Sealink
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| Genre | Ferry company |
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| Fate | Sale and Privatisation |
| Successor |
Sealink British Ferries (1984) Sealink Stena Line (1991) Stena Sealink Line (1992) Stena Line (1996) |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Founder | British Rail |
| Defunct | 1984 |
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Area served
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United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Channel Islands, Isle of Wight, France |
| Services | Passenger, car and coach transportation, freight transportation |
| Owner | British Rail |
Sealink was a ferry company based in the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1984, operating services to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Channel Islands, Isle of Wight and Ireland.
Ports served by the company included: Dover, Folkestone, Newhaven, Southampton and Harwich for services to the European continent; Holyhead, Fishguard, Heysham and Stranraer for services to Ireland and the Isle of Man; services to the Channel Islands from Weymouth and Portsmouth. The Isle of Wight was also served from Portsmouth and Lymington.
Sealink also operated the Steamer Passenger Ferry services on Windermere in Cumbria until privatisation when these were passed to the newly reformed Windermere Iron Steamboat Company (now Windermere Lake Cruises Ltd).
Sealink was originally the brand name for the ferry services of British Rail which ran shipping services in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Services to France, Belgium and the Netherlands were also run by Sealink UK as part of the Sealink consortium which also used ferries owned by French national railways (SNCF), the Belgian Maritime Transport Authority, Regie voor Maritiem Transport/Regie des transports maritimes (RMT/RTM) and the Dutch Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland (Zeeland Steamship Company).
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