Belfast to London overnight by train & ferry
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- For more information & tickets see www.seat61.com.... This video is a guide to travelling overnight in comfort between Belfast & London using Stena Line's Belfast-Liverpool ferry and a fast Virgin Trains pendolino to London Euston.
Inclusive SailRail fares are available covering both ferry and train, from £57 + cabin cost.
No airports, no flights, no motorways. Just a comfortable sea voyage and a civilised train ride!
I love Rail & Sail - it's been a few years since I did it, one thing that surprises people is that it makes your holiday feel longer (in a good way) ...
Great video. Almost feels like we're travelling with you. Glad you chose text commentary over audio - enhances the effect I just described.
There's nothing like travel overnight and forget to wake up at 3AM to catch the first flight of the day.
Thanks to your contribution, we've just booked this journey in August 2019.
Well done!
Enjoyed the video. Comfortable way to travel.
Clean & tidy Railway stations. Highly well maintained.
You got me hooked on train ferry travel mark coming to the uk Europe for the first time next year many thanks for all your tips
I appreciate the Irish on the ferry terminal wall.
Looks like a fun thing to do
Getting on the ferry seems like boarding an airplane
good Video mate. appreciate the creativity in your video.👍🤘
Ferry looks amazingly comfortable
Nice video.
I moved to England from Northern Ireland aged 5 in the 1960s. We returned for short trips twice a year for many years always on the Larne Stranraer ferry. Although only a short 2 hour crossing I remember fondly having a cabin many many times. Happy times.
That cabin at only £20 was pretty cheap.
nice job, really concise but involving, Stena should be hiring you to do promo vids for them after watching this I really want to make the trip!
That train is huge
Last time I went on a ferry... about 4-5 years ago when I was like 7. Feels like yesterday! 😢😁
They should REALLY consider building a rail bridge/car bridge from Belfast to Scotland
AcelaRailfan2150 or something like the channel tunnel
A rail bridge/tunnel wouldn't be as useful as the Channel Tunnel is (considering that the railways on either side use different gauges). As for a road bridge/tunnel, I guess it depends on how long it would be...
Or high speed hovercraft
There just isn't enough traffic on the Scotland to Ireland crossing to make a bridge or tunnel economically viable. Won't happen.
Remember now (in 2022), there is no longer from any NI Railways (T-NIR) or indeed from any Irish Rail (IE) stations, thru rail/sea ferry/rail travel tickets. Eg Derry to Glasgow or Galway to London. Only now, thru Irish Port (sea ferry/GB Rail tickets) eg Rosslare Port to Swansea or Belfast Port to Glasgow, exist. For internal T-NIR or IE rail travel, one now has to book that portion, separately (going either way).
www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=EUS&dest=GWY
Tx for rhis. But when home recently in Ireland in Oct 2022, I d/checked there (in both Dublin Connolly and in Belfast Gt V St) and the tkt people in both said no no longer. So ...??
Merci pour cette description! :D
Liked the cabin size on the ferry, not too small.
Love the way you edit your videos. Perhaps I'll try making one the next time I board a train.
that is the same cabin number i was in! and the same boat! sorry that i vomited all over the cabin
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Jürgen Klopp job
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nice video you should do a video on the Stena superfast
you know you can also take the bus to the stena lina terminal it's cheaper maybe around 3 or 4 pounds
all very nice, but at one time it was train to Larne, ferry to Stranraer and train straight to London in 12 hours
Cool video, I would like to see more!
used to do this when the HSS ran from Belfast - Stranraer - unfortunately the connections don't quite add up anymore
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The HSS was super fast. T'was sad to see it go. A big loss.
Tbh the offerings on Virgin Trains look a bit grim...a cup of instant porridge which probably cost 3 quid, a watery looking coffee and a sad looking ham roll...
Simon H um, strange that you should choose to criticise the offerings, it was a shop, he made the choices, that is exactly what he wanted. Nobody forced him to eat it. You would also have a choice. A watery looking coffee? As oppossed to a non watery coffee i would think huh? Are you a 5 year old child Simon?
I went on Stena Line to Liverpool from Belfast a few days ago and now I’m catching a plane to London like tomorrow.
Was that your first time going to london , ive considered boat myself. Thanks for the video
Kya baat hain koi bulayega mujhe yaha 2 din ke liye.
That's a lot of changes. London to Paris is just one train. Even Hamburg to Copenhagen is just one train via the train ferry. I'm surprised that there isn't a train ferry for a direct connection between Belfast and London.
Northern Ireland Railways have a different track gauge - 1600mm (5' 3"), so new track would be needed.
from Canada:
Q: at 2:52 you show the passengers disembarking by minibus. I was not sure on seeing this if the minibus actually boarded the ferry to load the passengers on it, or if they disembark on a wharf with the minibus extremely clos to the side of the wharf?
In Maritime Canada, (at least before the construction of the confederation bridge between New Brunswick, across the straits of Northumberland to close to Camp Borden, P.E.I, some of the ferries were/are capable of handling the direct boarding of railway trains for the crossing af about 30 miles or so.
This is accomplished by the use of special boarding antries. the train would approach that ans simply continue onto the boat when it was appropriately docked.
What boata were used for this I am not sure and it would likely change seasonally. In the summer, my wife and I returning by car from a vacation sortie, were able to board the Abegweit ("ABBEY-weight") icebreaker for the trip. during the summer it was used to assistwith the toureist season, but in the winter thus ship was used to break ocean ice for the shipping, likely in the vicinity of Charlottetown Harbour, (that is also a naval base). When standing on the deck of that you are about 80 feet above water level, and the fuel cost for a single crossing was about $20,000 CAD at the time. these boats have a hull kin to the thickness and strencth of a battleship in order to be force driven over top of the ice and break the ice by their sheer weight and force!
We believe the ship got its name from the Micmac frst nation tribe who inhabit the area along with everybody else to this day.
The train from Germany to Denmark does that.
Comparing and Contrasting the Cities of London and Belfast
The Cities of London and Belfast have some similarities and differences unique. We can compare the cities respectively as capital cities of their respective countries. They are also similar because they are major cities in the United Kingdom. In retrospect, this paper will portend the contrast between the two cities in terms of education, scenery, and living standards.
London is revered as one of the most attractive cities globally, which means it is a destination for most across the world. This attraction means that the living standards in London are higher compared to Belfast. London has the most institutions of higher learning as compared to Belfast as it boasts the like of Oxford University, one of the most revered institutions globally. In terms of housing, London has more expensive tenancy rates than Belfast. However, due to the population in London, industrialization is high, increasing the rates of pollution compared to Belfast.
In conclusion, living in London is better than living in Belfast. Apart from the high standards of living and higher pollution rates, London fulfills your educational goals, and with the scenery, it is never a dull moment in London.
nice .videos
Excellent!!!
8pm. Looks more like 3pm.
Nice video but reinforces the need for a tunnel or bridge and high speed link. We are falling behind Asia. .
Wow, they have iMac's
Great video! I think I would have spent an extra £10 or so and got a taxi from the docks to Lime St. Certainly with luggage.
Initially that was my thinking, but wanted to research the bus and Merseyrail option, and wife wasn't bothered. It actually worked very well - looks long-winded in the video because of the amount of time given over to explaining it, in reality it was very quick, 5 min bus, 2 stops train.
Mark Smith Glad it did work out. Being a semi regular user of Lime Street LL station though, I know the lift can often be out of order.
2:23 someone in your room
good report !:)
Nice video
Why does the minibus go to Hamilton Square instead of directly to Lime Street? If you're paying for a shuttle to the main station, it doesn't seem logical for it to leave you at a light rail station from where you will need to connect there first. Why doesn't it go all the way? Sorry, I've never been in Liverpool, is Lime Street very far from the ferry docks?
+Goytá F. Villela Jr. Possibly to save people from the Wirral having to travel back across the river again
Becauce they earn more money that way
Probably because otherwise they would have to use the Mersey Tunnel which would then require passengers to pay extra for it
Well, conventional ships have replaced the fuel-thirsty HSS, and they now go to Cairnryan rather than Stranraer, but everything once more connects that way - see vv vv vv (ddott) seat61.com (sslassh) NorthernIreland
I went that way at an unfashionable time of day, and it cost me something like £9 from Belfast to Glasgow.
Nice. Can't you swing the seats around facing the other way? usually the latest trains have a peddal underneath which swings it around
+Mark Smith (The Man in Seat 61) is there a way to use the shuttle bus link to the terminal without a Rail & Sail, for example if I wanted to go from Hamilton Square to the terminal and I was staying in Liverpool for the night before getting the train to Hamilton Square as I would be using the Stena Plus Lounge and the morning sailing would be better for me due to the check in time of hotels. Thanks for any help you can give me in advance
Why privte taxi from central Belfast to the ferry? Its scandalous for Ulsterbus to fail to connect the two!
3:40 यात्री गण कृपया ध्यान दें।।☺☺☺
Hahaha
Its Belfast to Birkenhead, it doesnt do Liverpool. Unfortunately the ferry puts Liverpool on the sides, no idea why.
+Pete Marr Possibly because they think that people are more likely to have heard of it!
+Inkyminkyzizwoz But it is not where the ferry goes! Obviously someone doesnt know their geography so goes for a city which is in fact across the River Mersey!
Probably as there isn't really much room at Liverpool docks and Bootle docks is mainly for freight, so most passenger services go via Birkenhead
Still waiting for London to appear.
Is the food on the ferry included in the price? I hate when the food in the room is not complimentary.Oh, I thought the socks on the floor at 2:02 was kind of funny. Don't know why that cracked me up, but it did!
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2:00 Oh shit, he's still alive...what should we do?
Why? Ryanair costs £15 and takes just over an hour.
Fun fact : Belfast , Ireland were the place they built "Titanic" in 1909
Northern Ireland. Pay attention .
@@jimsimpson8082 no northern ireland in 1909 jim pay attention partition was 1921 so the guy is correct
So is it the “Li-ver” building or the “Liv-er” building?
Having a disabled spouse the thing I notice is how inaccessible all these forms of transportation are.
That’s because I don’t film the accessible berths or accessible train toilets or wheelchair spaces. But they’re there!
@@seat61 Ah. Thank you. Much appreciated.
I am looking to get to
Lovely.
Fab - looks superb on the ferry , cabin looks great. Seems really easy. What was the cost ? Why ferry and train and not say plane ?
twigwonderkid he wanted a experience and flying is boring and stressful
Didn’t a Stena line ship sink once?
Didn't the Titanic sink once?
good luck
The Man in Cabin 601...
There is immigration in this route?
Why would there be immigration? You don't cross an international border
Hi
i meant ALL in 12 hours
do you get paid to travel?
Or hop on a RyanAir flight for 1h for £26.
and get crushed
Then I think you've missed the point of this form of travel
You are really spoiling the mood this is about different ways of travel
beautiful journey
They prefer pooli ramesh stay in pakistan, dont come to Ireland
how much does it cost the fair ?
and its PRONOUNCED Merseyrail
nice ship. no lifeboat drills or station musters ?
Not on a 2 hour ferry crossing of course. That's only required over 24 hours at sea!
thanks for ansering my quwstion
cost ?
awesome video.. but would be better with a back ground music
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why not tell us price...is it a secret
Because the price changes every year, so you don't hard-code such short-term things in a video that might remain online for years,. You put this year's price on a website where it can easly be updated - See www.seat61.com/train-and-ferry-to-belfast.htm
@@seat61 thats clear..thanks
no immigration?
Belfast is in Northern Ireland which is part of the UK. Therefore no immigration is required.
@@jimmycringo6691 Then you do not need to present a passport.
@@darkshadegamer7 yes that is correct, you don’t need to show a passport.
But but you should bring some photo ID.. You may be asked for it on either side ie Scottish or NI side.
Why not fly?
Because it's stressful, boring, you see nothing, it's not an experience, it's 6 times worse for the environment, it's cramped, you can't bring your own food and wine, and not a day of 'me' time like this...
Luke Bourne Ryanair has no in flight entertainment
Luke Bourne And you are over the clouds and you can’t see the earth
Luke Bourne And planes have loads of emissions especially Ryanair’s B737’s
I would have got a flight
And you'd have missed out...
Or..you know...you could catch an hour and a half flight.
Plus a couple of hours waiting at the airport, waiting around for your luggage and a tedious and expensive trip from the airport to the city centre.
Supee
Don’t really understand why you would travel this way, unless you have a real fear of flying?
Flying is much quicker, just over an hour if I remember correctly from Gatwick to Belfast international, then an £8 bus ride to the city bus station.
Ferry looks nice, but all that getting on and off buses and trains surely make this journey rather tedious.
Good informative video though, but I just don’t get the reason for going on the ferry unless you are not far from the ports or are taking a vehicle on board.
I live on the south coast of England and took my wife to Belfast for a long weekend birthday treat (we absolutely loved Belfast by the way). Tavel time was pretty short and we made the most of out time there, rather than all that travelling.
What are your reasons please?
This is the way everyone travelled, back in the 1930s, 1950s... Why should we HAVE to switch to an airliner, 5 hours of train, bus, airport, flight, airport, bus - missing out on a real and great JOURNEY and also 5 times the CO2 emissions? We all need to avoid unnecessary flights these days. This one is easily avoidable!
Don’t start me off on co2 emissions..... if you enjoyed the journey that’s fine but it’s no use comparing it to the 1930’s and 50’s.
If you have the time and perhaps a fear of flying then that’s a different story altogether.
But for me a long weekend trip to Belfast to give my wife a Birthday treat was well worth the short flight. It mean that we spent more time in and around the city, which we enjoyed very much.
Each to their own, but thanks for posting the video, I did find it interesting, and the ferry looked nice.
@@montyzumazoom1337 - to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive - Robert Louis Stevenson
think id rather take a 45 min flight lol
jamestoni Me too. Too much stress plus it’s not like there’s a stop over in each location either. Seems like a waste and no doubt an expensive one at that!
jamestoni and cheaper
Unfortunately, we no longer have "quality" rail services in this country. People who used to pulled on their uniform & it was written into their contract, they WERE there, to meet the needs of the service. I am a big fan of Billy Fury, Cilla Black, The Searchers but have never wished to go to a sectarian, dive like Liverpool. I reside 8 miles North, North East of Glasgow, and have Glasgow if I wish that sort of thing.
We do indeed have quality services, in both Northern Ireland and Great Britain. But we don;t like to admit it...
I thought they said 'stay' in Scotland rather than reside. You should try a visit to Liverpool, I think you might be pleasantly surprised
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step 1. take a plane...
A plain what?