Field note · United Kingdom · North Ayrshire, Scotland

Isle of Arran

Almost everyone reaches Arran on a CalMac car ferry to Brodick, and the question that decides your whole trip is which mainland port it sails from. Ardrossan is the historic one, 55 minutes across, with a ScotRail train from Glasgow Central running onto the pier itself. Troon is 25 minutes further down the coast, 80 minutes at sea, and a 15-minute shuttle bus from its station. Since MV Glen Sannox entered service in January 2025, seven years late, Troon has been the effective base for the new ships, because Ardrossan harbour cannot take them: the Scottish government bought the harbour in early 2026 and its own transport secretary has said the rebuild will not finish before 2029. On top of that Ardrossan closed completely from 7 September to 8 October 2026 for the first phase of works, with everything moved to Troon and a free bus laid on between the two ports. Fares are the same on both: Road Equivalent Tariff has applied to Arran since October 2014, so a single is £5.30 an adult and £21.20 a car, distance-based and cheap, which is why summer vehicle space vanishes months ahead while foot passengers can almost always get on. The second way in is the little MV Catriona from Claonaig in Kintyre to Lochranza, 30 minutes, ten crossings a day in summer, turn up and go, £4.00 an adult – it no longer diverts to Tarbert in winter. On the island, Stagecoach runs three routes out of Brodick ferry terminal: the 322 over the String Road, the 323 down the east and south coasts and the 324 up the north and west, which combine into a round-island circuit. Bikes go free on every CalMac sailing and the 56-mile coast road is the classic ride. Breakdowns and gales cancel sailings often enough that islanders check the service status page before leaving the house.

Researched: 22 September 2026
Reviewed: not yet
Ways of moving: 10, 31 sources
Not confirmed: 12
Fares seen: 2026

How transport works here

10 ways of moving, each with its rule

We confirmed nine ways of moving to, from or around Isle of Arran: three by water, four by road, one under your own steam and one hired or on demand, from 31 sources. One entry is not a service at all but a rule that decides whether travel happens: a permit, a closure, a border, a season or an authority's say-so. One of them runs only on demand or when the seats are full, so there is no timetable to show; the rule is written where the timetable would be. One needs a phone call or a message before you turn up.

The fares were seen in 2026; a fare from an older year is a floor, not a price. We rate 6 of the 10 high confidence, our own judgement of the sources. The entry was checked on 22 September 2026, and ends with twelve things we could not confirm.

3 ways

By water

ferry

CalMac Ardrossan – Brodick

Ardrossan Harbour, North Ayrshire to Brodick Pier, Isle of Arran

Ardrossan Harbour is signposted off the A78 at the north end of the town; the final turn onto Glasgow Street comes up with little warning, so turn as soon as you see the ferry sign. Ardrossan Harbour railway station and a long-stay car park are beside the terminal, and there is an Asda by the pier for fuel and food before you sail. Vehicles must be checked in 30 minutes before departure, foot passengers 10 minutes. Book online even as a foot passenger and have the eTicket ready on your phone. The port office is on 01294 443130 and Brodick on 01770 460361. At the Arran end the terminal is in the middle of Brodick village and every island bus starts from outside it. The usual ship is MV Caledonian Isles, built 1993, which carries around 100 cars and 1,000 passengers and has a café, bar, lounge and step-free access. Note that this is not the port the new ships use: Ardrossan cannot berth MV Glen Sannox or MV Glen Rosa, and the Scottish government says the harbour rebuild will not be finished before 2029.

When: Summer, 27 March to 18 October 2026: five round trips Monday to Thursday, six on Friday, five Saturday, four Sunday. Departs Ardrossan 07:00, 09:45, 12:30, 15:20, 18:00 Monday to Saturday, with a 20:30 added on Friday. Winter, 19 October 2026 to 25 March 2027: the same five weekday departures, four on Sunday
Takes: 55 minutes
Fare 2026: Single £5.30 adult, £2.65 child 5–15, under 5 free; car £21.20, motorcycle £10.60, campervan up to 6 m £21.20, light goods vehicle up to 6 m £26.50. Return is exactly double. Blue Badge car £15.90 single. SPT concession adult £2.50 single. Bicycles and infants free (2026)

SeasonYear-round. No service 25 December or 1 January. Closed entirely 7 September to 8 October 2026 for harbour works, when all sailings ran from Troon. Bookingcalmac.co.uk or the Customer Engagement Centre. Vehicle space on summer weekends is the scarce commodity and regularly goes months in advance; foot passengers are told to book but rarely find a sailing full. If you have no booking you join the standby queue at the port on the day, first come first served, with no guarantee of travel. Advance standby, arranged by phoning the port up to 12 hours ahead, is only for defined urgent cases including customers with confirmed island accommodation. Run byCaledonian MacBrayne (CalMac).

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CalMac Troon – Brodick

Troon Ferry Terminal, South Ayrshire to Brodick Pier, Isle of Arran

Troon is about 25 minutes south of Ardrossan on the A78 and A79. The ferry terminal is roughly a 15-minute walk from Troon railway station, so CalMac runs a free shuttle bus between station and port timed to every sailing, and a second shuttle every 15 minutes between the port car park and the terminal building. Cash is not accepted at Troon – card or phone payment only. Vehicles check in 30 minutes ahead, foot passengers 10. The ships used here are MV Glen Sannox, the new 102 m LNG and diesel vessel that entered service in January 2025 with space for 127 cars and 852 passengers, and MV Alfred, a chartered catamaran with no hot food, only vending machines and a coffee cabin in the terminal. MV Alfred cannot take motorhomes over 6 m or anything towing a caravan. Troon became the base for the new ships because Ardrossan cannot berth them, and it is where the whole service moves whenever Ardrossan closes.

When: Summer 2026, 1 June to 18 October: roughly three to four round trips a day. During the Ardrossan closure, 7 September to 8 October 2026, six departures a day from Troon Monday to Saturday, starting 07:00, and five on Sunday. Winter 19–29 October and 3–30 December 2026: three to four a day
Takes: 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes
Fare 2026: Identical to Ardrossan – Brodick: single £5.30 adult, £2.65 child, car £21.20, motorcycle £10.60, LGV up to 6 m £26.50; return double (2026). The station shuttle bus is free

SeasonYear-round since 2025, but the pattern changes constantly depending on which vessel is working and whether Ardrossan is open. Winter 2026/27 bookings were still closed in September 2026 pending community consultation. Bookingcalmac.co.uk. Same booking system and same sell-out pattern as Ardrossan; a ticket bought for one Arran route has to be amended before you can use another, except during declared disruption. Run byCaledonian MacBrayne (CalMac).

ferry

CalMac Claonaig – Lochranza

Claonaig slipway, Kintyre (PA29 6YG) to Lochranza, north Arran (KA27 8HL)

This is the back door to Arran, used by anyone touring Kintyre, Islay or the Western Highlands. Claonaig is an unmanned slipway with a toilet and nothing else; the last shop is in Tarbert and the last fuel in Lochgilphead, and the B8024 and B8001 approach roads are single track with passing places. There is a limited West Coast Motors bus between Lochgilphead and Claonaig for foot passengers, but CalMac itself says the route suits people in their own vehicle. At Lochranza the slipway is past the village – keep going when the sat nav says you have arrived – and there is a small waiting room and a takeaway near the pier. The ship is MV Catriona, a small ro-ro. This is a turn up and go service: you pick a date when you buy, but the ticket is valid for any sailing within that timetable period, and it is first come first served on the slipway. The crossing lands you three miles from Skipness castle and ten from Tarbert, and it is the middle link in the 51-mile Five Ferries cycle circuit from Ardrossan via Arran, Kintyre and Bute to Wemyss Bay.

When: Summer, 27 March to 18 October 2026: ten crossings a day each way, Claonaig departures roughly hourly 08:50 to 19:00, Lochranza 08:15 to 18:25, with the first and last trimmed on Sundays and after 6 September. Winter: six a day Monday to Saturday, Claonaig 09:20 to 16:20. No service on one maintenance Thursday a month
Takes: 30 minutes
Fare 2026: Single £4.00 adult, £2.00 child; car £13.25, motorcycle £6.65, campervan up to 6 m £13.25. Return double. Bicycles free (2026)

SeasonYear-round. Tidal conditions shift sailing times on around forty published dates a year, and passenger numbers are capped on some sailings. BookingTurn up and go – buy online in advance at calmac.co.uk or pay at the slipway or on board. Advance tickets, including 10-journey tickets, are valid only within the summer or winter period bought and cannot be amended or refunded. Groups of six or more cyclists must tell the port office first. Run byCaledonian MacBrayne (CalMac), vessel MV Catriona.

One way

Rules, permits and closures

service status

Why the Arran boat is not sailing: Ardrossan's rebuild, vessel faults and Clyde gales

Ardrossan and Troon to Brodick

Three separate things stop the Arran ferry, and they stack. First, the port. Ardrossan harbour is too small for MV Glen Sannox and MV Glen Rosa; the Scottish government bought it in March 2026 for £16m and transport secretary Fiona Hyslop then told Holyrood that work would start in 2027, take about two years, and that the new ships will not be able to berth there until at least 2029. The first phase closed Ardrossan completely from 7 September to 8 October 2026. Second, the ships. MV Glen Sannox arrived seven years late and has been out of service repeatedly – a weld crack in 2025 caused by propeller cavitation, £3.2m of remedial work including new propellers, an engine oil mist alarm in March 2026 that suspended the Troon route, and an LNG valve failure in 2026 after which the dual-fuel ship ran on diesel only. MV Caledonian Isles is 33 years old and has had long overhaul overruns. In March 2026 both main ships and the chartered MV Alfred were unavailable at once. Third, weather: the Master of the vessel decides, using a dedicated marine forecast service, and on an exposed Clyde berth a strong westerly is enough. Cancellations for wind were reported in January, July, August and September 2026. What to do: check calmac.co.uk/service-status, or the CalMac app, or the @CalMac_Updates feed, before you leave home, and subscribe to text alerts – text code 05 for the Brodick routes, 06 for Claonaig. During declared disruption an Ardrossan or Troon ticket is accepted on the Claonaig – Lochranza crossing instead.

When: Checked daily. The route status feed showed Ardrossan – Brodick as all sailings cancelled and Troon – Brodick as disrupted on 22 September 2026
Takes: A weather cancellation usually costs you half a day; a vessel fault has repeatedly cost days
Fare 2026: No charge to check. Refunds and rights under CalMac's passenger rights policy when a sailing is cancelled

SeasonWinter gales are the worst but summer cancellations happen; vessel faults are season-blind. Run byCalMac, with CMAL as harbour owner and Transport Scotland as funder.

4 ways

By road

combined transfer

Rail and Sail, Glasgow Central to Arran

Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Harbour or Troon by ScotRail, then CalMac to Brodick

The Ayrshire line from Glasgow Central runs every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sunday, taking about 40 minutes to Ardrossan South Beach via Paisley Gilmour Street, Dalry, Kilwinning, Stevenston and Saltcoats. Alternate trains then run the short branch to Ardrossan Town and Ardrossan Harbour, and those Harbour trains are timed to the boat – the CalMac timetable prints the connecting train times in the same table. Ardrossan South Beach and the Harbour are a mile apart, so with light luggage it is often quicker to take the wrong train and walk. If the train is late, tell the conductor: the ferry may be held. For Troon sailings, take the same line to Troon station and use CalMac's free shuttle bus to the port. ScotRail sells a through Rail and Sail ticket combining both legs, and there are no peak fares anywhere on ScotRail. From Glasgow Airport, take the shuttle to Paisley Gilmour Street and join the same line; from Prestwick Airport, change at Kilwinning. Typical Glasgow Central departures that make the boat: 08:34 and 11:15 for the 09:45 and 12:30 from Ardrossan.

When: Trains every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, hourly Sunday; Harbour branch trains alternate, so roughly hourly and timed to sailings
Takes: About 45 minutes Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Harbour, then 55 minutes at sea – roughly 2 hours door to door to Brodick
Fare 2026: Not confirmed for 2026. ScotRail's site refused every automated request. ScotRail advertises no peak fares, up to four children 5–15 for £1 return with an adult, GroupSave for 3–5 travelling together and Advance fares up to 60 per cent off

SeasonYear-round. The last train back to Glasgow leaves after 23:00, long after the ferries stop. BookingRail and Sail through tickets from scotrail.co.uk/tickets/combined-tickets-travel-passes/rail-and-sail, or buy rail and ferry separately. Ardrossan South Beach and Saltcoats have ticket offices; at Harbour, Town and Stevenston you buy on board from the conductor. Run byScotRail with CalMac.

shuttle bus

CalMac port shuttle buses at Troon and Ardrossan

Troon railway station to Troon ferry terminal; Ardrossan port to Troon port during the closure

Two different free buses, easy to confuse. The permanent one runs between Troon railway station and the ferry terminal, meeting every sailing – it leaves the station about 50 minutes before the ferry (09:20 for the 10:15, 10:50 for the 11:30, 13:20 for the 14:10, 15:20 for the 16:00, 17:35 for the 18:10 on a Monday) and will drop you at Troon Harbour car park on request on the way back. A separate shuttle runs between the port car park and the terminal building every 15 minutes. The second bus is a closure measure: while Ardrossan was shut from 7 September to 8 October 2026, a bus ran from Ardrossan port to Troon port timed to the MV Caledonian Isles sailings, leaving Ardrossan at 06:00, 10:30 and 15:00 most days and returning from Troon at 10:50, 15:00 and 20:35. CalMac says the Ardrossan bus leaves an hour before the sailing and the return leaves 20 minutes after the ship berths. Expect this pattern to come back whenever Ardrossan closes for the 2027–29 rebuild.

When: Station shuttle: every sailing, year-round. Car park shuttle: every 15 minutes. Ardrossan – Troon bus: three each way per day, only while Ardrossan is closed
Takes: About 10 minutes station to port; about 35 minutes Ardrossan to Troon
Fare 2026: Free

SeasonStation shuttle year-round; inter-port bus only during announced Ardrossan closures. BookingNone. CalMac advises booking the sailing in advance so you have time to check in after the bus. Run byCalMac.

bus

Stagecoach island buses 322, 323 and 324

All start from Brodick ferry terminal. 322 Brodick – String Road – Blackwaterfoot; 323 Brodick – Lamlash – Whiting Bay – Kildonan – Lagg – Blackwaterfoot; 324 Brodick – Brodick Castle – Corrie – Sannox – Lochranza – Pirnmill – Blackwaterfoot

Every island bus leaves from the stance outside Brodick ferry terminal and is timed around the boat. The 324 runs up the east coast and round the top of the island past Lochranza distillery and the Claonaig ferry slip; the 323 runs down the east and along the south coast; the 322 cuts straight over the middle on the String Road, B880, in 28 minutes. Combine 324 with 323 and you have gone all the way round the island; 324 plus 322 gives a north circuit and 323 plus 322 a south one. All services are hail and ride – they will stop for you anywhere along the road. The single road they do not use is the Ross Road, which is too narrow. Buses do not carry bicycles. Very little runs after 21:00, so do not leave the last leg late. Timetables are printed on the ferries, at the terminal, on the buses and in island shops, and the operator is Stagecoach West Scotland under SPT branding, so stops may carry either logo.

When: 324: six departures each way a day, Brodick to Blackwaterfoot at 08:10, 10:55, 13:40, 16:30, 19:10 and 21:40, returning 06:38, 09:22, 12:07, 14:55, 17:43 and 20:00. 323: roughly hourly Brodick to Whiting Bay from 06:00 to 20:00, of which five or six continue to Blackwaterfoot at 08:05, 10:55, 13:40, 16:30, 19:05 and 21:40. 322: about a dozen a day each way over the String Road, first Brodick 06:10, last 21:40
Takes: 324 Brodick to Blackwaterfoot 1 hour 19 minutes. 323 Brodick to Blackwaterfoot 1 hour 10 minutes, to Whiting Bay 25–35 minutes. 322 Brodick to Blackwaterfoot 28 minutes
Fare 2026: Arran DayRider £8.00 for unlimited travel in one day, bought from the driver as a paper ticket or in the Stagecoach app, which discounts multi-day bundles at 3, 5 and 10 days (2026 price, from Wikivoyage – Stagecoach's own site blocks automated requests)

SeasonYear-round, with fewer journeys on Sundays. BookingNone, pay the driver or use the app. The app needs a mobile signal, which the north and north-west of the island does not have, but drivers are used to it. Run byStagecoach West Scotland for SPT.

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Mainland buses to Ardrossan, and the M22 MyBus ferry connection

Glasgow Buchanan to Ardrossan (X36); Ayr and Prestwick to Greenock via Ardrossan (585); Irvine to Ardrossan (M22 MyBus)

If the train is not running, Stagecoach X36 leaves Glasgow Buchanan bus station about every two hours and takes 90 minutes, with departures through the night at midnight, 03:00 and 07:00 – check the operator before boarding, because a different X36 run by First Scotland East goes to Cumbernauld instead. Alternatives are the X34 to Beith and Irvine changing at Kilwinning onto the frequent 11, or the X77 to Ayr changing at Prestwick onto the 585. The 585 Clyde Coaster is the useful local one: Ayr and Prestwick Airport through Saltcoats and Ardrossan and on to Largs, Wemyss Bay and Greenock, every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and every two hours on Sunday. SPT also runs an on-demand Rural MyBus scheme; on Arran itself there is a bus on nearly every drivable road so it is barely used, but the mainland M22 runs once a day Monday to Saturday from Irvine via Stevenston and Saltcoats to meet the ferry at Ardrossan.

When: X36 roughly every two hours; 585 every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, every two hours Sunday; M22 once a day Monday to Saturday
Takes: Glasgow Buchanan to Ardrossan 90 minutes
Fare 2026: Not confirmed – Stagecoach's site blocks automated requests

SeasonYear-round. BookingNone for the scheduled buses. MyBus is on demand and has eligibility rules – see spt.co.uk/bus/mybus. Run byStagecoach West Scotland; SPT MyBus for the M22.

One way

On foot, by bike, or otherwise

bicycle hire

Arran Bike Hire and the round-island road

Shore Road, Brodick KA27 8AG, a short walk from the ferry terminal

Arran Bike Hire is on Shore Road in Brodick, near the pier, with Giant hybrids, mountain bikes, e-bikes, kids' bikes, tag-alongs, trailers and child seats. Helmets, locks and puncture kits are included in the price. Book through their site or email arranbikehire@gmail.com; from October to March they open by booking only. Arran Adventures at the Auchrannie Resort also hires mountain bikes and runs guided rides in summer. The point of hiring here rather than bringing a bike is only convenience – bicycles travel free on every CalMac sailing. The classic ride is the A841 coast road right round the island, 56 miles, busy and unpleasant between Brodick and Corrie but a quiet single-track lane down the west side from Whiting Bay round to Lochranza; the two hill crossings, the String Road and the narrow Ross Road, are the better cycling. The coastal path between North Sannox and Lochranza is not rideable – it involves scrambling round the Cock of Arran. E-bikes will not do the full circuit on one charge, but the shop lends chargers. Arran is also the middle leg of the Five Ferries circuit, 51 miles from Ardrossan via Brodick, Lochranza, Claonaig, Tarbert and Bute: you get 75 minutes to ride the 14 miles from Brodick to Lochranza for the second boat, including a two-mile climb out of Sannox.

When: Daily in season; October to March by prior booking only
Takes: Round-island road ride 56 miles, a long day or an easy two
Fare 2026: E-bike £45 for one day; hybrid £40 for two days; kids' bike £20 for two days; child trailer or seat £10 a day; pannier bags £5 a day (2026, from the shop's own booking system)

SeasonYear-round but booking-only in winter. Bookingarranbikehire.com, or email. Bikes go free on CalMac but groups of six or more cyclists must warn the port office, which matters most on the small Lochranza boat. Run byArran Bike Hire; also Arran Adventures at Auchrannie.

One way

Hired, booked and on demand

private hire

Arran taxis and island car hire

Island-wide from Brodick and Whiting Bay

Two operators cover the island. Arran Motor Services is based at Whiting Bay, on 07967 587481 or info@arran-motors.com, and does taxis, ferry meets, luggage and golf transfers, walking-holiday drops, distillery tours and half or full-day island tours, as well as renting small cars, people carriers and vans. They take cash and bank transfer, not cards, do not give refunds and recommend pre-booking. Arran Cab Company is the other taxi, on 07802 542495. There is no rank and no app: you ring ahead, especially for a ferry meet. If you are driving your own car, fill the tank on the mainland – the Asda at Ardrossan harbour sells fuel 24 hours – because filling stations on Arran are few and expensive, with Brodick, Lamlash and Whiting Bay the best bets, and the island is bigger than it looks.

When: On demand, pre-booked
Takes: Brodick to Blackwaterfoot about 30 minutes over the String Road; a full island tour is a half or full day
Fare 2026: Not published. Neither operator prints a tariff

SeasonYear-round. BookingRing ahead. Arran Motors says pre-booking is recommended and accepts cash or bank transfer only. Run byArran Motor Services; Arran Cab Company.

Not confirmed

What we could not find out

12 things the researcher looked for and did not find, in their own words, with where to ask instead. None of this goes into the planner; it stays here until someone confirms it.

01
Correction to the brief, and the most important one: Road Equivalent Tariff does apply to Arran, and has since October 2014. Transport Scotland's own RET page sets out the rollout – pilots on the Western Isles, Coll and Tiree in 2008, Islay, Colonsay and Gigha in 2012, 'routes to Arran and Ardrossan – Campbeltown in October 2014', and the rest of the Clyde and Hebrides network in October 2015. RET is a distance-based formula with a fixed element plus a rate per mile calculated from RAC research and reviewed annually. This is exactly the opposite of Orkney and the Northern Isles, which have never had it. In practice the Arran adult single is £5.30 and a car £21.20 in 2026, the same from Ardrossan and from Troon even though Troon is 25 miles further round – the tariff is set per route, not per actual sea mile. See transport.gov.scot/public-transport/ferries/road-equivalent-tariff/.
02
Correction to the brief: the two new ships are MV Glen Sannox and MV Glen Rosa, not 'Glen Sannox and Isle of Arran'. MV Isle of Arran is a 1984 vessel that still works the network as a relief ship and appeared on Troon – Brodick for a few days in February 2026. Glen Rosa had still not been delivered as of September 2026: it left the Ferguson Marine yard at the end of July 2026 for final outfitting and is due at the end of 2026, by which point its cost is expected to pass £197m.
03
Correction to the brief and to Wikivoyage: the Claonaig crossing no longer moves to Tarbert (Loch Fyne) in winter. Both the winter 2025/26 timetable and the winter 2026/27 one published by CalMac are Claonaig – Lochranza, six crossings a day Monday to Saturday, 30 minutes. The route is still formally titled 'Claonaig / Tarbert (Loch Fyne) – Lochranza' and carries text code 06, which is probably why the old description survives, but no Tarbert sailings appear in any 2026 timetable. The winter service is also not 'a single daily crossing'.
04
Correction to the brief: Troon is not simply a bad-weather diversion or a 2026 stopgap. It is where the new ships are based and will stay. Ardrossan harbour was bought by the Scottish government in March 2026 for £16m, construction is not due to start until 2027, and Fiona Hyslop told the Holyrood committee the ferries will not berth there until at least 2029. Ardrossan also closed entirely from 7 September to 8 October 2026. Plan for Troon.
05
No fare could be confirmed for anything Stagecoach runs. stagecoachbus.com returns 403 to every automated request from this network, including the West Scotland fares pages, so the £8.00 Arran DayRider is carried forward from Wikivoyage's 2026 revision and the mainland X36 and 585 fares are unknown. Confirm from the driver or the Stagecoach app.
06
ScotRail's website is behind a security check that refuses automated requests, so no Rail and Sail through fare could be read. The ticket exists and is named on both CalMac's and ScotRail's sites, and the connecting train times are printed inside CalMac's own timetable PDFs, but the price is not recorded here.
07
Useful data endpoint: CalMac runs an unauthenticated GraphQL API at https://apim.calmac.co.uk/graphql, discovered in the service-status Vue bundle at assets.calmac.co.uk/scripts/apps/overlays/1.10/js/chunk-common.js. A POST of {"query":"{routes{routeCode textCode name status ports{name portCode latitude longitude}}}"} returns every route with a live status of NORMAL, BE_AWARE, DISRUPTIONS or ALL_SAILINGS_CANCELLED plus port coordinates. Introspection is disabled but the queries are readable in the bundle, including ones taking a routeCode for key information, vessels and polylines. That is where the port coordinates in this file come from. Arran's route codes are 003 for Ardrossan – Brodick, 301 for Troon – Brodick and 004 for Claonaig – Lochranza.
08
Arran Bike Hire's public price page shows only what is included, not prices; the figures here come from the Booqable booking system embedded in the site, reachable at https://f3b9893f-b170-4970-9501-f39d9cc180d9.booqable.shop/api/1/product_groups. Note the odd charge labels – e-bikes are priced per day, hybrids and kids' bikes per two days – which is how the shop has entered them and may not be how it quotes over the counter.
09
Neither Arran taxi operator publishes a tariff, and Arran Motor Services has moved: its site now gives Whiting Bay as the base and collection point, while Wikivoyage still says Bay Garage next to Brodick ferry terminal. No island car hire day rate could be found.
10
How far ahead CalMac opens bookings, and how quickly summer weekend vehicle space actually sells, could not be pinned to a primary source – the booking engine needs a session. What is documented is the consequence: a standby queue with no guarantee of travel, and an advance standby list restricted to urgent cases and to customers who can prove they have island accommodation booked. Treat 'book the car early' as sound advice rather than a measured fact.
11
The Ardrossan – Campbeltown summer ferry, which Wikivoyage still lists as running three days a week May to September, did not operate in 2026. Confirm before relying on it.
12
West Coast Motors' Lochgilphead to Claonaig bus is named by CalMac as the only public transport to the Kintyre slipway but its timetable was not read, so frequency and fare are unknown. A foot passenger arriving at Claonaig without a car has very little to work with.

In the planner

What the planner can route today

The options above live on the place page, not in the departure board: a boat that comes when you phone has no time to show. What the board can do for Isle of Arran is this.

Y: Scheduled flightsPrestwick, South Ayrshire (PIK), 36 km
Y: Trains and coachesTransitous carries 3 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time
Y: FerriesTroon, 0 km, Caledonian MacBrayne; sailings estimated
Y: Driving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
N: Bike and scooter shareno share feed known
N: Cruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.