Stena Line Ferries Overview
Stena Line is one of the world's leading ferry companies, and has 18 routes across Europe with 6 excellent value-for-money routes connecting the UK with Ireland and the Netherlands. With Stena Line it is easy to connect between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands and Ireland.
With its network of ports and routes Stena Line offers a convenient way to travel between Ireland and the UK no matter where you live, and the Harwich to Hook of Holland route provides the quickest way to the Netherlands from the UK and also the quickest way to reach many parts of Germany and northern Europe.
Stena Line is a market leader on many of its routes and, with their subsidiary Scandlines, they offer the most comprehensive route network in Europe. In 2008 Stena Line carried over 15 million passengers and nearly 3 million vehicles.
Fleet and Onboard facilities
Stena Line operate 3 distinct types of craft on its routes to and from the UK; all are modern and comfortable with the latest in onboard facilities.
The HSS (High-speed Sea Service) ships were designed by Stena Line, and are some of the biggest `fastcraft' vessels in the world; powered by jet engines, they can reach 75km/h. Onboard there are lounges, including a coffee lounge, bar and observation lounge, premium Stena Plus lounges (with waiter service), a café serving hot and cold snacks, and a bar with movie watching facilities.
Stena Line operates conventional cruise ferries on most of its UK based routes, which have many facilities including lounges, play areas, shops, Wi-Fi access, bars, cafés and a restaurant as well as a choice of comfortable en-suite cabins. On the Fishguard to Rosslare route Stena also operate a catamaran fastcraft (the Stena Lynx III, which has a restaurant, bar, lounges, video games, bureau de change and a Stena Plus lounge.
UK Routes Overview
Stena Line operates the following routes in northern Europe;
- Fishguard (Wales, UK)/Rosslare (Eire); crossing time 3 hrs 30 mins (Superferry)/2 hrs (Stena Express), check-in up to 1 hour before departure
- Fleetwood (England, UK)/Larne (Northern Ireland, UK); crossing time 8 hrs, check-in up to 90 mins before departure
- Harwich(England, UK)/Hook of Holland (Netherlands); crossing time 22hrs, check-in up to 1 hour before departure
- Holyhead (Wales, UK)/Dublin (Eire); crossing time 3 hrs 15 mins, check-in up to 45 mins before departure
- Holyhead/Dun Laoghaire (Eire); crossing time 99 mins, check in up to 30 mins before departure
- Stranraer (Scotland, UK)/Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK); HSS crossing time 105 mins, standard ferry crossing time 3 hrs 15 mins; check-in up to 30 mins before departure
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