lyndhurst25
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I'm thinking of doing a trip from northern England to the Western or Southern coast of the Irish Republic using SailRail. From what I understand there are 3 ferry routes from Great Britain.
1) "Southern Sea Corridor" Fishguard-Rosslare - Advance or Standby single tickets available from any GB station. No through fares to Irish stations available since 2007 due to "absence of connecting rail services".
2) "Central Sea Corridor" Holyhead-Dublin/Dun Laoghaire - Advance or Standby single tickets available from any GB station. Through fares to available to any RoI or Northern Ireland station.
3) "Northern Sea Corridor" Cairnryan-Belfast - Anytime Return or Day Single tickets available. I'm trying to work out from which GB to which RoI/NI stations these fares are available but on checking brfares.com it all seems a bit hit and miss and not the same as the zonal system shown in my NFM97 RailLinks book. I need to investigate this further to find out if this is deliberate or an oversight!
Anyway, my main question is how long do you have to complete your outward and return journeys in Ireland and are overnight break(s) of journey allowed on the Irish side? I'm not even sure that "break of journey" is a concept that exists in Irish railway ticketing! Are the rules different for the Anytime tickets via Cairnryan compared with the Advance/Standby tickets via Holyhead?
Thanks.
(Also, from brfares.com, what is "ZPO Port Tax - £10" showing on fares to Belfast NI via Cairnryan from some Scottish stations?)
1) "Southern Sea Corridor" Fishguard-Rosslare - Advance or Standby single tickets available from any GB station. No through fares to Irish stations available since 2007 due to "absence of connecting rail services".
2) "Central Sea Corridor" Holyhead-Dublin/Dun Laoghaire - Advance or Standby single tickets available from any GB station. Through fares to available to any RoI or Northern Ireland station.
3) "Northern Sea Corridor" Cairnryan-Belfast - Anytime Return or Day Single tickets available. I'm trying to work out from which GB to which RoI/NI stations these fares are available but on checking brfares.com it all seems a bit hit and miss and not the same as the zonal system shown in my NFM97 RailLinks book. I need to investigate this further to find out if this is deliberate or an oversight!
Anyway, my main question is how long do you have to complete your outward and return journeys in Ireland and are overnight break(s) of journey allowed on the Irish side? I'm not even sure that "break of journey" is a concept that exists in Irish railway ticketing! Are the rules different for the Anytime tickets via Cairnryan compared with the Advance/Standby tickets via Holyhead?
Thanks.
(Also, from brfares.com, what is "ZPO Port Tax - £10" showing on fares to Belfast NI via Cairnryan from some Scottish stations?)