CalMac to take over Gourock-Kilcreggan ferry next month [Helensburgh Advertiser]





Date: 08/05/2020

The Scottish Government has promised there will be no change to fares or timetables when state-owned operator CalMac Ferries Ltd takes on responsibility for the Kilcreggan-Gourock ferry service next month.


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Kilcreggan Pier, with its surviving signalling tower, on 30th July 2017. In the background the 112,000T Caribbean Princess departs Greenock on a British Isles cruise, next stop Invergordon.
Location: Kilcreggan Pier
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