Skye for summer visitors) met with widespread opposition, spearheaded by the pressure group SKAT (Skye and Kyle Against Tolls). On 21 December 2004 it was announced that the Scottish Executive had purchased the bridge from its owners and the tolls were immediately removed. Bus services run to Inverness and Glasgow, and there are local services on the island, mainly starting from Portree or Broadford. Train services run from Kyle of Lochalsh at the mainland end of the Skye Bridge to Inverness, as well as from Glasgow to Mallaig from where the ferry can be caught to Armadale. The Isle of Skye
MV Isle of Cumbrae Troon. A crew mess room was added aft of the passenger saloon in early 1994, with the upper deck extended over it. In early 2002, she was re-engining with Scania diesels. "Isle of Cumbrae"'s design is a scaled-down version of the Skye ferries and . She has three lanes on her car deck, with ramps at either end which fold in two sections, like those on the Island Class ferries. Passenger accommodation is down the starboard side, with a small wheelhouse above. Voith Schneider units at diagonally opposite corners of her hull provide propulsion. MV "Isle of Cumbrae" took up