September 2026

Doors Open Days is coordinated nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust and is part of European Heritage Days. Hundreds of fascinating buildings across Scotland are available to visit for free on different weekends during September. Two of these open days with public transport themes are featured here: Wemyss Bay station became the first combined rail

Figure 1; The car ferry MF Dragsvik at Hella on the Dragsvik to Hella and Vangsnes route on the Sognefjord. (Photograph: David Murray-Smith) Norway now operates more than 100 battery-electric and hybrid ferries for passengers and vehicles and many of these ferry routes are in the west of the country. I spent a week in