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End of an era as Stranraer ferry sails for new waters

ON Sunday at 7.55pm, HSS Voyager will leave the dock at Stranraer and edge into Loch Ryan on its way to Belfast for the last time.

When it departs, the Galloway town’s time as a ferry port will also sail into history.

After 139 years and many thousands of sailings, Stena Line are moving their Irish Sea ferry service seven miles up the coast to Cairnryan.

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