ferries and trains
Sep 27th, 2011, 12:43 PM
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hi, I would like to know about trains and ferries schedules in january. Are they regular? Is there any diference from the other months? I couldn't book a seat in any train or ferry that I found in the web. they aren't avaible.
I plan to go from Portugal, lisboa to Dublin taking trains to France and a ferrie to south Ireland and train to Dublin. Then, from Dublin to Edinburgh. Can anyone help me to find the best trajectory in this route?
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I plan to go from Portugal, lisboa to Dublin taking trains to France and a ferrie to south Ireland and train to Dublin. Then, from Dublin to Edinburgh. Can anyone help me to find the best trajectory in this route?
Thanks
Sep 27th, 2011, 01:45 PM
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do you want to go straight thru or stop off en route, I hope!
There is an overnight train from Lisbon to the French border at Hendaye where you have to change trains and hop a French TGV train up the coast to Brittany from where I believe there is a ferry to Rosslare and or Cork in southern Ireland - from either Cork or Rosslare there are regular trains to Dublin all year - but trains from Rosslare Harbour I believe have been scrubbed so you have to take a bus the short distance between ferry dock and Rosslare (or perhaps nearby Waterford?) train station. Cork IMO is one of the very nicest cities in Ireland if you have a choice and perhaps has better rail service to Dublin.
Dublin you hop the 'Peace Train' to Belfast, in Northern Ireland and the U.K. (ditch your euros in Ireland) and from Belfast there are direct ferries to Scotland with onward trail connections via Glasgow to Edinburgh - some boats only go from a port near Belfast to Scotland.
For loads of great info on European and British trains check out these great IMO sites - www.seat61.com; www.budgeteuropetravel.com; www.ricksteves.com. For schedules check out the Germany rail web site which has schedules for all of Europe, including the British Isles - www.bahn.de. For ferries between France and Ireeland Google Irish Ferries or Brittany Ferries.
There is an overnight train from Lisbon to the French border at Hendaye where you have to change trains and hop a French TGV train up the coast to Brittany from where I believe there is a ferry to Rosslare and or Cork in southern Ireland - from either Cork or Rosslare there are regular trains to Dublin all year - but trains from Rosslare Harbour I believe have been scrubbed so you have to take a bus the short distance between ferry dock and Rosslare (or perhaps nearby Waterford?) train station. Cork IMO is one of the very nicest cities in Ireland if you have a choice and perhaps has better rail service to Dublin.
Dublin you hop the 'Peace Train' to Belfast, in Northern Ireland and the U.K. (ditch your euros in Ireland) and from Belfast there are direct ferries to Scotland with onward trail connections via Glasgow to Edinburgh - some boats only go from a port near Belfast to Scotland.
For loads of great info on European and British trains check out these great IMO sites - www.seat61.com; www.budgeteuropetravel.com; www.ricksteves.com. For schedules check out the Germany rail web site which has schedules for all of Europe, including the British Isles - www.bahn.de. For ferries between France and Ireeland Google Irish Ferries or Brittany Ferries.
Sep 28th, 2011, 08:58 AM
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Sep 28th, 2011, 06:45 PM
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I know this isn't what you asked . . But I personally would not want to be taking these ferries in the winter. Winter storms make for really uncomfortable trips -- and sometimes disrupt the service.
You can fly to Dublin cheaper than these long train/ferry connections -- and a HECK of a lot faster.
Plus there are no ferries from Dublin to Scotland. You'd have to travel to Belfast, then take a ferry to SW Scotland and then train across the whole country.
So both Portugal to Dublin and Dublin to Edinburgh . . . I'd fly.
You can fly to Dublin cheaper than these long train/ferry connections -- and a HECK of a lot faster.
Plus there are no ferries from Dublin to Scotland. You'd have to travel to Belfast, then take a ferry to SW Scotland and then train across the whole country.
So both Portugal to Dublin and Dublin to Edinburgh . . . I'd fly.
Sep 29th, 2011, 09:34 AM
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flying is a no-brainer if wanting to go straight thru - depends on whether OP wants to stop off en route or not - if not then only flying makes sense from Portugal to Ireland but from Dublin to Edinburgh the train to Belfast and short hop on ferry to Scotland and on by train makes sense for one thing because you see the beautiful scenery of the Scottish coast and do not just see airports and tarmacs.
Sep 29th, 2011, 10:00 AM
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"<i>Dublin to Edinburgh the train to Belfast and short hop on ferry to Scotland and on by train makes sense for one thing because you see the beautiful scenery of the Scottish coast and do not just see airports and tarmacs.</i>"
We are talking <i>January</i>. The days are very short, the weather likely semi-bad to dreadful. Starting in Dublin in the morning, one won't be to Scotland until mid afternoon and not a lot of scenery to be seen.
June is one thing, January is a whole different matter
We are talking <i>January</i>. The days are very short, the weather likely semi-bad to dreadful. Starting in Dublin in the morning, one won't be to Scotland until mid afternoon and not a lot of scenery to be seen.
June is one thing, January is a whole different matter
Sep 29th, 2011, 11:25 AM
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don't be stooopid PQ. Of course one can go to Scotland in the winter. I just wouldn't count on taking ferries myself. Especially when flying is so cheap (and when one is trying to get to <i>Edinburgh</i> from Dublin.)
Sep 29th, 2011, 11:44 AM
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janis dear IF you had a choice of which month to go to Scotland would you chose January - this is what I meant - only go during that wet and dreary and dark month if you have to or for something really special like Hoogamany (sp?) on New Years Eve - amongst the most spectacular New Years Eve happenings in the world - would not you agree Love?
I mean I were in Edinburgh one early November and the sun was setting bout 3pm and rising around 9:30am - when days were longer perhaps than some in January. Or perhaps you are a night person so the longer the night the better?
I mean I were in Edinburgh one early November and the sun was setting bout 3pm and rising around 9:30am - when days were longer perhaps than some in January. Or perhaps you are a night person so the longer the night the better?
Oct 3rd, 2011, 08:46 AM
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Julio - what is your aim - to go straight thru the whole way - if so don't but fly - but if you want to stop off then that is a different story
Like Dublin to Edinburgh - stop for a day at least in Belfast, a unique city in many ways and then a short enough trip by a short ferry (can't be too rough in that short a time) and train and see something besides airports and tarmacs.
Like Dublin to Edinburgh - stop for a day at least in Belfast, a unique city in many ways and then a short enough trip by a short ferry (can't be too rough in that short a time) and train and see something besides airports and tarmacs.
