The rears of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Vectis" class="extiw" title="en:Southern Vectis">Southern Vectis</a> 1103 <i>Blackgang Chine</i> (HW08 AOS) <i>(right)</i>, and 1117 <i>Ship Ledge</i> (HW58 ATU) <i>(left)</i>, both <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scania_OmniCity" class="extiw" title="en:Scania OmniCity">Scania OmniCitys</a>, in School Green Road, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater,_Isle_of_Wight" class="extiw" title="en:Freshwater, Isle of Wight">Freshwater</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" class="extiw" title="en:Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a>, both on route 7. They had both got to the Royal Standard bus stop at the same time so had had to double park. Route 7 is hourly in either direction, but buses should not meet here.
<ul><li>1117 on the left was the 1455 anti-clockwise circular from Newport, via Calbourne &amp; Yarmouth to Alum Bay, then back via Brighstone.</li>
<li>1103 on the right was the 1525 clockwise from Newport, via Brighstone to Alum Bay, then back via Yarmouth &amp; Calbourne.</li>
<li>1117 was meant to pass the Royal Standard in Freshwater at 1546.</li>
<li>1103 was meant to pass this stop at 1610.</li></ul><p>The photograph was taken at 1616, so 1103 was six minutes late, and 1117 an impressively bad half an hour late. Route 7 is often badly delayed during the summer due to traffic and heavy loadings, made worse by the timetable being very tight as the best of times. Buses are often 15-20 minutes late, but over 30 minutes late is very bad. I pity anyone who has to use service 7 as their local bus.
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Route 7 was restructured with the September 2010 timetable change, and now only runs over the top section of its previous route, and not as a circular.
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