Port of Stornoway: approach roads and traffic

Port of Stornoway (SYY) is one of the 28 ports UK Live Traffic watches. It handles ferries. The live map shows the ships arriving, alongside and leaving; this page is about the roads.

Its traffic joins the main roads at A859 / Rathad a' Ghlinne (60%) and A857 / Rathad MhicAmhlaidh (40%). On the live map, tapping the port and then its Road forecast estimates the vehicles that ferries and cruise ships which have just berthed should put on those junctions over the next 90 minutes.

Open Port of Stornoway on the live map

Code
SYY
Plus Code
9CCM6J57+66
Handles
ferries
Approach junctions
A859 / Rathad a' Ghlinne, A857 / Rathad MhicAmhlaidh

How busy the approach roads usually are

RoadWeekdays 03:00Weekdays 08:00Weekdays 12:00Weekdays 17:00Weekdays 21:00Saturday 12:00Sunday 12:00
A859 / Rathad a' GhlinneNo count pointNo count pointNo count pointNo count pointNo count pointNo count pointNo count point
A857 / Rathad MhicAmhlaidhNo count pointNo count pointNo count pointNo count pointNo count pointNo count pointNo count point

Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.

Where the figures come from

  • Road traffic: Department for Transport road traffic counts (Open Government Licence v3.0), spread over the week with DfT's national hourly pattern.
  • Roads and junctions: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with Valhalla.