Passengers are still travelling free of charge on the Kilcreggan to Gourock ferry in the Argyll Bute region – ten weeks after CalMac’s £18m new ticketing system was brought in.
With the crew on board, the MV Chieftain cannot sell discounted ten-journey tickets; the state-owned ferry operator advises customers to buy tickets online – although that system isn’t working either.
CalMac, the operator of ferry services, has refused to say how many people have travelled free of charge, but in 2022 there were 4,000 passenger journeys on the route every month.
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