Just another manic Monday at CalMac
It was a nightmare start of the week for CalMac and its passengers, as ferry overhauls and breakdowns led to cancellations across the network
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CalMac, battered by storms, battles on
It’s been a rough season for CalMac, its crew, and its passengers.
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MSP told Arran ferry was fully booked 149 days in advance
Ferry disruption ‘intolerable’, says Western Isles’ SNP MSP: ‘The low point was reached when people started telling me that they were unable to visit even very ill relatives.’
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Stressed CalMac staff facing brunt of passenger anger and abuse over ferry chaos
CalMac’s ‘hard working’ and ‘stressed’ staff are facing ‘anger’ and ‘abuse’ from passengers, let down by the Scottish Government, MSPs heard in a recent Holyrood debate
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Glasgow floods cause road and rail chaos
Rail services to Oban, Fort William, and Mallaig from Glasgow disrupted by 4ft high floods that turned roads into rivers and trapped people in their homes
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Be prepared in case of council ferry disruption
So far council-run ferry services have continued to operate uninterrupted despite predictable fluctuations in passenger levels but coronavirus could have potential effects.
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Western Isles braces for Storm Callum
Gusts up to 80mph are expected in the Outer Hebrides on Friday.
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Argyll MSP says ferry disruption cannot continue
Repairs to two CalMac vessels serving Arran are disrupting services for Islay and Colonsay.
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Compensation claim for ferry ‘chaos’
Western Isles tourism businesses lose ‘£6 million’ due to ferry ‘unreliability’, and the figure is still climbing
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Ferry chaos ramps up
Oban ferry terminal’s linkspan failed again on Friday, causing the Barra ferry to drop off passengers 166 miles away on Skye.