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Sail and rail to London

  • 01-12-2010 11:46am
    #1
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭


    On the Stena line website it appears that I can get to London from Dun Laoghaire for 40 Euro. This would seem to be too good to be true, as it would appear to even beat ryanair in price (though obviously not in time ). Does anyone have any experience of this mode of travel?s there a catch, is British railways interminably backwards?


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  • #2
    pauraic1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭pauraic1990


    Yes 40 euro is the price, i use them before and it was very easy to use.


  • #3
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    i just did it recently rosslare/fishguard to london. it was 40 euro each way. no catches. just make sure you check for engineering works etc on your way back or you could miss your ferry!

    not sure how reliable it is with the current weather though, a third of all uk trains not operating according to sky.


  • #4
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Waestrel wrote: »
    On the Stena line website it appears that I can get to London from Dun Laoghaire for 40 Euro. This would seem to be too good to be true, as it would appear to even beat ryanair in price (though obviously not in time ). Does anyone have any experience of this mode of travel?s there a catch, is British railways interminably backwards?

    I've done it quite a few times. The 13:15 sailing from Dun Laoghaire will get you into Euston just after 9pm, or if you are lucky, even earlier.

    Check train times on www.nationalrail.co.uk.


  • #5
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    I've booked it the other direction for a couple of weeks time.

    The great thing about using the train is that you don't have to pay hidden extras in relation to flights, like, central London-Gatwick on the Gatwick Express is 28.80Stg return:eek:

    You can read more offers etc on www.seat61.com , a rail users bible.


  • #6
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    +1 on seat61, absolutely brilliant for rail travel worldwide.


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  • #7
    kindalen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭kindalen


    also it is cheaper to book your return leg in uk, and if you want you can reserve a seat if you buy your ticket off virgin, which i have done when i get off in london euston.


  • #8
    lasno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 497 ✭✭lasno


    You may find this article useful...

    http://thomas.bibby.ie/sailrail/


  • #9
    maynooth_rules
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,510 ✭✭✭maynooth_rules


    lasno wrote: »
    You may find this article useful...

    http://thomas.bibby.ie/sailrail/

    Just reading this and it says that the seat 61 ticket will also cover Irish rail to get you up to Dublin. Is this true? If so that is fantastic


  • #10
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    Just reading this and it says that the seat 61 ticket will also cover Irish rail to get you up to Dublin. Is this true? If so that is fantastic

    Yep, it's right.

    Applies the other way too, eg London - Holyhead by train / Holyhead - Dublin / Dublin - Limerick or Waterford by train etc etc


  • #11
    poisonated
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭poisonated


    If I wasn't taking the train to Dublin, how would I buy a ticket? If I was to go to Dun Laoighre port and ask for a return ticket to London would they laugh me out of the place or is that possible?
    Thanks


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  • #12
    superrdave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭superrdave


    poisonated wrote: »
    If I wasn't taking the train to Dublin, how would I buy a ticket? If I was to go to Dun Laoighre port and ask for a return ticket to London would they laugh me out of the place or is that possible?
    Thanks

    Show up at the port and they will sell you the ticket there and then. Easy peasy. No need to prebook. In the UK, you can buy the ticket at any train station by asking for a ticket to Dublin or Dun Laoghaire, and they should be able to give it to you for about 30 pounds. London to Dublin walk up fare is waaaaaay cheaper than London to Holyhead.


  • #13
    Rock Steady Edy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭Rock Steady Edy


    No fast ferries from Dun Laoghaire until 1 April, so you'll have to depart from Dublin port til then.


  • #14
    Waestrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Waestrel


    Rock Steady Edy wrote: »
    No fast ferries from Dun Laoghaire until 1 April, so you'll have to depart from Dublin port til then.

    why not? I thought the fast ferry (stena explorer?) always went from there,not dublin port?


  • #15
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Waestrel wrote: »
    why not? I thought the fast ferry (stena explorer?) always went from there,not dublin port?

    they have a three if four week break in February every year. They use the quiet period to carry out maintenance and give the shop a spring clean.


  • #16
    Rock Steady Edy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭Rock Steady Edy


    In 2009 the off-season was 6 Jan til 13 Feb, last year it was off 6 Jan til 14 March, this year it's off 6 Jan til 31 March; I'd say a mixture of recession reducing demand, a late Easter, and trying to wean passengers off the fast ferry and on to their slow boats through Dublin port.


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