Editing Great Cumbrae (section)

== Transport ==
A [[Caledonian MacBrayne]] [[RORO|car ferry]] connects the island with [[Largs]], [[North Ayrshire]] on the Scottish mainland. Millport pier dates from 1833 and that at Largs from 1845.<ref>{{cite book|
title=The Third Statistical Account of Scotland|year=1962|page=537}}</ref><ref name="herald">{{cite news| url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/largs-pier-could-put-waverley-up-the-creek-without-a-paddle-1.913438| work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]| location=[[Glasgow]]| date=27 June 2009| title=Largs pier could put Waverley up the creek without a paddle| access-date=11 September 2010}}</ref>

Millport was served by [[Clyde steamer]]s until the 1960s. Largs is now a regular calling point for {{ship|PS|Waverley}}.<ref name="herald"/> For nearly 20 years from 1967, passenger ferry, {{MV|Keppel}} crossed to Millport pier. In early April 1977, car ferry {{MV|Isle of Cumbrae}} took up the crossing to Cumbrae Slip and continued until the sisters {{MV|Loch Striven}} and  {{MV|Loch Linnhe}} arrived in the summer of 1986.<ref>{{cite book| author=McCrorie, Ian| title=CalMac Ferries| publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne| isbn=978-0-9507166-7-1| year=2006}}</ref> A larger ferry, {{MV|Loch Shira}}, built at [[Ferguson Shipbuilders]] in [[Port Glasgow]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.calmac.co.uk/mv_loch_shira.html| title=MV Loch Shira| publisher=Calmac| access-date=2007-04-06}}</ref> entered service on 2 June 2007. At peak times, she is partnered by one of the original Loch class vessels.
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{{s-end}}As of August 2024, there is a regular bus-service on the island operated by ''Millport Motors'' as Route [[Numero sign|№]]320, which runs from the ferry terminal to [[Millport, Great Cumbrae|Millport]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.millportmotorsltd.com/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Millport Motors Ltd |language=en}}</ref> which has been continuously operated since at least 1950.<ref name=":0" />