Caledonian Steam Packet Co Ltd : Firth of Clyde 'drive on - drive off' ferry services for motor vehicles, 1 April 1962

            A pocket folder timetable, with obvious design similarities to contemporary British Railways examples, for the 'drive on - drive off' ferry services operated by the Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd in summer 1962 that served the various Firth of Clyde routes they operated. These were Gourock to Dunoon, Wemyss Bay and Rothesay, Fairlie Pier and Brodick and Ardrossan and Brodick.

The CSP was originally formed in 1889 by the Caledonian Railway at a time of great railway and associated ferry service expansion in the Firth of Clyde and at other places on the Scottish West Coast. The company, along with its 'parent' was Grouped into the LMSR in 1923 and so was nationalised in 1948 becoming part of the Clyde Shipping Services of the British Transport Commission, the BTC having extensive maritime and port responsibilities. The CSP name was revived in 1957 and continued until eventual merger with the McBraynes company in 1973 following transfer of the CSP to the Scottish Transport Group in 1968. 

The folder shows maps of the routes, the timetables, fares and some of the services available on board - well I recall the ferries with their lounge, tearoom and smokeroom bar services! The shift to drive on - drive off was a major change in ferry operations requiring vessels and piers capable of this method rather than the older type of ferries were vehicles had to be craned on or off.

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Scotland

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Caledonian Steam Packet Co Ltd

Firth of Clyde ferry services

Firth of Clyde drive on - drive off ferry services

Caledonian Steam Packet Clyde Ferry services 1962

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West of Scotland

Gourock

Dunoon

Wemyss Bay

Rothesay

Fairlie Pier

Brodick

Ardrossn

Ardrossan Winton Pier

Arran

Cowal

1962

Firth of Clyde Ferry services map

Mike Ashworth Collection « less

Sets appears in: • Caledonian Steam Packet Co Ltd - Firth of Clyde "drive on - drive off" ferry timetable, 1962 • Shipping advertising more » • West of Scotland & Clyde Coast transport ephemera • "See this Scotland first!" - MacBrayne's Ferries old advertising and publicity. « less

Groups appears in: • Public Transportation • That Old Timey Feeling more » • Transport Timetables Leaflet and Ticket SCANS. • Public Transport Around the World • Vintage Typography • VINTAGE SCOTLAND - EPHEMERA. • Clyde, Loch Lomond and West Highland Ships [Past and Present] • Classic Transport • PLANET EARTH BACK IN THE DAY • Vintage Railway Publicity, pre-1980 • PLANET EARTH VINTAGE ADVERTISING • Scottish West Coast Transport Ephemera « less

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