Depart | Arrive | Travel by | Train company | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|
06:06 Crewe | 07:10 Birmingham New Street | Train | West Midlands Trains | 01h 04 |
07:30 Birmingham New Street | 09:25 Cardiff Central | Train | Crosscountry | 01h 55 |
09:42 Cardiff Central | 10:34 Swansea | Train | Great Western Railway | 00h 52 |
11:01 Swansea | 12:30 Fishguard Harbour | Train | Transport For Wales | 01h 29 |
13:10 Fishguard Harbour | 16:25 Rosslare Europort | Ferry | Transport For Wales | 03h 15 |
Thanks for this Mr Toad, I'm looking at the night ferries if possible. I might have to keep looking.Hi there,
It's possible to book either route on the TFW website.
However, for the first time ever I'm seeing many ferries show up as "fully booked" on certain days throughout the summer. I think a *lot* of people aren't flying somewhere for thier holidays this year and are travelling by car or public transport. It may just be that you're looking on days that are already full.
eg: (From the TFW site)
SailRail Stanby Single £50
Outward Journey (28 Jul 2021)
Depart Arrive Travel by Train company Duration 06:06
Crewe07:10
Birmingham New StreetTrain West Midlands Trains 01h 04 07:30
Birmingham New Street09:25
Cardiff CentralTrain Crosscountry 01h 55 09:42
Cardiff Central10:34
SwanseaTrain Great Western Railway 00h 52 11:01
Swansea12:30
Fishguard HarbourTrain Transport For Wales 01h 29 13:10
Fishguard Harbour16:25
Rosslare EuroportFerry Transport For Wales 03h 15
Good luck funding something suitable.
Mr Toad
You do realise that the night ferry from Fishguard to Rosslare arrives in Rosslare at 04:00?Thanks for this Mr Toad, I'm looking at the night ferries if possible. I might have to keep looking.
Interestingly, this doesn’t appear to apply to Transport for Wales (TfW), London Northwestern Railway (LNWR) or Trainsplit - these three (as well as Trainline) are offering the 20/08/2021 14:10 Irish Ferries sailing from Holyhead to Dublin with tickets for the journey available.We were told a few days ago that Trainline has exclusive rights to book the rail sail via Holyhead. Something we really didn't believe but we're still trying to clarify it .
TfW and LNR's booking sites are run by Trainline. If you look in the T&Cs you'll see that your contract is actually with Trainline.Interestingly, this doesn’t appear to apply to Transport for Wales (TfW), London Northwestern Railway (LNWR) or Trainsplit - these three (as well as Trainline) are offering the 20/08/2021 14:10 Irish Ferries sailing from Holyhead to Dublin with tickets for the journey available.
Avanti (who also operate some services from Holyhead) can find an itinerary matching the 14:10 sailing, but is unable to find any tickets for the journey available despite seats being available that are being sold by TfW, LNWR, Trainline and Trainsplit.
I believe that was Covid related: The Republic had introduced travel restrictions that would still have applied to people travelling onward to Northern Ireland. Sailing direct to Belfast avoids this.Stena have been sailing Holyhead-Belfast instead of Dublin at weekends because of Brexit disruption, but have now reverted to the normal Dublin schedule.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57487563Operator Stena Line will operate a Holyhead to Belfast leisure and freight route between 25 June and 18 July.
UK travellers to Northern Ireland are not required to take a Covid test or quarantine, something that's needed if you travel to the Republic of Ireland.
I believe that was Covid related: The Republic had introduced travel restrictions that would still have applied to people travelling onward to Northern Ireland. Sailing direct to Belfast avoids this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-57487563
I think I'd gotting it into my mind that the isolation requirements were applying to freight drivers too, for some reason.Actually, Irish travel restrictions did not change between the start of the year and 19th July.
It was simply that the freight loadings had dropped off between Dublin and Holyhead sufficiently that they had spare capacity, and they decided to use the ship on a Holyhead-Belfast route for four weekends which also co-incided with the annual 12th July holidays in NI.
Freight is the lifeblood of the ferries on the Irish Sea, and that's what dictates service levels.
Mercifully not!I think I'd gotting it into my mind that the isolation requirements were applying to freight drivers too, for some reason.