Caledonian MacBrayne
# Caledonian MacBrayne

La Caledonian MacBrayne (souvent raccourcie en Cal Mac; Caledonian Mac a' Bhriuthainn en gaélique écossais) est la principale compagnie maritime de transport de passagers et de véhicules entre le continent écossais et vingt-deux des principales îles de la côte ouest de l'Écosse. Elle a un statut d'entreprise publique contrôlée par le gouvernement écossais et possède une flotte de vingt-neuf ferrys.

## Routes

| Départ | Arrivée | Traversée | Durée | Navire(s) habituel(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gourock, Inverclyde | Dunoon, Cowal Peninsula | Firth of Clyde | 23 minutes | MV Jupiter |
| Tarbert, Kintyre Peninsula | Portavadie, Cowal | Loch Fyne | 25 minutes | MV Isle of Cumbrae |
| Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde | Rothesay, Isle of Bute | Firth of Clyde | 35 minutes | MVs Argyle & Bute |
| Colintraive, Cowal | Rhubodach, Northern Bute | Kyles of Bute | 5 minutes | MV Loch Dunvegan |
| Largs, North Ayrshire | Cumbrae Slip, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae | Firth of Clyde | 10 minutes | MVs Loch Shira & Loch Riddon |
| Ardrossan, North Ayrshire | Brodick, Île d'Arran | Firth of Clyde | 55 minutes | MV Caledonian Isles |
| Claonaig, Eastern Kintyre | Lochranza, Île d'Arran | Sound of Bute | 30 minutes | MV Loch Tarbert |
| Tayinloan, Western Kintyre | Ardminish, Isle of Gigha | | 20 minutes | MV Loch Ranza |
| Kennacraig, Western Kintyre | Port Ellen, Southern Islay | via West Loch Tarbert | 2 heures 20 minutes | MVs Hebridean Isles & Isle of Arran |
| Kennacraig | Port Askaig, Eastern Islay | Sound of Islay | 2 heures 5 minutes | MVs Hebridean Isles & Isle of Arran |
| Port Askaig | Scalasaig, Isle of Colonsay | | 1 heure 10 minutes | MVs Hebridean Isles & Isle of Arran |
| Oban, Argyll | Scalasaig, Colonsay | | 2 heures 20 minutes | MV Isle of Mull |
| Oban | Craignure, Isle of Mull | Firth of Lorn | 40 minutes | MV Isle of Mull |
| Lochaline, Morvern Peninsula | Fishnish, Mull | Sound of Mull | 15 minutes | MV Loch Fyne |
| Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan Peninsula | Tobermory, Mull | Sound of Mull | 35 minutes | MV Loch Linnhe |
| Fionnphort, Ross of Mull | Iona | Sound of Iona | 5 minutes | MV Loch Buie |
| Oban | Achnacroish, Isle of Lismore | Lynn of Lorne | 50 minutes | MV Eigg |
| Oban | Arinagour, Isle of Coll | Firth of Lorne / Sound of Mull | 2 heures 55 minutes | MV Clansman & MV Lord of the Isles |
| Oban | Scarinish, Isle of Tiree | Sound of Mull / Little Minch | 3 heures 20 minutes | MV Clansman & MV Lord of the Isles |
| Oban | Castlebay, Isle of Barra | Sound of Mull / Little Minch | 5 heures | MV Clansman & MV Lord of the Isles |
| Oban | Lochboisdale, South Uist | Sound of Mull / Little Minch | 5 heures 20 minutes | MV Clansman & MV Lord of the Isles |
| Mallaig, Sleat Peninsula | Armadale, Isle of Skye | Sound of Sleat | 25 minutes | MV Coruisk |
| Mallaig | Small Isles (Eigg, Muck, Rùm & Canna) | | | MV Lochnevis |
| Sconser, Skye | Raasay | Narrows of Raasay | 15 minutes | MV Loch Striven |
| Ardmhor, Barra | Isle of Eriskay (reliée à South Uist par une chaussée) | Sound of Barra | 40 minutes | MV Loch Alainn |
| Uig, Skye | Lochmaddy, North Uist | | 1 heure 45 minutes | MV Hebrides |
| Uig, Skye | Tarbert, Harris | | 1 heure 45 minutes | MV Hebrides |
| Leverburgh, Harris | Isle of Berneray (reliée à North Uist par une chaussée) | Sound of Harris | 1 heure | MV Loch Portain |
| Ullapool, Wester Ross | Stornoway, Lewis | The Minch | 2 heures 45 minutes | MV Loch Seaforth |
| Ballycastle, Comté d'Antrim | Rathlin Island | | 45 minutes | MV Canna |

(Cette dernière route est la première (et seule) en Irlande du Nord.)

### Nombre de passagers

Nombre de passagers sur les routes de la CalMac en 2007 :

| Route | Passagers (2007) | Passagers (2006) | Écart | % de variation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Wemyss Bay - Rothesay | 770,316 | 759,680 | 10,636 | 1.40 |
| Ardrossan - Brodick | 749,062 | 735,928 | 13,134 | 1.78 |
| Claonaig - Lochranza/Tarbet | 54,514 | 52,393 | 2,121 | 4.05 |
| Largs - Cumbrae | 750,416 | 722,561 | 27,855 | 3.86 |
| Colintravie - Rhubodach | 257,528 | 264,644 | -7,116 | 2.69 |
| Tarbet - Portavadie | 60,460 | 67,605 | -7,145 | 10.57 |
| Kennacraig - Islay | 157,408 | 152,526 | 4,882 | 3.20 |
| Oban - Craignure | 596,742 | 640,426 | -43,684 | 6.82 |
| Oban - Castlebay/Lochboisdale | 46,562 | 45,296 | 1,266 | 2.79 |
| Lochaline - Fishnish | 130,097 | 132,897 | -2,800 | 2.11 |
| Kennacraig - Islay - Colonsay - Oban | 8,685 | 7,309 | 1,376 | 18.83 |
| Oban - Inner/Outer Hebrides | 9,419 | 9,494 | -75 | 0.79 |
