What is the Priority Lane for?

As a matter of routine, the Priority Lane is restricted for use of blue light emergency vehicles, in-service buses (see separate section for full details), motorbikes and cycles (see separate section for full details). There are also a limited number of other users who have been granted permission for using the lane for safety related reasons. Where possible, and if pre-arranged, funeral processions and wedding vehicles may also be allocated ad-hoc priority status.

Only blue light emergency vehicles get priority loading on to a ferry, but all priority lane users will usually have access to the next available ferry if they arrive in time for its scheduled departure and if capacity exists in their allocated stowage lane onboard.
Other vehicles that you might see in the priority lane include:

• Tamar Crossings staff or contractors who are just moving around the site to meet business commitments
• extra-large vehicles who have requested to use our lanes to “loop around” the ring-road at Torpoint and avoid causing congestion
• surplus vehicles that may not have fitted on the last departed ferry and have been instructed to join the lane by an authorised member of staff