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Caledonian MacBrayne

18 crossings between 24 ports in 2 countries. On 17 they are the only operator on the water; on 0 they are the quickest of several; on 1 a rival is faster.

Three things the timetable does not say

0 of 1 services marketed as fast actually average over 45 km/h door to door. The other 1 are fast craft on routes with enough calls that the average comes out at conventional speed.
94% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 17 crossings the question is not who is quicker β€” it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.
1 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.
8 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 18 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

1 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Ferries – Scotland Caledonian MacBrayne 1 h 45 Pentland Ferries 1 h 15 96Γ— daily 4 rivals

Where they are the only boat

17 crossings with no other operator on record.

Armadale – Mallaig 30 min 5Γ— daily 8 km
Craignure – Oban 50 min 8Γ— daily 15 km
Ardrossan – Brodick 55 min 4Γ— daily 21 km
Brodick – Troon 1 h 20 3Γ— daily 29 km
Lochmaddy – Uig 1 h 45 daily 47 km
Stornoway – Ullapool 2 h 40 daily 80 km
Lochboisdale – Mallaig 3 h 30 daily 91 km
Oban – Tiree 3 h 50 daily 82 km
Castlebay – Oban 4 h 45 daily 137 km
Coll – Oban not held rate not held 68 km
Coll – Tiree not held rate not held 21 km
Kennacraig – Port Askaig not held rate not held 39 km
Oban – Port Askaig not held rate not held 74 km
Tarbert (Harris) – Uig not held rate not held 43 km
Kennacraig – Port Ellen not held rate not held 48 km
Brodick – Campbeltown not held rate not held 34 km
Rothesay – Weymss Bay not held rate not held 11 km

Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Caledonian MacBrayne crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 10 of 18 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.