RAILSCOT | Ferries on CalMac's Gourock-Dunoon route have racked up more than 11,000 cancelled sailings [Greenock Telegraph]

Ferries on CalMac's Gourock-Dunoon route have racked up more than 11,000 cancelled sailings [Greenock Telegraph]

Date: 02/01/2021

The lightweight foot passenger-only boats which replaced robust car ferries on CalMac^s Gourock-Dunoon route have racked up more than 11,000 cancelled sailings since coming into service.

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Ferries on CalMac's Gourock-Dunoon route have racked up more than 11,000 cancelled sailings

Greenock Telegraph

THE lightweight foot passenger-only boats which replaced robust car ferries on CalMac's Gourock-Dunoon route have racked up more than 11,000

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The second of the two modern passenger ferries now plying the Dunoon - Gourock route see image [[39241]] is the [[MV Ali Cat]], seen here on 1 June 2012 having just pulled away from Gourock Pier.
Location: Gourock Pier
Company: Gourock Extension Railway (Caledonian Railway)
01/06/2012 Colin Miller

One of the two modern passenger ferries now handling the Dunoon - Gourock route, [[MV Argyll Flyer]], berthed at Gourock pier alongside the recently rebuilt station in October 2011. There is no longer a vehicle service on this route. See image [[28925]]
Location: Gourock Pier
Company: Gourock Extension Railway (Caledonian Railway)
27/10/2011 Colin Miller

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Ferries on CalMac's Gourock-Dunoon route have racked up more than 11,000 cancelled sailings [Greenock Telegraph]

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