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.
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.