Ferry between Cork & Plymouth and Vigo starting in 2020

[ivar]

Proyectan que un ferri una Vigo con el Reino Unido e Irlanda el próximo año

Tendrá una capacidad para 150 pasajeros y 200 vehículos y cubrirá la ruta en 28 horas

www.lavozdegalicia.es

In Short, €350,- (2 people and a car) and 28 hours travel time.

 

[Bradypus]

Very interesting news. Thanks!

 

[psheehan]

Excellent news... thanks Ivar. I live 30 minutes drive from the harbour in Cork!

 

[Former member 49149]

I had better start taking my seasickness pills already...

To be a bit more serious: anybody with half a head could jump on this ferry to circumvent transport costs and hassle in uk....

 

[Kathor1]

Great news! I hope they take foot passengers. It's a bit odd that the article says they will house 200 lorries and cars and 150 passengers ... I see that the initiators see a demand from the transport industry (lorries), from tourists (to the UK) from Galicia and in particular from the large British colony that exists in the North of Portugal. I think it's a great way for camino pilgrims to travel home.

I searched for years for a connection by boat from Vigo or Coruña to the UK or the Benelux. It was next to impossible to find for a long time and neither easy nor cheap when I finally found it ...

 

[Tia Valeria]

Please keep us updated if there is further news @ivar . This could just tempt us back to Galicia rather than just to Santander and maybe into Asturias. 'Depende'

 

[hecate105]

Ooo i feel a portuguese camino coming on...!

 

[chinacat]

Ooo i feel a portuguese camino coming on...!

This might just have tipped our choice of camino!

Train takes too much time out of brief time available
and I avoid flying whenever possible ... it’s too ‘instant’ and too heavy an environmental cost ..

Thanks, @ivar

 

[Tia Valeria]

A further similar article about the proposed ferry service is here in Atlántico.
It seems to imply that there will be lorries, cars and 'commuters', but does not make it clear whether these are the car passengers or foot passengers. One sentence seems to mean car passengers and another could be either with/without a car.......

 

[Marcus-UK]

Proyectan que un ferri una Vigo con el Reino Unido e Irlanda el próximo año

Tendrá una capacidad para 150 pasajeros y 200 vehículos y cubrirá la ruta en 28 horas

www.lavozdegalicia.es

In Short, €350,- (2 people and a car) and 28 hours travel time.

There is the existing Cork to Santander ferry that runs two or three times a week dependent upon direction of travel. handy for Camino Norte and Frances.

 

[donalomahony]

There is the existing Cork to Santander ferry that runs two or three times a week dependent upon direction of travel. handy for Camino Norte and Frances.

Does anyone know do they take foot-passengers? Thanks

 

[Former member 49149]

No. At least, that is what I made of it last time I looked, and also now...

https://www.brittanyferries.ie/ferry-routes/ireland-spain-ferries/cork-santander