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begin quote from James in scot.general
about: Re: Train-ferry-train fares between Edinburgh & Dublin?
> Seems to me it would still make better sense to fly? Ryanair
> ("Ryan-welovewheelchairs-air" ) do seem to have very cheap flights some
> days.
Unfortunately, it looks like you're right, but I was trying to avoid flying
if I could..
> If not I see that Stena Line (on their Q&A page) have a section on
> Rail-sea tickets with a phone number:
> http://tinyurl.com/39joq
Thanks for that, that's useful to know for the future.
But why can't the rail and ferry companies get together to make that kind
of information easy to find out? It shouldn't be beyond the scope of rail
journey planners to recognise journeys that involve ferry crossings and, if
they can't provide the answers themselves, automatically produce links to the
relevant ferry operator websites. By not regarding themselves as all
parts of an integrated system, they _all_ lose out.
Unfortunately, it's not surprising that budget air travel has, err,
taken off, if their rivals don't make a decent effort to make information
available. Ryanair's online enquiry/booking service is wonderfully
simple in comparison.
David.
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