RAILSCOT | Scots island ferry price hike fury: Supply trucks charged five times more than campervans [The Herald]

Scots island ferry price hike fury: Supply trucks charged five times more than campervans [The Herald]

Date: 07/03/2021

Islanders have blasted the ^absolutely unacceptable^ cost of lorries delivering vital supplies having to pay nearly five times more than a holidaymaker in a similar sized vehicle to take a ferry.

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Scots island ferry price hike fury: Supply trucks charged five times more than campervans

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ISLANDERS have blasted the "absolutely unacceptable" cost of lorries delivering vital supplies having to pay nearly five times more than a

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Scots island ferry price hike fury: Supply trucks charged five times more than campervans [The Herald]

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