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Bad News For Island Travellers

Bad News For Island Travellers
By Lucy Morgan Thu, 18 October 2012 9:36PM

Isle of Wight residents were apparently left with fewer options for London-bound travel on Thursday, when the long-distance bus company Greyhound announced it was cancelling its Solent services.

In a statement on its social media sites the company said, "It is with regret that we have to announce we will be ending our Greyhound UK services between London and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight on 17th November. Unfortunately, these services are not seeing sufficient passenger numbers and therefore we've reached the difficult decision to withdraw the buses from the routes."

Unfortunately, these services are not seeing sufficient passenger numbers and therefore we've reached the difficult decision to withdraw the buses from the routes.

"We would like to thank our Solent customers for travelling with Greyhound UK and can assure them that they will continue to enjoy the same quality service right up until we stop operating."

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