New Fastnet Line Ferry Arrives in Cork

The Fastnet Line is the new passenger & freight ferry service linking Swansea in Wales with Cork  in Ireland, replacing the previous service which stopped sailing in 2006.

It was a great example of how a community can get organised to prevent the big business ferry operators from cutting them off from important transport links.  A local campaign was mounted and eventually succeeding in putting together a proposition to get the Swansea Cork ferry sailing again, this time as “The People’s Ferry”

Fastnet Line will  provide holiday passengers with a comfortable overnight crossing in a fully-equipped ship, also carrying  freight. Lorry drivers will be able to to rest overnight and cut out hundreds of miles of unnecessary driving in Ireland and Wales.

Fastnet Line to Swansea service from Cork will start on 1st March 2010 – the new ship MV Julia having been  already purchased for only 7million Euros and now berthed at Horgans Quay in the centre of Cork City since 25th September 2009. Here she is sailing into the port of Cork with some commentary from the organisers .

Fastnet Line links

www.FastnetLine.com
www.bringbacktheswanseacorkferry.com

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