We are looking for your views on the summer timetables, so that we can feed back to CalMac and Transport Scotland. We have a bit more time for these than we did for the (as yet unpublished!) winter timetables. Please comment below, contact any committee member or email us if you have anything to suggest for ANY Mull and Iona summer timetable, not just Craignure-Oban.
Here are the key things we want to change / investigate (feel free to comment on these ideas too!)
- Fix public transport connections in Oban so all have 15 minutes transfer time as a minimum
- Get the MV Isle of Mull operating to 45 minute crossing time, 15 minute turnaround where-ever possible to improve timings and connections.
- Find opportunities for additional sailings by the Loch Frisa.
- Look at opportunities to lengthen the sailing day and increase frequency of the Lochaline ferry, perhaps by utilising the unused hours of Loch Frisa crew.
You may have other suggestions – so get in touch! PLEASE DO SO BY NOVEMBER 13th at the latest. See copies of the current summer timetables below for reference.
Crewing Regimes
Also whilst we are here – we have a produced a discussion paper looking at the pros and cons of shore-based versus live-aboard crewing regimes, prompted by a paper on the topic released by CalMac. We have added it to our MV Isle of Mull replacement page here, as well as sending it to everyone relevant in CalMac, Transport Scotland and beyond. If you have thoughts on this important topic, please tell us!
