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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:31, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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"The Sound of Jura had to be ordered from Norway"

Why "had to"? 86.132.142.207 (talk) 00:04, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Islay and Jura services

Why no mention of these services after 1970? Are they still running? If not, considering that Western Ferries was established to provide a service to Islay, why not? Skinsmoke (talk) 18:19, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The services do not run today. Google provides the following information: In 1974 the newly formed Caledonian MacBrayne used some very questionable competitive tactics by deploying their new vessel, the MV Pioneer, with government subsidies, thereby under-cutting Western Ferries, effectively ousting Western from the route. Maybe something regarding this should be added to the article Scanbus (talk) 20:01, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]