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Transport / Yell ferry service back on track after linkspan issue

The Yell ferry Daggri.

THE YELL Sound ferry service was briefly affected by linkspan issues this morning (Monday).

An update from the council’s voicebank service at 8am said the service was back running to the scheduled timetable.

Linkspan issues also briefly raised their head on Yell Sound last week, while in March there was disruption over a number of days.

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