Figure 10.3 Traffic on Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services, 1998

Table 10.13 Traffic on some other major ferry routes
| Route |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
| Passengers |
thousands |
||||||||||
| Orkney Ferries1 | |||||||||||
| Houghton - Lyness/Flotta |
39.7 |
44.4 |
52.6 |
53.4 |
58.3 |
53.8 |
59.9 |
63.8 |
67.3 |
68.4 |
66.5 |
| Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre |
26.3 |
36.6 |
45.3 |
47.9 |
47.3 |
50.8 |
54.0 |
58.2 |
59.2 |
56.6 |
56.1 |
| Kirkwall - Shapinsay |
21.3 |
26.2 |
42.4 |
44.4 |
44.4 |
46.2 |
50.5 |
57.4 |
58.1 |
56.0 |
56.0 |
| Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay |
12.4 |
12.2 |
14.4 |
26.5 |
34.4 |
67.2 |
75.8 |
78.5 |
78.7 |
82.4 |
80.2 |
| Western Ferries | |||||||||||
| Gourock-Dunoon |
.. |
.. |
541.7 |
527.4 |
598.3 |
634.2 |
703.8 |
751.5 |
762.5 |
768.3 |
786.4 |
| Serco Denholm | |||||||||||
| Isla - Jura |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
55.9 |
50.0 |
.. |
| Highland Council | |||||||||||
| Corran Ferry |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| Shetland Islands Council1 | |||||||||||
| Laxo/Vidlin - Whalsay |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
96.3 |
137.9 |
145.7 |
125.7 |
| Toft - Yell |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
183.7 |
211.7 |
227.7 |
206.3 |
| Yell - Unst |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
79.0 |
109.5 |
126.1 |
113.5 |
| Lerwick - Bressay |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
155.1 |
211.3 |
213.5 |
189.2 |
| Cars |
thousands |
||||||||||
| Orkney Ferries1,2 | |||||||||||
| Houghton - Lyness/Flotta |
6.9 |
7.8 |
8.6 |
9.6 |
10.6 |
10.8 |
13.6 |
16.0 |
15.7 |
17.3 |
18.3 |
| Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre |
3.4 |
4.5 |
5.6 |
6.9 |
7.4 |
8.5 |
9.1 |
10.2 |
10.6 |
9.7 |
9.1 |
| Kirkwall - Shapinsay |
.. |
0.6 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
4.0 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.3 |
6.2 |
| Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
9.4 |
12.6 |
13.2 |
14.2 |
15.4 |
16.1 |
| Western Ferries | |||||||||||
| Gourock-Dunoon |
.. |
.. |
298.6 |
309.4 |
346.6 |
358.1 |
387.5 |
415.0 |
422.2 |
408.8 |
419.5 |
| Serco Denholm | |||||||||||
| Isla - Jura |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
18.6 |
17.6 |
.. |
| Highland Council | |||||||||||
| Corran Ferry |
138.4 |
144.1 |
153.1 |
151.6 |
166.3 |
185.5 |
187.0 |
197.7 |
208.4 |
206.0 |
202.5 |
| Shetland Islands Council1 | |||||||||||
| Laxo/Vidlin - Whalsay |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
36.8 |
56.4 |
57.5 |
52.3 |
| Toft - Yell |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
80.7 |
94.7 |
101.9 |
90.5 |
| Yell - Unst |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
31.3 |
45.4 |
53.2 |
46.8 |
| Lerwick - Bressay |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
43.6 |
59.8 |
60.5 |
53.3 |
| Commercial Vehicles and Buses |
thousands |
||||||||||
| Orkney Ferries1,2 | |||||||||||
| Houghton - Lyness/Flotta |
4.4 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
5.7 |
6.2 |
5.0 |
4.8 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
| Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre |
3.2 |
3.8 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
4.1 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
4.1 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
| Kirkwall - Shapinsay |
.. |
0.6 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
3.8 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
| Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
7.6 |
8.4 |
7.3 |
7.9 |
7.9 |
9.9 |
| Western Ferries | |||||||||||
| Gourock-Dunoon |
.. |
.. |
14.9 |
11.4 |
12.1 |
12.7 |
11.6 |
11.9 |
11.7 |
12.9 |
12.7 |
| Serco Denholm | |||||||||||
| Isla - Jura |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
3.8 |
3.5 |
.. |
| Highland Council | |||||||||||
| Corran Ferry |
9.5 |
10.0 |
10.7 |
14.2 |
19.0 |
20.3 |
19.2 |
21.7 |
22.6 |
24.4 |
24.7 |
| Shetland Islands Council1 | |||||||||||
| Laxo/Vidlin - Whalsay |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2.7 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
3.5 |
| Toft - Yell |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
7.7 |
8.2 |
9.2 |
8.1 |
| Yell - Unst |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
4.2 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
4.8 |
| Lerwick - Bressay |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
2.9 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
1. In addition to the routes shown in this table, there are some other routes, which have less traffic, for which the number of passengers and vehicles are included in the totals for the operator which appear in table 10.11
2. Separate figures for cars/buses and commercial vehicles are only available for some Orkney Ferries services for recent years. Prior to that, only the total number of vehicles carried is available.