RAILSCOT | Long-awaited Kilcreggan ferry transfer 'to happen in new year' [Helensburgh Advertiser]

Long-awaited Kilcreggan ferry transfer 'to happen in new year' [Helensburgh Advertiser]

Date: 12/12/2019

Years of campaigning by fed-up Kilcreggan ferry users are set to pay off in the new year when oversight of the route is transferred to Scotland^s national transport agency.

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Long-awaited Kilcreggan ferry transfer 'to happen in new year'

Helensburgh Advertiser

YEARS of campaigning by fed-up Kilcreggan ferry users are set to pay off in the new year when oversight of the route is transferred to Scotland's

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SPT's MV Island Princess heads from Kilcreggan Pier to Gourock in July 2016.
Location: Kilcreggan Pier
Company: Strathclyde Passenger Transport
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