Kokemuksia?

Arend7
Traveller
716 comments

Very broad question. You better ask it on the interrail forum. https://community.eurail.com. And in English. From Finland, you first need to take a ferry (e.g., Vaasa-Umea or Turku-Stockholm) to Sweden. From there, I should use an international planner (on the interrail app or www.bahn.com), first to Brussels Zuid and then from there take a high-speed train (Eurostar) to London. After that, you have to take another ferry (from Holyhead or Pembroke) to Ireland.

nltrainer
Traveller
1478 comments

Tervetolua. OR go to the site that should show up as 1st anyway in all searches etc (this forum is slowly dying): seat61.com. It has info on going overland FROM GB=UK to most other countries and best way to do-so just reverse for Suomi. And then on how to get to IE onward.
PS: do this only when you also want to see/visit some of the places you pass by anyway-its a long and not that straightfrward journey

Tulipilvi
Traveller
1 comments

Thank you so very much. Just got The Idea and travelling by train popped to my head. I did Interrail in 1985 and loved it. I guess I have to start to find all possible info and just go with it. Enjoy your summer.

MisterSteve
Traveller
1162 comments

this site is as busy as it has ever been - but the stuff NLTrainer puts out doesn't help.

You can still use Interrail, it's just more expensive than it used to be. The site you need for Great Britain is www.nationalrail.co.uk. How you get here is a wide question, it will take several days by ferry and trains and there are no passenger ferries from Skandinavia to UK. Interrail Global Passs claims to be valid on Eurostar trains but in reality there is a large "reservation" fee and limited number of those seats. If you fly try to avoid Heathrow, Manchester has direct flights from Helsinki and a railway station with connections across northern England, north Wales and Scotland. Think of London as a different country!

Interrail "One Country Pass" for GB is valid in most trains - not London Underground or local metro systems and I can never remember whether Heathow Express is included, but the more connected Elizabeth Line trains from the same platforms at Heathrow definately are. The GB reservation info on the Interrail website is better than it was but still confused. NO reservations are compulsory on British trains, but you won't get on a west of england or scottish sleeper train without one because of limited space. A single person travelling on a day train will always find a seat if the trains are running normally (this assumes you have the brains to spot the "no shows"). If you really want a reservation, they are FREE - do not pay ACP!!! All train companies sell tickets and issue reservations for all other companies - within a few years almost all will be one company called GBR - Great British Railways.

Northern Ireland is NOT part of GB and is not included in the GB pass but is part of One Country Ireland (which covers two countries!!). for those you need www.irishrail.ie and the railway part of www.translink.co.uk The ferries from GB to Irleand have not been provided by the railway companies since around the last time you visited but will give a discount for Interrail, see the Benefits section of the Interrail website. Be aware that Rosslare ferry terminal in Ireland has a poor train service, and the Belfast -Liverpool ferry doesn't go to Liverpool, it uses Birkenhead on the other side of the river so will need more connection time for trains in Liverpool (Birkenhead does have direct trains to Chester with connections to Wales and parts of England)

If you were to fly to GB and NOT visit Ireland you could use a Britrail Pass https://www.britrail.com/britrail-passes/britrail-pass/ buy from Trainline. This also has options to only buy smaller regions and has some discounts at tourist sites but not ferries.

Hotels are getting expensive in GB especially if you don't book in advance, as a single traveller of any age try https://www.yha.org.uk/