page_title: Southern Vectis
section_title: Fleet
hierarchical_section_title: Southern Vectis / Fleet
caption_attribution_description: English: Southern Vectis 314 Wedge Rock (HW54 BUV), a Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 MPD, in Carvel Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the Co-op stop, on route 1.
context_page_description: Southern Vectis is a bus operator on the Isle of Wight. The company was founded in 1921 as "Dodson and Campbell" and became the "Vectis Bus Company" in 1923. The company was purchased by the Southern Railway before being nationalised in 1969. In 1987, the company was re-privatised. Southern Vectis was accused of unfair trade practices and was investigated by the British Office of Fair Trading. In July 2005, it became a subsidiary of Go-Ahead Group.
context_section_description: In 2014, the company had 105 vehicles. These included Enviro 200's single deck buses replacing the Dennis Dart SLF's; seven Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President double deck buses of which two are open-top; twenty-eight Scania OmniCitys of which one has been converted to open-top following an engine fire; and sixteen Alexander Dennis Enviro 400's, of which six are on loan.
  In 2016, the company took delivery of ten Alexander Dennis Enviro 400's, which replaced the five remaining closed top Volvo B7TL/Plaxton Presidents, and a tenth Enviro200 later that year. In 2017 Southern Vectis took delivery of their first "second generation" Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC. In 2018, the company took delivery of 16 more with onboard "next stop" announcements and a more spacious and brighter interior. In 2019, Southern Vectis regained one of their old Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer MPD's, and a Scania OmniCity single decker.
  Vectis Blue, the coach fleet, had twenty Alexander Dennis double deckers and around fifteen Optare Solos as well as a few vehicles acquired from Go South Coast subsidiaries. All of the coaches have seatbelts.
caption: Plaxton Pointer Two bodied Dennis Dart at Cowes, May 2009
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