Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Figure 9.3 Traffic on Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services, 2010

Figure 9.3 Traffic on Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services, 2010

Table 9.14 Traffic on Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services
Route Passengers
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Clyde thousand
   Gourock-Dunoon 6,8 621.9 627.1 593.7 565.6 619.8 624.7 615.2 607.2 550.8 533.5 499.2
   Gourock-Kilcreggan 1 72.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
   Wemyss Bay-Rothesay 681.1 708.3 709.7 770.7 764.2 750.1 759.7 770.3 741.0 755.9 735.3
   Colintraive-Rhubodach 249.6 285.4 269.8 272.9 268.4 279.9 264.6 257.5 256.3 260.6 264.3
   Tarbert-Portavadie 37.5 41.7 40.7 49.0 52.9 57.9 67.6 60.4 59.5 69.7 68.1
   Ardrossan-Brodick 626.6 630.7 660.3 702.0 716.6 742.6 735.9 749.0 707.4 715.7 731.1
   Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 2 46.9 52.6 51.7 54.0 54.0 54.0 52.4 54.5 50.2 54.4 52.1
   Largs-Cumbrae 623.3 647.6 659.5 710.0 682.9 698.6 722.6 750.4 710.8 720.4 727.3
   Ballycastle-Rathlin 3 ,9 53.9 37.4 39.2 47.0 45.6 48.2 49.8 50.0 - - -
   Total Clyde 3,013.2 3,031.0 3,024.6 3,171.2 3,204.3 3,256.0 3,267.8 3,299.3 3,076.1 3,110.3 3,077.4
West Coast
   Kennacraig-Islay 121.3 118.6 126.0 140.0 148.0 150.9 152.5 157.4 159.3 171.4 169.3
   Oban-Craignure 541.5 554.7 562.8 618.4 653.3 649.8 640.4 596.7 554.6 578.3 564.5
   Fishnish-Lochaline 100.3 100.2 103.9 116.8 122.9 121.7 132.9 130.0 118.2 125.0 115.6
   Fionnphort-Iona 246.1 245.4 245.7 250.0 257.4 245.9 255.5 246.8 222.3 232.2 233.2
   Oban-Coll/Tiree 36.3 38.4 39.5 42.8 44.6 45.7 44.1 46.4 46.5 53.0 52.2
   Oban-Castlebay-
   Lochboisdale 45.7 47.3 47.4 44.6 45.9 43.3 45.3 46.5 46.2 57.0 58.2
   Mallaig-Armadale 160.4 149.6 165.9 168.1 188.3 189.5 188.9 190.5 187.5 208.8 212.4
   Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 5 127.9 130.0 142.7 146.0 152.0 159.4 161.7 160.3 161.7 185.8 181.8
   Ullapool-Stornoway 172.5 180.2 183.0 179.9 188.9 183.2 181.2 185.5 182.8 219.9 227.7
   Tayinloan-Gigha 46.0 46.9 46.3 53.3 54.5 59.0 64.0 62.4 57.8 64.7 66.5
   Raasay-Sconser 44.7 45.5 47.8 51.7 51.6 56.5 55.5 62.7 64.5 61.6 58.0
   Otternish-Leverburgh 40.1 40.5 - - - - - - - - -
   Berneray-Leverburgh 7 - - 44.7 48.0 51.8 52.2 51.4 53.8 53.9 58.2 58.0
   Other 4 80.8 82.4 93.4 139.5 147.3 145.5 157.0 150.4 152.6 169.4 160.9
   Total West Coast 1,763.5 1,779.9 1,849.1 1,999.1 2,106.7 2,102.6 2,130.5 2,089.4 2,008.0 2,185.5 2,158.4
Grand Total 4,776.7 4,810.8 4,873.7 5,170.3 5,311.1 5,358.6 5,398.4 5,388.7 5,084.1 5,295.8 5,235.8
Total excluding Gourock - Kilgreggan 4,704.2 4,810.8 4,873.7 5,170.3 5,311.1 5,358.6 5,398.4 5,388.7 5,084.1 5,295.8 5,235.8
Route Cars
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Clyde thousand
   Gourock-Dunoon 6, 8 107.1 110.0 101.3 70.5 90.2 84.9 77.8 80.1 71.8 70.7 61.4
   Wemyss Bay-Rothesay 126.1 135.7 141.3 147.7 152.1 152.5 158.2 164.2 159.9 162.7 155.7
   Colintraive-Rhubodach 88.8 95.1 90.8 93.3 92.7 93.5 89.6 90.2 88.2 87.3 84.6
   Tarbert-Portavadie 15.0 15.6 15.5 17.5 18.6 18.8 19.1 20.9 21.0 21.6 21.2
   Ardrossan-Brodick 100.8 107.7 117.9 121.9 125.8 131.0 132.0 137.4 131.1 136.0 134.2
   Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 2 14.6 16.2 15.9 16.8 16.8 17.7 17.3 17.9 16.7 17.6 16.6
   Largs-Cumbrae 112.7 120.3 125.9 132.3 132.4 135.9 139.4 151.3 143.1 139.8 138.7
   Other 3,9 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 - - -
   Total Clyde 567.8 603.0 611.2 602.8 631.3 636.7 636.0 664.6 631.7 635.9 612.4
West Coast
   Kennacraig-Islay 39.7 39.5 41.6 45.8 47.4 48.9 49.3 51.3 52.2 56.3 54.2
   Oban-Craignure 91.4 94.5 100.2 109.0 115.9 117.8 117.4 114.7 110.1 114.3 108.5
   Fishnish-Lochaline 36.4 37.0 38.6 43.8 45.5 46.0 47.9 48.0 45.2 47.9 45.3
   Fionnphort-Iona 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.3 4.6 4.8 4.6 5.2
   Oban-Coll/Tiree 9.5 10.0 11.0 11.3 12.4 12.7 12.4 13.0 13.0 15.8 15.6
   Oban-Castlebay-
   Lochboisdale 11.9 12.8 13.2 12.2 13.1 12.6 13.2 13.7 13.6 18.3 18.0
   Mallaig-Armadale 34.2 34.5 38.2 40.4 44.5 44.0 44.2 46.9 46.6 54.3 51.9
   Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 5 37.9 39.8 44.7 47.1 49.5 53.0 54.0 55.3 57.0 69.8 67.9
   Ullapool-Stornoway 35.7 39.2 42.2 44.3 48.5 46.9 46.9 49.0 48.8 66.7 67.6
   Tayinloan-Gigha 10.5 11.2 10.2 11.2 12.5 12.5 13.2 14.2 13.7 14.5 14.2
   Raasay-Sconser 12.1 12.9 13.9 14.7 16.1 17.2 16.7 20.2 22.9 22.9 21.2
   Otternish-Leverburgh 12.6 13.1 - - - - - - - - -
   Berneray-Leverburgh 7 - - 14.6 16.6 18.9 19.2 20.8 21.5 21.5 24.7 23.7
   Other 4 12.1 12.6 14.6 20.5 30.7 30.9 31.8 32.6 32.2 36.1 34.5
   Total West Coast 349.0 361.9 387.8 421.6 460.0 467.1 473.2 485.0 481.7 546.3 527.7
Total 916.8 964.9 999.0 1,024.4 1,091.3 1,103.8 1,109.2 1,149.6 1,113.4 1,182.1 1,140.1

Source: CALMAC - Not National Statistics
1. Since 2001 the Gourock-Kilcreggan route has been tendered by Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT), and operated under contract by Clyde Marine, so figures for that and subsequent years appear in table 10.15. The SPT changed it's name to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport in April 2006.
2. Seasonal carryings.
3. Up until 1995 includes Gourock-Tarbert(Loch Fyne), Gourock-Tighnabruaich, Ballycastle-Rathlin (internal Northern Ireland route), Clyde and Loch Lomond cruising, RNAD and tanker charters, Millport Cruise, Dunoon Cruise, Largs-Largs via Millport, Special sailings, Clyde charters. After that the figures were only for Ballycastle-Rathlin.
4. Includes Ken-Islay-Colonsay-Oban, Oban-Inner & Outer Isles, Mallaig-Small Isles, Tobermory-Kilchoan, Barra-Eriskay, Oban-Colonsay, Oban-Lismore, K.Craig-Islay-Colonsay and Oban-Colonsay-Islay.
5. These figures are an aggregate of the Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy, Uig-Lochmaddy, Uig-Tarbert & Tarbert-Lochmaddy routes.
6. This route was out of service between March 2003 and June 2003.
7. Berneray-Leverburgh replaced the Otternish-Leverburgh service and started in 2002. Day charters and livestock specials are included in the figures for some routes.
8. Gourock-Dunoon has been operated by Cowal Ferries Ltd since October 2006
9. Ballycastle-Rathlin has been operated by Rathlin Ferries since April 2007

Table 9.14 (Continued) Traffic on Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services
Route Commercial Vehicles and Buses
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Clyde thousand
   Gourock-Dunoon 5, 7 9.6 9.0 8.2 4.9 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.6 3.9 3.8 3.5
   Wemyss Bay-Rothesay 12.5 13.6 14.0 13.1 13.2 11.0 14.2 13.6 14.1 12.1 12.6
   Colintraive-Rhubodach 11.6 13.0 13.1 13.1 12.7 15.3 16.5 17.4 17.5 15.7 14.9
   Tarbert-Portavadie 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5
   Ardrossan-Brodick 11.4 10.3 10.2 10.4 10.9 12.2 11.4 13.5 12.5 11.6 13.2
   Lochranza-Tarbert/Claonaig1 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
   Largs-Cumbrae 3.8 4.5 4.8 6.0 5.2 5.3 6.5 7.4 6.6 5.3 5.0
   Other 2,8 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 - - -
   Total Clyde 50.4 51.5 51.2 48.5 49.1 51.2 56.2 59.1 55.6 49.7 50.3
West Coast
   Kennacraig-Islay 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.5 7.6 8.3 8.8 9.5 10.0 9.7 9.8
   Oban-Craignure 8.9 9.7 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.2 9.5 9.4 10.9 10.6 11.2
   Fishnish-Lochaline 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.0 3.0 2.7 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.8
   Fionnphort-Iona 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0
   Oban-Coll/Tiree 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.8
   Oban-Castlebay-
   Lochboisdale 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
   Mallaig-Armadale 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.9
   Uig-Tarbert/Lochmaddy 4 7.1 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.3 7.6 7.4 6.9 7.2 6.9 7.7
   Ullapool-Stornoway 13.0 10.2 12.5 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.3 12.5 12.7 13.6 14.1
   Tayinloan-Gigha 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.6
   Raasay-Sconser 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.5
   Otternish-Leverburgh 2.0 1.9 - - - - - - - - -
   Berneray-Leverburgh 6 - - 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.3 2.1 2.2 1.9
   Other 3 1.3 1.3 1.6 2.3 2.6 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.0 3.3 3.4
   Total West Coast 50.0 47.0 48.5 48.5 50.0 53.3 54.9 55.9 57.3 58.1 61.2
Grand Total 100.4 98.5 99.7 97.0 99.1 104.5 111.2 115.0 112.9 107.8 111.5

Source: CALMAC - Not National Statistics
1. Seasonal carryings
2. Up until 1995 includes Gourock-Tarbert(Loch Fyne), Gourock-Tighnabruaich, Ballycastle-Rathlin (internal Northern Ireland route), Clyde and Loch Lomond After that the figures were only for Ballycastle-Rathlin.
3. Includes Ken-Islay-Colonsay-Oban, Oban-Inner & Outer Isles, Mallaig-Small Isles, Tobermory-Kilchoan, Barra-Eriskay, Oban-Colonsay, Oban-Lismore, K.Craig-Islay-Colonsay and Oban-Colonsay-Islay.
4. These figures are an aggregate of the Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy, Uig-Lochmaddy, Uig-Tarbert & Tarbert-Lochmaddy routes.
5. This route was out of service between March 2003 and June 2003.
6. Berneray-Leverburgh replaced the Otternish-Leverburgh service and started in 2002. Day charters and livestock specials are included in the figures for some routes.
7. Gourock-Dunoon has been operated by Cowal Ferries Ltd since October 2006
8. Ballycastle-Rathlin has been operated by Rathlin Ferries since April 2007