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Let's hope this would mean that going to France with just yourself and your bicycle wouldn't be quadruple the price on a ferry compared to a plane
#IrishFerries
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/09/04/odds-tighten-on-ceo-rothwells-bid-for-irish-ferries-owner/ -
Ferried Across
I took another ferry back from Holyhead to Dublin last night. The outbound journey was via Irish Ferries but I returned on the Stena Line. I left Holyhead at 22.15 and arrived at the Ferry Terminal at Dublin Port at 1.45am. I was a bit unsure what it would be like on such a late-night trip but the trip was uneventful. I’d had a very tiring day getting to Holyhead so I toyed with the idea of sitting in the bar and having a few drinks, but I thought better of that. Instead I found a quiet corner in one of the lounges where there was a bench seat, and managed to stretch out enough to get about an hour’s sleep.
I think quite a few passengers had booked cabins for the crossing. I didn’t think it was worth doing that for less than four hours aboard, but I will consider that next time I take a late-night ferry. There’s not much to see out of the window in the dark!
The disadvantage of being a foot passenger on these ferries is that you have to wait until all the people with vehicles have disembarked before getting a bus back to the terminal building, which adds about 30 minutes to the time. Anticipating the probability that I would be knackered topo fed up to try getting home by public transport with all my luggage in the early hours of the morning, I had booked a taxi to meet me at 1.45, the scheduled arrival time, but I didn’t actually meet the driver until after 2am. Sitll, I got home to Maynooth quickly and was tucked up in bed by 3am. I had to open all the windows as the house was very stuffy, but other than that all was well.
While I was staying in London I took a few trips by train here and there, most of them very shambolic. All the direct trains from London Paddington to Oxford were cancelled, so passengers had to get on very overcrowded trains that went through Oxford to other destinations. To get back to London I used a train to Marylebone which I didn’t know existed. It was slow, but got me back.
With these problems in mind I took an earlier train from Euston to Holyhead than I originally intended. I’m glad I decided that because even the earlier train was delayed by > 45 minutes leaving Euston. Worse, some other trains goint to Manchester and beyond were cancelled so passengers were advised to get on the train I was on and change at Crewe or Chester. The seat reservations weren’t working so the result was a very sweaty overcrowded train with standing room only, at least until Chester where many people got off. The uncomfortable journey made me break a 195-day blogging streak as I just couldn’t be bothered even when I got a seat. Instead I just relaxed and looked out of the window as we travelled along the coast of North Waves.
My train from Holyhead to London was delayed by over an hour as was the train back yesterday. The upshot of all that is that I get a 100% refund of the fare for the entire journey so it was effectively free (if you don’t count the cost of the stress and discomfort).
Anyway, this trip was my first experience of ferry+train to the UK and back. My summary of the experience is “Ferry Good, Train Bad”.
#Chester #Dublin #Holyhead #HolyheadToDublin #IrishFerries #LondonEuston #StenaLine #Travel -
'Tag des Meeres' #FotoVorschlag
Crossing the Irish Sea and arriving at the Port of Dublin.
#IrishSea #Ireland #Dublin #PoolbegChimneys #IrishFerries #Holyhead #Shiftphone
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'Dämmerung' #FotoVorschlag
Ankunft mit der Fähre im Hafen von Dublin.
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Heading to Dublin:
Eurostar to London
National rail to Holyhead
Irisch Ferry to Dublin (later update)Thanks to @zugpost for recommending the book 'Europe by rail'.
PS: Alles nach Plan!
#Eurostar #London #Dublin #Traintravel #Holyhead #IrishFerries
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🇮🇪🛳🇬🇧❤️ #IrishFerries☘️ #Irailand2025🇮🇪 (@ Transport for Wales ➜ Holyhead Rail Station) #NowTräwelling https://traewelling.de/status/5742331
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I am sceptical about this onwoard train connections of #IrishFerries on mainland Europe... 🤔 #BlankSpots
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Wexford Bus transports us to Gorey and our daughter is waiting to take us the last few miles.
Nearly everything went to plan and there were no serious hiccups thankfully.
The Interrail app supplies some nice statistics. Unfortunately, it doesn’t cover the ferry.
#GoreyToVienna #dublin #IrishFerries #gorey #SlowTravel #interrail
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Closer to home now. Another smooth overnight sailing from Cherbourg to Dublin.
Sunny departure and arrival into typical Dublin grey.
#GoreyToVienna #dublin #IrishFerries #cherbourg #SlowTravel #interrail
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A busy day in Cherbourg Port
#GoreyToVienna #dublin #IrishFerries #cherbourg #SlowTravel #interrail
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The works seem to be for a new rail freight terminal. As far as I can tell, the old pedestrian shortcut is gone for good. Hopefully, a new pedestrian route is part of the redevelopment plans.
The sign about the works says they will be complete by the end of June 2024. I don’t think they will make that deadline.
https://portsdenormandie.fr/fr/projets/cherbourg/terminal-de-ferroutage
#GoreyToVienna #dublin #IrishFerries #cherbourg #SlowTravel #interrail
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On a Sunday, a taxi is the only reasonable option as the bus only runs Monday to Saturday.
Earlier in this thread, I remarked that the Irish Ferries SailRail page had good information. Unfortunately, it’s now a bit out-of-date. The walk to bus isn’t wheeled luggage friendly and it’s a 10 mins walk with no luggage
https://www.irishferries.com/ie-en/Travel-to-France-Specials/Ireland-France-SailRail/
#GoreyToVienna #dublin #IrishFerries #cherbourg #SlowTravel #interrail
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After a lovely morning in Cherbourg where a nerd like me decides to walk to the ferry terminal to see how feasible it would be with luggage.
Bad news - don’t attempt to walk from Cherbourg Ferry Terminal to Cherbourg Gare SNCF with wheeled luggage. If you’re fit and have a backpack allow at least 45mins. It took me 35mins with no luggage.
The main problem is the pedestrian short-cut is closed due to redevelopment works.
#GoreyToVienna #dublin #IrishFerries #cherbourg #SlowTravel #interrail
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Arrival into Paris St Lazare at 18:01, 31 hours after leaving home in Gorey.
Taking it easy here too. Next train tomorrow lunchtime.
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Unfortunate French name for a flap-down seat on a train - see highlighted word in screenshot.
I think I’d prefer to stand!
From the website: https://www.maplaceabord.com/maplacelibre
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The taxi driver was lovely too. Took a convoluted route to the train station but explained in English, without prompting, that he was avoiding a a traffic jam. The fare was €10 for 3 people and 3 items of luggage in the boot.
The driver said it’s a flat fare - so €10 regardless of the number of passengers and luggage. It’s 50% more between 19:00 and 07:00 and Sundays. #IrishFerries #GoreyToVienna #SlowTravel #interrail
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On our 14:43 train now to Paris - arriving at 18:01.
Unfortunately, the taxi rank at the ferry terminal was empty when we did make it through passport control and the sign displaying the phone number had disappeared since last year. By the time we found the number for the taxi service time was against us.
On the plus side there is now a weather shelter at the taxi rank and we did meet a lovely German lady that we shared a taxi with.
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The bad news, we missed our train. The good news, it was easy to exchange the tickets (before the original departure) on the Trainline app. The bad news, the exchange cost another €77.90 on top of 50% of the original €76.35 excluding service fees.
The good news, lunch in Cherbourg!
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Wine tasting followed by a G&T and Apéro Spritz. It’s a tough life.
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A long queue for foot passenger check-in today. I guess that’s a good thing.
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I have to say a shout out to #IrishFerries Dover to Calais very much an improved journey from the last one - staff very smart, polite, helpful - boat was spic and span -a great service! Recommend
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🛳️ #IrishFerries have cancelled sailings from #Holyhead this evening. Please check the status page before you travel. #StormAgnes
https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/sailing-updates/dublin-holyhead/
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🛳️ Due to poor conditions, #IrishFerries have been cancelling some of their sailings this afternoon and tomorrow (Wed). Please check before you travel.
https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/sailing-updates/dublin-holyhead/
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Saw this #IrishFerries page and got all excited - what - ferry and rail to France? Whoopeeeee! But no, the ferry and rail is only to the UK
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Dublin Port’s ferry terminals aren’t the easiest to get to as a foot passenger.
There is a Dublin Bus service, route 53, but I saw a comment that it’s not very reliable.
There are shuttle buses to the Holyhead crossings but not it seems for the Cherbourg sailings.
https://nolancoaches.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Irish-Ferries-Timetable-V1.pdfCar parking at the terminal is very limited and as we return by plane that’s not good for us either.
So a taxi from the city centre to the port it will be.
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52 Frames prompt last week was low angle. Here's the photo I submitted. The rows of parked cars waiting for the ferry to open.
#52Frames #52Frames_GetLow #GetLow #waiting #IrishFerries #LeadingLines