Rail & Sail with Stena Line from Belfast to Wigan!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Rail & Sail with Stena Line from Belfast to Wigan! (31/05/24). I decided to try out a Rail & Sail ticket to get me back from Northern Ireland to England. The ticket was amazingly priced and included travelling on a Stena Line ferry, a coach and several trains!
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That's the way to do it G, no easy boring flight! A great way to travel and see more of the countryside. Amazing price too for all that transport!
A very brand new vlog for me to binge watch, keep them coming GLovestrains 😊
Aye will do 😀
The services to Ayr has been restored on the 17th June but it was great that you did took a trip on that quirky Ayr Shuttle service which is sadly a footnote in history. Services to Stranrear will be operating in July hopefully. But for £33 that is a epic Journey, Great video G
Thanks Cyber! And ye the services are back now which is brilliant! 😀
Great vlog G, £33 is really good value for all that lovely scenery 👍
Sure is, thanks Mark!
A beautiful journey, thanks for sharing.
Wow, the expert at finding cheap tickets for amazing journeys does it again, and that ferry looked absolutely epic !
Haha I really did enjoy the ferry ride!
Great informative video, very professional.
Upper Queen Street in Belfast* 😆
GlasgowLovesTrains 😌
Easy done! 😂
That was really awesome. Well done and keep going….
Queen St in Belfast - perfect for an old queen like me 😂 ❤❤❤❤
what a great vlog G, you are inspirational to us all
Thanks 😀
Loved that, I'll be doing part of that the reverse way on Thursday, going from The Wigan to Glasgow on the 9.26am service
The Irish Sea can be brutal. I remember sailing from Liverpool and as soon as we left the Mersey estuary, it was like being on a big dipper. One old bloke ran on the deck, took his top denture out, and threw up over the side and as he was in mid chunder, a seagull took his teeth. Never laughed as much in me life. X
Haha fun times!
@@GLovesTrains Indeed. All the more funny when the poor chap shook his fist at the departing seagull and called it a ‘bastard’. Try saying something beginning with ‘B’ without teeth!
Another great inspirational video thanks !
Thanks!!
Thanks for taking us on another great journey G! Fantastic scenery and views and what a bargain of a price! I do love a journey that involves various modes of transport. 👍
Cheers was an amazing journey!
Excellent price ticket G you definitely got a bargain there fantastic vlog ❤its been a while since I travelled along the Ayrshire line
Thanks a lot!
Another great vlog,back in the day growing up we had the Holiday programme with Cliff Michelmore Ann Gregg(Always pleasing on the eye)and John Carter,but these programmes only glossed over what travelling was like.Hope the BBC is looking at your vlogs and thinking G has something there!!!
Thank you for sharing your journey G.
It's definitely one I'd binge watch, especially when I'm sick
Coach G for Glovestrains, seems perfect 👌
£33 is such a great prices for all that, Something I could use to get to Belfast from my home country of Scotland.
For sure 😀
Wow alot of travelling today, boat, bus and train, you just needed a plane 😄 that ferry is very impressive its like a city centre shopping centre 😮 have you heard that avanti west coast have finished their pendolino refurbishment by the way 😊🚄
Idea: Take the plane from Kirkwall to Westray to Papa Westray
The toilet queue sure was like it! 😂 and have they.. that answers a question I asked in an upcoming vlog then 😂
@@GLovesTrains great I've answered a question 😊 I'll have to remind you again when you posted that video 😂😊
Glad you enjoyed the minibuz to Ayr. Yes it's a great road especially south of Girvan. Probably worth trying again when the rail link from Ayr to Stranraer is back on. Also very scenic and single track from Girvan😅
Btw, rail sail is much cheaper than the ferry ticket which is about £50!
Also where can I find your vlog when you went to Irvine please?
Thanks and its here... ua-cam.com/video/GPXhz918YCU/v-deo.htmlsi=XKcMWofqOZozzhs4
Brilliant video G, that rail and sail ticket sounds very handy, those are some lovely views you've seen on your journey. That looks like lots of things on that ferry you went on.
So much on that ferry, time went by very quick
Fantastic ferry made Ardrossan to Brodick seem like a tug boat and Air is a Lovely place, Great for a Day out Bringing lots of memories traveling to Air from Kilwinning on the 380s , great views you bring, Hope Wigan welcomed you back , and look forward your next Vlog , hope you slept well and have a great day G , Take Care
Thanks a lot, yeah it was a nice busy welcome 😂
£33 what a bargain never knew such ticket existed. Great vlog G. I enjoyed watching!
Haha thanks a lot Sam!
Have boat will travel what a great way to spend a day well worth it great video ✅✅👍👍
Thanks 👍👍
Hi G. firstly, thank you for taking the time to do the trip, edit your filming, and sharing it on here.
Unfortunately your recommendation to do the journey wouldn't work for me as I do suffer from travel sickness only when traveling by ship. I get sea sick on the boating lake in the park 🙂.
Please keep the films coming and take good care on your travels.
Thanks and ye maybe don't do the ferry bit if u get sick 😀
Great video! I enjoyed the ferry ride!
A nice mix of ScotRail and Avanti West Coast on the way home! I've been on that route before exactly from Glasgow Central to Wigan North Western funny enough earlier this year!
Thanks! I do enjoy that avanti ride 😀
Gloves, your videos are always so nice, I always watch 'em twice
Haha cheers 😀
The best bit about these is that if you get the Anytime Return version, the outbound is valid for 5 days! Handy if you want to go from the south coast, and up to Scotland on the sleeper to grab the ferry the next day instead of trying to do the whole thing in one day.
Up until some years back, the boats used to stop at Stranraer, from where there was a direct connection onto the train. From the fact that they're using a minibus for the link top Ayr, it seems there aren't many foot passengers anymore!
Plenty of foot passengers they get the bus from Cairnryan to Glasgow. Service 924. Used it many times.
Yeah lots of them did get on the Glasgow coach, but as usual lots more vehicle passengers 😂
You came to my local ferry port and through my village! Hope you enjoyed the south Ayrshire scenery!
Loved it!
@@GLovesTrains we’d welcome you back anytime!
love your vids...brilliant
What a lovely trip, it’s on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing this video 😊
Awesome!
I’ve heard that Stena Line is good and going on a ferry to Belfast is a good experience. Love to go to Belfast.
Sure is!
What a truly wonderful video thanks so much and the Mini bus was stunning ❤
Thanks!
love these videos you are doing on your own now..just like the old days...
£33 for all of that? I'd say you got yourself the bargain of the year! That ferry crossing to Cairnryan looked as smooth as anything - I have not done it myself but would love to, one day. (Oh, funny story... I got myself a book about the dreaded Pacers as I have a strange fascination with those buses on rails, and as I was flicking through it looking at the lovely photos, I came across a couple of pictures taken at Wigan Wallgate!)
One of the last duties of the Pacers in the north was connected up with a Sprinter on a York-Southport EXPRESS! That of course went through Wigan Wallgate.
I'd recommend it! And ye I remember the pacers at Wigan Wallgate 😀
@@robertwilloughby8050 That would've made for an interesting journey if you were sitting in the Pacer part of that train...
You should go to the new Belfast Grand Central railway station that is under construction and is due to open sometime later this year. I definitely would like to go to Belfast.
You've just reminded me, I need to book mine from London to Dublin, via Holyhead! They're great value tickets! 😊
Love that vlog, I'm from Bangor, near Belfast ❤❤
Love Bangor!
Never heard about this Rail & Sail ticket! Very cheap as well to go from Belfast to Wigan on it.
Indeed 😀
Thanks for the video G,this is totally amazing for the price ferry and railway tickets awesome trip from the airport and back home on the train!!😎🚄🚄🚄🚄🇬🇧💚
Thanks very much 😀
Did not that such tickets still existed. I remember selling them when I worked in the travel centre in Glasgow until I finally retired thirteen years ago. Enjoyed your video
Nice one, thanks!
that is a very interesting ferry route - I mainly know about the Liverpool to Belfast route but like most people, they fly nowadays - the armed forces & civil service only book flights nowadays - and you don't get a choice.
I suffer from TSickness too. Tip... look ahead as far as you can. Follow the road up ahead.
Yes. Might I add, do not read anything, and find some ginger based travel sickness pills.
Great video. There are many scenic Irish train routes you should check out from Dublin, Cork, Waterford..
I have used Rail+Sail for travel to Dublin. Similar cost from LDS to Dublin Ferry port. Well worth doing as if ferry is late getting in you are free to use all available routes to get back by rail.
A great video. I'm now determined to do a Sail &Rail to Belfast, thank you.
Thanks!
I did the RailSail from Lincoln to Dublin Ferryport as part of a trip to Belfast. Not bad for £54. Although the Arriva Trains Wales service conked out on the way to Holyhead and I missed my booked ferry and had to wait a few hours for the next one. That meant that I had even longer to indulge in some more wine and nibbles in the Irish Ferries Club Class lounge (paid for directly with IF). And, Arriva had to refund the whole ticket price because I arrivwd three hours late into Dublin. So, a win, win.
Nibbles yum! 😋
Great video. I take the Glider into Belfast every morning. Hope you enjoyed NI!
Cool! Loved it 😀
Great trip! Shame to see the Ayr Station Hotel effectively condemned. It was one of the famous British Transport Hotels (Like The Balmoral in Edinburgh or The Landmark in London). Sad to see it’s probably not going to be saved. 😢
Cheers Rog, always a shame to see hotels end up like that!
That was the day I met you and got a selfie in Central. The train was very late into London as there was an incident at Watford. We were going to London so my wife could see Barry Manilow. She had seen him the previous two weekends and was back in London to see him again the following weekend too.
The big rock out in the sea south of Ayr is Ailsa Craig. It’s used to make curling stones. Your Dodds of Troon bus probably took the A77. The coast road from Culzean to Ayr is better and includes the Electric Brae. A hill that looks like you’re going up when you’re really going down. It’s fun on a bike.
Ayr Station Hotel had been bought and left to fall into disrepair for years. For a while it was in a big tent to stop bits landing on the track then, to nobody’s surprise, it burnt down.
Yes it was the day we got that selfie haha! It was lovely to meet you, hope you had a great time in London 😀
Really enjoyed your Vlog, a great way to travel if you have time.
Cheers!
Did you consider getting the Enterprise train down to Dublin Connolly and get the SailRail from Dublin to Holyhead on Irish Ferries?
You could have got easyjet to Liverpool and would have been there in a fraction of the time for around the same kind of money!
Great vid G! Really enjoyed!
Thanks!
Great video as usual G! Was it very windy on the deck of the ferry? How did your knickers not blow away?
They nearly did 😂
Keep it up
Do you find it easier travelling backwards/opposite to direction of travel, G?
Does that help with travel sickness?
Have u used travel bands for travel sickness works a treat
Great vid
I often, or used to, sail and rail to the Netherlands.
Got power outlets on the 380s under the 4 seats with a table
I imagine its stanky down there
Great video and what a great deal with the tickets, nice music too what was it?
Thanks, and cant remember 😂
How much was the Belfast to Liverpool route?
G where did you buy your rail and sail ticket from? I’ve heard about rail and sail before but never really thought it. Now seeing it’s a way to sail for train and ferry between England and Ireland, I might give it a try myself.
Bought it on trainpal 👍
Out of interest was that fare a standard or with a railcard. Either way it was a great price.
Railcard 👍
Great vid! Are you from the west mids by any chance? Sorry couldn’t help but notice the accent
I've never seen you do Tyne and Wear metro's!
Love the ide of Rail And Sale
Yeah its great!
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I gotta take a page out of your book and just go to places and experience new stuff. Just do it.
Yeah its fun when you do it 😀
Snottytastic video as always ❤
Snotty snotty
The intro many times I have cycled down there G n wow glad you enjoyed things for you to do if you comeback G best railway journey you were so close to it should went from Coleraine thru to Londonderry amazing n also heads up EasyJet fly from Manchester n also Liverpool into the city airport if that helps n flights usually decent anything else let me know Thomas
Thanks Thomas I will try that train ride if I come back 😀
Did you hear the little bell noise the Gliders make as they drive along? It’s because they are so quiet Translink were worried people wouldn’t hear them coming and step out in front of them?
I'll listen out for it next time
It's mad that there's no railway from Cairnryan/Stranraer to Carlisle. Going all the way up to Glasgow, though pretty, is very circuitous.
There used to be one, but Beeching did for that in 1965…
G how did you come in the day and got there at day still but it took me a whole night and 2 hours
Seat 50 in coach G will go viral now. good luck getting that one again lol
Funny thing it was actually seat 49 😂
Great weekday vlog G and loved your T Shirt & was there any railcard discount on your ticket ? and also loved the scenery views
Thanks and yes it was added to the ticket
Awesome vlog G, well done. Hey, if you do come to America, hit me up, okay.
Good video thx
Thanks!
Trains Station 🚉
Ailsa Craig from the bus.
Trivia: It's also known as Paddy's Milestone because it's roughly half way between Scotland and Irelend - apparently. but it's more often known as a sign to Scots sailing home that they are entering the Firth of Clyde and will soon be home! Curling stones are quarried from the rock there.
did you need id from belfast across
we are thinking of going but need to know lol
I've only ever been asked for ID once and that was just a random check at Stranraer on the way back.
Before Brexit (I haven't been since) I only had to show my Driving Licence at the ferry port. At, that time, only Ryanair were insisting on passports. That might have changed now for trips between mainland GB and Eire.
Nope didn't need it
@@CB-OnTheGo thanks love x
Beautiful video G. ❤
1:36 In Belfast, I’d always wanted to visit the Kremlin gay nightclub and take part in Belfast Gay Pride but I’ve never got the chance
Goes to show you just how boring Belfast is if you're excited about going to Wigan......regards from Dublin😃😃 😃😃😃
Belfast never boring.Lot cheap er than Dublin!!
@@davidknox5929 But it's a city built on one movie from 26 years ago. And it's not that cheap.
I see Stena are taking the art form of small items; big prices from railway companies... £6 for chips & a coke 🤯
Suppose it has to happen at some point, is certainly quite the view to take nonetheless!
I know ye luckily I brought food and drink with me 😂
That was a great film G, loved it. I did not know there was such a thing as a Rail and Sail ticket. I am old enough to remember when British Rail operated their own ferries and the ships had the British Rail logo on the funnel.
Nice one, cheers Carl!
that Stena line ship looks amazing & def a lot to offer onboard & im liking the views from the minicoach & the ScotRail 380s are great & ive ridden a few of those when i did my trip to Scotland last Month shame that theres only charge ports on the 2 by 4 seated areas but would be nice if they had them at all the seats like the rest of the ScotRail fleet & i like Glasgow Central def a lovely station awesome vlog as always
Oh didn't realise there were charging ports on them haha
At least going home it was all down hill
Lovely station as Glasgow Central is! I have been visiting that station on a holiday in 2018. Also lovely by means of design is the BR class 390 Pendolino.
Ah, so you took the scenic route to Wigan I see.
Thanks for the smiles! Fantastic and fun video.
Thanks 😀
Belfast to Glasgow is one of the best bus journeys in the UK! (takes 5 hours-2 hours on the boat).
Stena much better than P&O….
Great video, G. Was the minibus journey so long because the railway to Stranraer is closed because of the fire?
The rail-sail tickets are meant to be great value. Another one that’s meant to be good is rail-sail with the Harwich - hook of Holland route. I’ve taken that route with the car and it’s great to take the overnighter and have a cabin on the ferry :)
I would love to do that route, great to hear you've done it! 😀
your next ferry route mission is Aberdeen to Orkney and also Orkney to Shetland Isles - I have connections to Orkney so we could get you a cheaper ticket and a brilliant person to stay with - she is an official Orkney tour guide and she hires out rooms in her own house
I have been looking into that recently tbh 😂
@@GLovesTrains and beyond, Shetland to the Faroes then up to Iceland. Some Helicopter travel involved in that as well. So essentially, Island hopping from Scotland to Iceland.
Hello a new viewer here i really liked your journey and will be looking at others,just a question at the ferry port iether side did you need to show a passeport ?
Thanks a lot! And i didn't need passport 😀
Quality as ever, mate! Wondering if you should change the channel name to GLovesTrainsThatLeadToOtherTransport! 🤣🤣👍
Cheers mate and ye maybe 😂