references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message seaview services plaxton premiere bodied volvo b10m at egypt point in may 2008 parent mary robinson founded 1922 headquarters sandown service area isle of wight service type coach operator website www.seaview services.co.uk seaview services 1 is a coach and tour operator operating on the isle of wight . history edit leyland titan pd2 in brighton in 1922 richard newell commenced operating a bus service between seaview and ryde . by the end of the 1920s newell had commenced operating charter services . 2 the development of holiday camps at puckpool and st clare in the late 1930s boosted business considerably on the bus route as well as providing additional excursion work . the extra revenue created from this was used to fund the purchase of new coaches . in july 1939 newells seaview limited was registered being renamed seaview services limited in july 1942 . 1 after the end of world war ii trade increased rapidly particularly in connection with the holiday camps . in 1950 the company purchased two new leyland titan double deck buses to cope with the increased passenger numbers . in 1980 seaview services was sold to mary robinson and in december 1981 the company name was renamed a & ma robinson seaview services limited . 1 the company continued to run route 12 from seaview to ryde under redlynx branding and in may 1986 several months before deregulation day extended this route to nettlestone st helens bembridge and sandown . however this move encouraged southern vectis to compete against seaview services with a minibus service to seaview leading to a bus war between the two firms . 3 after this period of initial competition in may 1987 seaview services retreated back to its previous seaview to ryde route and southern vectis withdrew its competing service . 3 in 1992 the us side of the business was sold to southern vectis and the company has since concentrated solely on coach charters and tours . in 1989 the seaview garage was sold and a new garage opened in sandown . references edit a b c companies house extract company no 355075 a & ma robinson seaview services limited formerly seaview services limited formerly newells seaview limited about us seaview services a b newman richard 1989 . southern vectis the first 60 years . ensign publications . p. 42 . isbn 1 85455 025 x. external links edit www.seaview services.co.uk v t e transport on the isle of wight places bembridge airport yarmouth bus station isle of wight sandown airport newport bus station ryde transport interchange cowes floating bridge operators southern vectis island line trains other isle of wight ferry services hovertravel red funnel wightlink cowes park and ride railways isle of wight steam railway island line retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title seaview services & oldid 578394456 categories transport on the isle of wightcoach operators in englandhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from july 2010all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 october 2013 at 12 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view