Transport / SIC warns of disruption to Yell Sound ferry service next week
SHETLAND Islands Council says the Yell Sound ferry service will operate with a single vessel on Thursday and Friday next week (18 and 19 July) due to “long term sickness and no available certificated cover”.
The following runs will be timetabled:
- Ulsta to Toft 0615 – normal timetable, bookings available
- Toft to Ulsta 0640 – normal timetable, bookings available
- Ulsta to Toft 0705 – normal timetable, bookings available
Bookings already made on these runs will still be valid.
By request of the community, from 7.30am to 5.30pm there will then be a shuttle service with all bookings suspended.
The council said to allow for mandatory breaks there will be no service for 30 minutes at approximately 10am, and 45 minutes at around 1.15pm.
It comes after similar disruption on Bluemull Sound a couple of weeks ago, which was minimised somewhat after a ferry worker made themselves available for a shift.
Shetland Islands Council said it apologises for any inconvenience to passengers.
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