Largs to Cumbrae ferry – Why should the Scottish taxpayer pay millions for tourist car drivers on a handful of sunny days to not have to queue for a ferry service using only between a fifth and a tenth of its capacity over the year?

Largs to Cumbrae ferry – Why should the Scottish taxpayer pay millions for tourist car drivers on a handful of sunny days to not have to queue for a ferry service using only between a fifth and a tenth of its capacity over the year?

Professor John Robertson OBA, Island Cycling Correspondent of the Year CalMac‘s Largs to Cumbrae (pop 1 500) and back service, 52 crossings, peak, and 33 off peak, each way with 15 min turnaround: https://www.calmac.co.uk/en-gb/route-information/largs-cumbrae-slip-millport/#/ The proposal based on safety grounds, is to make the turnaround 20 mins thus reducing the number of crossings by 25% to 39 and 25 crossings per day with the bigger MV loch …