Sandbanks chain ferry out of action for five weeks (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Sandbanks chain ferry out of action for five weeks
11:30am Tuesday 25th September 2012 in News
SERVICE: The Sandbanks Ferry
THE Sandbanks chain ferry will be taken out of service for up to five weeks from early November, it has been confirmed.
Ferry bosses, who operate the Poole Harbour service between Sandbanks and Shell Bay, say their usual daily crossings will be halted while the ferry is serviced at Southampton.
A Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Company spokesman couldn’t give an exact date when the ferry is taken out of service, as this is dependent on weather conditions.
However, company bosses have pencilled in November 5 as a strong possibility.
The spokesman said: “Sometimes the decision is taken on the actual day. The ferry is taken out of the water and transported to Southampton every other year for a routine refit.
“Full details of the dates will be posted on our web page and facebook page.”
This means drivers, foot passengers and cyclists heading for Swanage will have to make a lengthy 20-mile road journey from Poole. The Bramble Bush Bay entered service in January 1994. It is the fourth ferry to operate at the harbour entrance since the company was established in 1923.
Comments(8)
BarrHumbug
says...
12:33pm Tue 25 Sep 12
fifty shades of brown envelopes wrote:As the ferry has been operating since 1923, its a fare bet its been there longer than you so why did you choose to live near it? Why don't you sell up and buy a house at the end of the Bournemouth Airport runway, then you could moan about planes taking off!
Good this family is fed up of all the traffic queues caused by this ferry
i hope it closes for good.
Roband65
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6:13pm Tue 25 Sep 12
fifty shades of brown envelopes wrote:Dont live there then !
Good this family is fed up of all the traffic queues caused by this ferry
i hope it closes for good.
MrSpeaker
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7:46pm Tue 25 Sep 12
fifty shades of brown envelopes wrote:Obviously living in your multi million pound mansion has blurred your view on real life. Some of us have to travel to and from Swanage for business, if you would like to refund the cost of the extra fuel during this period then feel free to do so, or maybe your chauffeur could take me !
Good this family is fed up of all the traffic queues caused by this ferry
i hope it closes for good.
fifty shades of brown envelopes
says...
10:35am Wed 26 Sep 12
and don't moan about the price... I don't.
This family home was here yonks before the ferry over 100 years in fact ...shut up.
I will always live here thank you ..you keep your bedsit. and i will keep this home.
Say-it-how-it-is
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5:50pm Wed 26 Sep 12
fifty shades of brown envelopes wrote:God you sound like a child. Why should everyone else suffer who work for a living, but not you in your big house. As someone has said move. And be done with it.
Don't buy petrol if you cant afford it ,
and don't moan about the price... I don't.
This family home was here yonks before the ferry over 100 years in fact ...shut up.
I will always live here thank you ..you keep your bedsit. and i will keep this home.
fifty shades of brown envelopes
says...
7:58am Thu 27 Sep 12
Why dont you do as say- it says
and move
and be done with it.
Say-it-how-it-is
says...
11:54am Thu 27 Sep 12
fifty shades of brown envelopes wrote:You know you really do sound like some rich kid spoilt brat with these comments your typing here. What are you 10 years old.
Speaker
Why dont you do as say- it says
and move
and be done with it.
fifty shades of brown envelopes says...
12:20pm Tue 25 Sep 12
i hope it closes for good.