	10.15
11.15 (Excluding Wed 29 Nov)	11.15	11.15
12.15	12.15	12.15
13.15	13.15	13.15
14.15	14.15	14.15
15.15	15.15	15.15
16.15	16.15	16.15
17.15	17.15	17.15
18.15	18.15	18.15
19.20	19.20	19.20
20.20	20.20	20.20
21.45	21.45	21.45
22.45 (Excluding Wed 29 Nov)	22.45	22.45

Ryde Pier Head

Monday - Friday	Saturday	Sunday
05.40	-	-
06.45	-	-
07.45	07.45	07.45
08.45	08.45	08.45
09.45	09.45	09.45
10.45	10.45	10.45
11.45 (Excluding Wed 29 Nov)	11.45	11.45
12.45	12.45	12.45
13.45	13.45	13.45
14.45	14.45	14.45
15.45	15.45	15.45
16.45	16.45	16.45
17.45	17.45	17.45
18.45	18.45	18.45
19.47	19.47	19.47
20.52	20.52	20.52
22.15	22.15	22.15
23.10 (Excluding Wed 29 Nov)	23.10	23.10

Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head

Monday, 18 December to Monday, 1 January 2024

Foot passengers must book in advance and arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled sailing time. Please allow at least 10 minutes for connections between trains and FastCats.

* Vessel may depart earlier than scheduled

a Exludes 26 & 27 December

b Excludes 24 December

c Excludes 31 December

No sailings on Christmas Day, Monday 25 December.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (April 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after sailing times.

Portsmouth Harbour

Monday - Friday	Saturday & Sunday
05.15 *a	-
06.15 *a	-
07.15	07.15
08.15	08.15
09.15	09.15
10.15	10.15
11.15	11.15
12.15	12.15
13.15	13.15
14.15	14.15
15.15	15.15
16.15	16.15
17.15	17.15
18.15	18.15
19.20	19.20
20.20	20.20 b
21.45	21.45 bc
22.45	22.45 bc

Ryde Pier Head

Monday - Friday	Saturday & Sunday
05.40 a	-
06.45 a	-
07.45	07.45
08.45	08.45
09.45	09.45
10.45	10.45
11.45	11.45
12.45	12.45
13.45	13.45
14.45	14.45
15.45	15.45
16.45	16.45
17.45	17.45
18.45	18.45
19.47	19.47
20.52	20.52 b
22.15	22.15 bc
23.10	23.10 bc

Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head

Tuesday, 2 January to Sunday, 22 December 2024

Foot passengers must book in advance and arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled sailing time. Please allow at least 10 minutes for connections between trains and FastCats.

a Excluding 29 March, 1 April, 6 & 27 May and 26 August.

b 29 March, 1 April, 6 & 27 May and 26 August only.

c 30 March, 6 & 13 April, 25 May, 1 June and every Saturday and Sunday from 20 July-1 September only.

Special timetables operate during Isle of Wight Festival (20-24 June 2024)

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (April 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after sailing times.

Portsmouth Harbour

Monday - Friday	Saturday & Sunday
05.15 a	-
06.15 a	-
07.15	07.15
08.15	08.15
09.15	09.15
10.15	10.15
10.45 b	10.45 c
11.15	11.15
11.45 b	11.45 c
12.15	12.15
12.45 b	12.45 c
13.15	13.15
13.45 b	13.45 c
14.15	14.15
14.45 b	14.45 c
15.15	15.15
15.45 b	15.45 c
16.15	16.15
16.45 b	16.45 c
17.15	17.15
17.45 b	17.45 c
18.15	18.15
19.20	19.20
20.20	20.20
21.45	21.45
22.45	22.45

Ryde Pier Head

Monday - Friday	Saturday & Sunday
05.40 a	-
06.45 a	-
07.45	07.45
08.45	08.45
09.45	09.45
10.45	10.45
11.15 b	11.15 c
11.45	11.45
12.15 b	12.15 c
12.45	12.45
13.15 b	13.15 c
13.45	13.45
14.15 b	14.15 c
14.45	14.45
15.15 b	15.15 c
15.45	15.45
16.15 b	16.15 b
16.45	16.45
17.15 b	17.15 b
17.45	17.45
18.15 b	18.15 c
18.45	18.45
19.47	19.47
20.52	20.52
22.15	22.15
23.10	23.10

Timetable changes: Lymington - Yarmouth

Lymington to Yarmouth

Saturday, 28 October to Friday, 22 December 2023

If you are travelling by vehicle please check in at least 30 minutes but no more than one hour before the scheduled sailing time and foot passengers at least 15 minutes before the scheduled sailing time. Foot passengers must book in advance.

* Restricted passenger numbers. It is essential foot passengers book in advance.

a Mon and Friday only.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (April 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after advertised sailing times.

Lymington

Monday - Friday	Saturday	Sunday
05.30 *	05.30 *	05.30 *
06.15	-	-
07.45	07.45	07.45
08.40	09.00 (28 Oct only)	-
10.00	10.00	10.00
10.45	11.00 (28 Oct only)	11.00 (29 Oct only)
12.00	12.00	12.00
13.00 a	13.00 (28 Oct only)	13.00 (29 Oct only)
14.00	14.00	14.00
-	15.00 (28 Oct only)	15.00 (29 Oct only)
16.00	16.00	16.00
-	-	17.00 (29 Oct only)
18.05	18.05	18.05
20.05	20.05	20.00

Yarmouth

Monday - Friday	Saturday	Sunday
06.20	06.20	06.20
07.30	-	-
08.55	08.55	08.55
09.45	-	-
-	10.00 (28 Oct only)	-
11.05 *	11.00 *	11.00 *
11.45	-	-
-	12.00 (28 Oct only)	12.00 (29 Oct only)
13.05	13.00	13.00
14.05 a	14.00 (28 Oct only)	14.00 (29 Oct only)
15.05	15.00	15.00
-	16.00 (28 Oct only)	16.00 (29 Oct only)
17.05	17.00	17.00
-	-	18.00 (29 Oct only)
19.10	19.10	19.00
20.50	20.50	20.50

Lymington to Yarmouth

Saturday, 23 December 2023 to Monday, 1 January 2024

* Restricted passenger numbers.

**Restricted passenger numbers. It is essential foot passengers book in advance.

No sailings on Christmas Day, Monday 25 December.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (April 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after advertised sailing times.

Lymington

23 December	24 December	26 December	27 & 28 December	29 December	30 December	31 December	1 January 2024
05.30 *	05.30 *	-	05.30 *	05.30 *	05.30 *	05.30 *	-
-	-	-	06.15	06.15	-	-	-
07.45	07.45	-	07.45	07.45	07.45	07.45	07.45
-	-	07.50	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	08.40	08.40	-	-	-
-	-	09.35	-	-	-	-	-
10.00	10.00	-	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
-	-	-	10.45	10.45	-	-	-
-	-	11.35	-	-	-	-	-
12.00	12.00	-	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
-	-	13.35	-	13.00	-	-	-
14.00	14.00	-	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
-	-	15.35	-	-	-	-	-
16.00	16.00	-	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
-	-	17.25	-	-	-	-	-
18.05	18.00	-	18.05	18.05	18.05	18.00	18.05
-	-	19.10	-	-	-	-	-
20.05	-	-	20.05	20.05	20.05	-	20.05

Yarmouth

23 December	24 December	26 December	27 & 28 December	29 December	30 December	31 December	1 January 2024
06.20	06.20	-	06.20	06.20	06.20	06.20	-
-	-	-	07.30	07.30	-	-	-
-	-	08.40	-	-	-	-	-
08.55	08.55	-	08.55	08.55	08.55	08.55	08.55
	-	-	09.45	09.45	-	-	-
-	-	10.30	-	-	-	-	-
11.00 **	11.00 **	-	11.05 **	11.05 **	11.00 **	11.00 **	11.00 **
-	-	-	11.45	11.45	-	-	-
-	-	12.30 *	-	-	-	-	-
13.00	13.00	-	13.05	13.05	13.00	13.00	13.00
-	-	14.30	-	14.05	-	-	-
15.00	15.00	-	15.05	15.05	15.00	15.00	15.00
-	-	16.30	-	-	-	-	-
17.00	17.00	-	17.05	17.05	17.00	17.00	17.00
19.10	19.00	-	19.10	19.10	19.10	19.00	19.10
-	-	20.00	-	-	-	-	-
20.50	-	-	20.50	20.50	20.50	-	20.50

Lymington to Yarmouth

Tuesday, 2 January to Sunday, 24 March 2024

* Restricted passenger numbers. It is essential foot passengers book in advance.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (October 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after advertised sailing times.

Lymington

Monday	Tuesday - Thursday	Friday	Saturday & Sunday
06.05 *	06.05 *	06.05 *	06.05 *
06.55	06.55	06.55	-
08.15	08.15	08.15	08.00
09.00	09.00	09.00	-
10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
15.00	-	15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
17.00	-	17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
19.00	-	19.00	-
20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
21.00	-	21.00	-

Yarmouth

Monday	Tuesday - Thursday	Friday	Saturday & Sunday
07.00	07.00	07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00	08.00	-
09.05	09.05	09.05	09.05
10.05	10.05	10.05	-
11.05 *	11.05 *	11.05 *	11.05 *
12.05	12.05	12.05	12.05
13.05	13.05	13.05	13.05
14.05	14.05	14.05	14.05
15.05	15.05	15.05	15.05
16.05	-	16.05	16.05
17.05	17.05	17.05	17.05
18.05	-	18.05	18.05
19.05	19.05	19.05	19.05
20.05	-	20.05	-
21.05	21.05	21.05	21.05
21.50	-	21.50	-

Timetable changes: Portsmouth - Fishbourne

Portsmouth to Fishbourne

Monday, 30 October to Friday, 22 December 2023

* Restricted passenger numbers. Booking essential.

**Restricted passenger numbers Monday-Friday only. Booking essential.

***Restricted passenger numbers, Tuesday only. Booking essential.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (April 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after the advertised times.

Portsmouth

Monday - Saturday	Sunday
03.00 **	03.00
05.00 *	05.00 *
06.00	-
07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00
15.00 (Excluding Sat 4, 11, 18 & 25 Nov)	15.00
16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00
19.00 (Excluding Wed 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Nov)	19.00
20.00 (Excluding Mon 6, 13, 20 & 27 Nov)	20.00
22.00	22.00
23.59	23.59

Fishbourne

Monday - Saturday	Sunday
01.00 ***	01.00
04.00 *	04.00 *
06.00	06.00
07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00
16.00 (Excluding Sat 4, 11, 18 & 25 Nov)	16.00
17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00
20.00 (Excluding Wed 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Nov)	20.00
21.00 (Excluding Mon 6, 13, 20 & 27 Nov)	21.00
23.00	23.00

Portsmouth to Fishbourne

Saturday, 23 December 2023 to Monday, 1 January 2024

* Restricted passenger numbers. Booking essential.

No sailings on Christmas Day, Monday 25 December.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (April 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after the advertised times.

Portsmouth

23 December	24 December	26 December	27, 28, 29 & 30 December	31 December	1 January 2024
03.00 *	03.00 *	-	03.00 *	03.00 *	03.00 *
05.00 *	05.00 *	-	05.00 *	05.00 *	05.00 *
06.00	-	-	06.00	-	-
07.00	07.00	07.00	07.00	07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00
20.00	-	20.00	20.00	-	20.00
22.00	-	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00
23.59	-	23.59	23.59	23.59	23.59

Fishbourne

23 December	24 December	26 December	27, 28, 29 & 30 December	31 December	1 January 2024
01.00	01.00	-	01.00	01.00	01.00
04.00	04.00	-	04.00	04.00	04.00
06.00	06.00	-	06.00	06.00	06.00
07.00	-	-	07.00	-	-
08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00
20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
21.00	-	21.00	21.00	-	21.00
23.00	-	23.00	23.00	23.00	23.00

Portsmouth to Fishbourne

Tuesday, 2 January to Sunday, 24 March 2024

*Restricted passenger numbers Monday-Friday only. Booking essential.

Sailing times, while correct at time of publication (September 2023), are subject to alteration.

For operating reasons ships may sail a little before or after the advertised times.

Portsmouth

Monday - Saturday	Sunday
03.00 *	03.00
05.00 *	05.00
06.00	-
07.00	07.00
08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00
20.00	20.00
22.00	22.00
23.59	23.59

Fishbourne

Monday - Saturday	Sunday
01.00	01.00
04.00	04.00
06.00	06.00
07.00	-
08.00	08.00
09.00	09.00
10.00	10.00
11.00	11.00
12.00	12.00
13.00	13.00
14.00	14.00
15.00	15.00
16.00	16.00
17.00	17.00
18.00	18.00
19.00	19.00
20.00	20.00
21.00 a	21.00
23.00	23.00

Travel Updates

Portsmouth - Fishbourne Booking

Booking essential on 01:00, 03:00, 04:00 and 05:00 sailings

Lymington - Yarmouth Booking

Booking essential on 05:30 sailings

Yarmouth - Lymington Booking

Booking essential on weekday 11:05 sailings and 11:00 weekend sailings

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Portsmouth – Fishbourne

45 minutes

Vehicle and passenger ferry

Portsmouth Harbour – Ryde

22 minutes

Passenger only ferry

Lymington – Yarmouth

40 minutes

Vehicle and passenger ferry