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==Transport== [[File:Heathrow it ain't^ - geograph.org.uk - 1449133.jpg|thumb|left|Coll airport]] There are only two main roads on Coll. The main hub of the island is the island's largest settlement, Arinagour. Just over a kilometre (0.7 miles) south of Arinagour is the [[Caledonian MacBrayne]] ferry terminal.<ref name="iknow-scotland">{{cite web |url=http://www.iknow-scotland.co.uk/tourist_information/scottish_islands/isle_of_coll_tiree/coll_tourist_information.htm |title=Isle of Coll Tourist Guide Inner Hebrides Scottish Islands |work=iknow-scotland.co.uk |access-date=13 December 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The ferry travels from [[Oban]] to Coll to [[Tiree]]; and a return trip from Tiree, to Coll, to Oban.<ref name="calmac.co.uk-coll">{{cite web|url=http://www.calmac.co.uk/coll |title=Coll: Getting there/around |publisher=Caledonian MacBrayne |access-date=13 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506175608/http://www.calmac.co.uk/coll |archive-date=6 May 2009 }}</ref><ref name="calmac.co.uk-coll winter">{{cite web|url=http://www.calmac.co.uk/winter-timetable.html?id=winter-coll-and-tiree--oban-coll-tiree.gif |format=[[gif]] |title=Coll and Tiree timetable (25 October 2009 to 25 March 2010) |publisher=Caledonian MaBrayne |access-date=13 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103142113/http://www.calmac.co.uk/winter-timetable.html?id=winter-coll-and-tiree--oban-coll-tiree.gif |archive-date=3 November 2007 }}</ref> The ferry between Oban and [[Castlebay]] on [[Barra]] goes via Coll and Tiree once a week. The [[Coll Airport|airport]] on the island, {{Airport codes|COL}} is located between Uig and Arileod. [[Highland Airways]] who originally operated the route to Oban went into administration in 2010,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8586688.stm|title=Highland Airways goes into administration|publisher=BBC News|date=25 March 2010|access-date=25 March 2010}}</ref> but a new operator, [[Hebridean Air Services]] now operates the route under a PSO with flights to Oban, Tiree and Colonsay. The aircraft used for the flights are a BN2 Islander (G-HEBS). Hebridean headquarters are at [[Cumbernauld Airport]], [[North Lanarkshire]]. {{s-rail-start|noclear=yes}} {{s-rail|title=Ferry}} {{rail line |previous=[[Tiree]]|next=[[Oban railway station|Oban]]|route=[[Caledonian MacBrayne]]<br/><small>Ferry</small> |col={{CalMac color}} }} {{s-end}}
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