Editing Argyll and Bute (section)

==Transport==
===Railways===
{{main|West Highland Line}}
[[File:Train crossing Loch Awe - March 2016 (geograph 4866471).jpg|thumb|right|A train crossing [[Loch Awe]]]] 
The main railway line in Argyll and Bute is the West Highland Line, which links Oban to Glasgow, passing through much of the eastern and northern parts of the area. From the south the line enters Argyll and Bute just to the west of Dumbarton, continuing north via [[Helensburgh Upper railway station|Helensburgh Upper]] to the eastern shores of the [[Gare Loch]] and [[Loch Long]]. The line comes inland at [[Arrochar and Tarbet railway station|Arrochar and Tarbet]] to meet the western shore of [[Loch Lomond]]. At the northern end of the loch the lines leaves Argyll and Bute to enter [[Stirling council area]]. The Oban branch of the West Highland Line re-enters the area just west of [[Tyndrum]], and heads west to Oban: stations on this section of the line include [[Dalmally railway station|Dalmally]] and [[Taynuilt railway station]]. The majority of services on the line are operated by [[ScotRail]]: as of 2019 the summer service has six trains a day to Oban, with four on Sundays. In addition to the ScotRail service is the nightly [[Caledonian Sleeper]], although this does not run on the Oban branch.<ref name=OS>{{Cite web|url=https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/|title=OS Maps: online mapping and walking, running and cycling routes|website=osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/20082_west_highlands_0.pdf|title=Timetable: Glasgow to Oban, Fort William and Mallaig|access-date=1 August 2019|publisher=Abellio ScotRail}}</ref>

Helensburgh also has a much more frequent service into Glasgow and beyond via the [[North Clyde Line]], which has its western terminus at the town's [[Helensburgh Central railway station|central railway station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/20091_a5_dunbartonshire.pdf|title=Dunbartonshire - Glasgow, Cumbernauld & Falkirk Grahamston Timetable|access-date=1 August 2019|publisher=Abellio ScotRail}}</ref>

===Roads===
[[File:Argyll and Bute - geograph.org.uk - 308733.jpg|thumb|The [[A82 road|A82]], looking north]]
The main [[trunk road]]s in Argyll and Bute are:<ref name=OS/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/scottish-trunk-road-network-map/|title=Scottish trunk road network map|publisher=Transport Scotland|access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/43110/official-list-of-trunk-roads-3-september-2018.pdf|title=Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, List and description of roads which are the responsibility of the Scottish Ministers|publisher=[[Transport Scotland]]}}</ref>
*The [[A82 road|A82]], which runs along the western shore of Loch Lomond, providing the main route between Glasgow and [[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]].
*The [[A83 road|A83]], which leaves the A82 at [[Tarbet, Argyll|Tarbet]], heading west and then south to eventually reach [[Campbeltown]] by way of [[Inveraray]] and [[Lochgilphead]].
*The [[A85 road|A85]], which leaves the A82 at [[Tyndrum]] (just outside Argyll and Bute) and heads west to Oban via [[Dalmally]].
*The [[A828 road|A828]], which leaves the A85 at [[Connel]] and north through [[Appin]] to join the A82 at [[Ballachulish]].
*The [[A815 road|A815]], which leaves the A83 in [[Glen Kinglas]] near [[Cairndow]], heading south through [[Strachur]] and [[Dunoon]] and ends at [[Toward]] 40 miles later, on the southern tip of the [[Cowal]] peninsula.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A815#:~:text=The+A815+is+approximately+40,cutting+journey+times+substantially,+and|title=A815 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki|website=www.sabre-roads.org.uk}}</ref>  The A815 is the main road through Cowal.
*The [[A886 road|A886]], which leaves the A815 at [[Strachur]], passing through [[Glendaruel]], the route includes a ferry link to the [[Isle of Bute]], [[Colintraive]] - [[Rhubodach]] terminating at [[Port Bannatyne]] to the north of [[Rothesay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A886|title=A886 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki|website=www.sabre-roads.org.uk}}</ref>

===Ferry services===
{{main|Caledonian MacBrayne|Western Ferries}}
[[File:Isle of Mull & Isle of Lewis At Oban, 9 May 2017.jpg|thumb|right|''[[MV Isle of Mull]]'' and ''[[MV Isle of Lewis]]'' at [[Oban]] harbour, 2017]] 
[[File:Scotland Argyll Bute Kennacraig Pier – MV Hebridean Isles 02.JPG|thumb|right|''[[MV Hebridean Isles]]'' docked at [[Kennacraig]]]] 
[[File:Oban Ferry Terminal - geograph.org.uk - 1375123.jpg|thumb|right|Oban Ferry Terminal]] 
Due to its heavily indented coastline and many islands, ferries form an important part of the council area's transport system. The main ferry operator in Argyll and Bute is Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac), which operates services from the mainland to most of the inhabited islands. Several other routes are operated by commercial operators, usually on contract to the council, although the Western Ferries service across the Firth of Clyde is run on a commercial basis.

*[[Isle of Bute|Bute]] is served by a route across the [[Kyles of Bute]] between [[Rhubodach]] and [[Colintraive]] in Cowal, as well as a route between [[Rothesay, Argyll and Bute|Rothesay]] to [[Wemyss Bay]] in [[Inverclyde]]. Both routes are operated by CalMac.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/colintraive-rhubodach-bute-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Bute: Colintraive - Rhubodach|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/wemyssbay-rothesay-bute-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Bute: Wemyss Bay – Rothesay|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[Coll]] and [[Tiree]] are each served from [[Oban]], via a CalMac service that also provides links between the two islands, and a once-weekly link to [[Barra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/oban-coll-tiree-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Coll & Tiree: Oban – Coll – Tiree|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[Gigha]] is served by a CalMac route from [[Tayinloan]] in [[Kintyre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/tayinloan-gigha-gigha-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Gigha: Tayinloan – Gigha|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[Islay]] is served by a CalMac route from [[Kennacraig]] in [[Kintyre]]. The service is timetabled to utilise either one of two ports on the island, with both [[Port Askaig]] and [[Port Ellen]] having a service to the mainland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/kennacraig-portellen-portaskaig-islay-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Islay: Kennacraig – Port Ellen/Port Askaig|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[Feolin]] on [[Jura, Scotland|Jura]] is linked to Port Askaig on Islay via a vehicle ferry run by ASP Ship Management on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council.<ref name=asp/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/port-askaig-feolin-jura-summer-timetable|title=Port Askaig – Feolin|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref> There is also a passenger-only service between the island's main centre, [[Craighouse]], and [[Tayvallich]] on the mainland that is operated by Islay Sea Safaris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jurapassengerferry.com/|title=Jura Passenger Ferry|publisher=Jura Passenger Ferry|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[Kerrera]] is linked to Gallanach (about {{cvt|3|km}} southwest of Oban) by a passenger-only service operated by CalMac.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/gallanach-kerrera-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Kerrera: Gallanach – Kerrera|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]] is served by two ferries, a vehicle and passenger service operated by CalMac that runs from Oban,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/oban-lismore-lismore-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Lismore: Oban – Lismore|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629065505/https://www.calmac.co.uk/oban-lismore-lismore-ferry-summer-timetable|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a passenger-only service from [[Port Appin]] that is operated by ASP Ship Management on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council.<ref name=asp>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aspships.com/|title=Home|website=www.aspships.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/port-appin-lismore-summer-timetable|title=Port Appin – Lismore|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[Isle of Mull|Mull]] is served by a route between Oban and [[Craignure]] on the island's east coast,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/oban-craignure-mull-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Mull: Oban – Craignure|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref> as well as routes across the Sound of Mull (between [[Lochaline]] and [[Fishnish]], and [[Tobermory, Mull|Tobermory]] and [[Kilchoan]]). All three routes are operated by CalMac.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/tobermory-kilchoan-ardnamurchan-mull-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Ardnamurchan and Mull: Tobermory – Kilchoan|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/lochaline-fishnish-mull-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Mull: Lochaline – Fishnish|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
**[[Iona]] is linked to Mull via a CalMac service from [[Fionnphort]] at Mull's southwest tip.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/fionnphort-iona-iona-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Iona: Fionnphort–Iona|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
*The island of [[Seil]], which itself is linked to the mainland via the [[Clachan Bridge]], has links to two further islands: [[Easdale]] and [[Luing]]. Both services are operated by ASP Ship Management on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council.<ref name=asp/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/cuan-luing-summer-timetable|title=Cuan – Luing|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/ellenabeich-easdale-summer-timetable|title=Ellenabeich - Easdale|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>

There are also routes connecting some mainland locations in Argyll and Bute to other parts of the mainland:
*There is a CalMac service across Loch Fyne which provides a link between [[Portavadie]] in Cowal and [[Tarbert, Kintyre|Tarbert]] in Kintyre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/tarbert-portavadie-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Cowal & Kintyre: Tarbert Loch Fyne – Portavadie|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211052052/https://www.calmac.co.uk/tarbert-portavadie-ferry-summer-timetable|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*The [[Cowal]] peninsula route is a passenger-only service from the [[Dunoon]] Breakwater to [[Gourock]] pier, giving easy access to [[ScotRail]] services at [[Gourock railway station]] with onward transport to [[Glasgow Central station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/gourock-dunoon-dunoon-ferry-winter-timetable|title=Dunoon: Gourock – Dunoon|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731124137/https://www.calmac.co.uk/gourock-dunoon-dunoon-ferry-winter-timetable|url-status=dead}}</ref> This route was for a period run by a CalMac subsidiary company, [[Argyll Ferries]], but has since January 2019 been operated directly by CalMac.<ref name="Gourock - Kilcreggan">{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/gourock-kilcreggan-summer-timetable|title=Gourock – Kilcreggan|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelochsidepress.com/2018/12/12/calmac-to-take-over-dunoon-to-gourock-ferry-next-month/|title=CalMac to take over Dunoon to Gourock ferry next month|date=12 December 2018|publisher=The Lochside Press|access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>
*CalMac provide a limited (3 ferry each way per week) service between Campbeltown in Kintyre and Ardrosssan in North Aryshire during the summer months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/ardrossan-campbeltown-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Kintyre: Ardrossan – Campbeltown|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>
*Western Ferries, a commercial operator, runs a vehicle and passenger service between [[Hunters Quay]] to [[McInroy's Point]] that also provides a link between Cowal and Inverclyde in (partial) competition with the subsidised CalMac service.
*A service operated by Clyde Marine Services on behalf of [[Strathclyde Partnership for Transport]] runs between [[Kilcreggan]] and Gourock pier, providing a link from the [[Rosneath peninsula]] to the rail network at Gourock.<ref name="Gourock - Kilcreggan"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spt.co.uk/kilcreggan-ferry/|title=Kilcreggan Ferry|publisher=Strathclyde Partnership for Transport|access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>
Argyll and Bute also has ferry services linking it to islands in neighbouring council areas:
*Oban is the mainland terminal for services to [[Barra]] in [[Comhairle nan Eilean Siar|Na h-Eileanan Siar]] (the [[Outer Hebrides]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/oban-castlebay-barra-ferry-summer-timetable|title=Barra: Oban – Castlebay|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[Lochranza]] on [[Isle of Arran|Arran]], in [[North Ayrshire]], has a year-round service to Kintyre: during the summer the mainland port used is [[Claonaig]], however in winter the service is reduced to a single daily return crossing from Tarbert.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/claonaig-lochranza-arran-summer-timetable|title=Arran: Claonaig – Lochranza|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calmac.co.uk/Claonaig-tarbert-lochranza-arran-ferry-winter-timetable|title=Arran: Claonaig/Tarbert – Lochranza|publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne|access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>
There is also a passenger-only ferry service linking Campbeltown and Port Ellen on Islay with [[Ballycastle, County Antrim|Ballycastle]] in [[County Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]], running seasonally from April to September, operated by West Coast Tours as the Kintyre Express.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kintyre Express {{!}} Ferry Service to Ireland |url=https://westcoasttours.co.uk/tours/kintyre-express/ |website=West Coast Tours |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>