The Herald yesterday had:
Hospital visit fears as CalMac cut Cumbrae ferry sailings
The Largs & Millport Weekly News had
Ferry timetable changes will see regular maintenance times at intervals throughout the day – but fears have been expressed that the service interruptions will harm the fragile economy of the island. The ferry operator has cited safety as the reason for the proposed reduction in timetabled service from four per hour to three per hour.
Three ferry crossings every hour for a population of 1 293? There are bus services to mainland villages far less frequent than that.
How well used is the service? I can only base this on 2023 or 2024 figures as those for 2025 are incomplete as far as I can see.
In 2024, most recent data, 707 480 passengers and 195 105 vehicles used the service.
https://assets.calmac.co.uk/media/hswlebs3/2024-annual-carryings.pdf
There were around 24 000 crossings in 2023 so something similar in 2024.
https://corporate.calmac.co.uk/en-gb/about-us/route-performance-reports/largs-cumbrae/
The crossings were almost entirely made by the MV Loch Shira, capacity 32 cars and 250 passengers capacity so, over the year, capable of carrying 6 million passengers and 768 thousand vehicles rather than the actual less than 1 million passengers and less than 200 thousand vehicles!
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Wow ! ONLY 3 sailings per hour for pop.of 1293 ? Isle of Bute with pop. 6100 has one per hour ! ; Mull pop of 3000 has only 11 sailings per DAY !
Why have these potential disasters not been reported by the conscience of the Islands , The Herald ? Has The Herald shipping correspondent been asleep at the tiller while all these potential missed hospital appointment catastrophes from other Islands have been quietly forgotten ?
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OBVIOUSLY A A VERY CORRUPT AND DISHONEST PERSON
DO THEY ACTUALY PAY FOR THIS GREA SERVICE
OR ARE THEY DOING A LABOUR SPONGER WANT WANT WANT
WITH NO IMPUT
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